Endogenous nitric oxide in the rat pons promotes sleep

Brain Research

Volumn 816, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 209-219

  Hars, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cholinergic cell; Nitric oxide; Peduneulopontine tegmentum; Rat; Sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TEGMENTUM; WAKEFULNESS;

ANILIDES; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033573696     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01183-4     Document Type: Article

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