GABAergic mechanisms in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus of the cat promote active (REM) sleep

Brain Research

Volumn 944, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Torterolo, Pablo ^a,b   Morales, Francisco R ^a,b   Chase, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Active sleep; Cholinergic; GABA; LDT; PPT

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEGMENTUM; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CATS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; EYE MOVEMENTS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037135109     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02475-7     Document Type: Article

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