Hypoprolactinemic rats under conditions of constant darkness or constant light. Effects on the sleep-wake cycle, cerebral temperature and sulfatoxymelatonin levels

Brain Research

Volumn 835, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Lobo, Letícia Leite ^a,c   Claustrat, Bruno ^b   Debilly, Gabriel ^a   Paut Pagano, Luce ^a   Jouvet, Michel ^a   Valatx, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral temperature; Constant darkness; Constant light; Melatonin; Paradoxical sleep; Prolactin; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPROLACTINEMIA; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033600483     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01608-X     Document Type: Article

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