Immunostaining of cholinergic pontomesencephalic neurons for α1 versus α2 adrenergic receptors suggests different sleep-wake state activities and roles

Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 517-521

  Hou, Y P ^a   Manns, I D ^a   Jones, B E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Locus coeruleus; Paradoxical sleep; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AUTORECEPTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEGMENTUM; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037063695     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00340-8     Document Type: Article

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