Prion protein: A role in sleep regulation?

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 30-36

  Huber, Reto ^a   Deboer, Tom ^a   Tobler, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; EEG spectrum; Knockout mice; Prion protein; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THETA RHYTHM; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENOTYPE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS; PRIONS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033047074     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1999.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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