A GABAergic pontine reticular system is involved in the control of wakefulness and sleep

Sleep Research Online

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 43-48

  Xi, Ming Chu ^a   Morales, Francisco R ^a   Chase, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MUSCIMOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP STAGE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CATS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; PONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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