The sleep switch: Hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 726-731

  Saper, Clifford B ^a   Chou, Thomas C ^a   Scammell, Thomas E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GALANIN; OREXIN;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MODEL; MONOAMINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035576935     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)02002-6     Document Type: Review

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