Seizure susceptibility decreases with enhancement of rapid eye movement sleep

Brain Research

Volumn 922, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 299-304

  Kumar, Pratap ^a   Raju, T R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Afterdischarge; Carbachol; REM sleep; Seizure

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CAUSALITY; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GLUTAMIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEIZURES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0035924318     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03174-2     Document Type: Article

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