GABAergic regulation of the central nucleus of the amygdala: Implications for sleep control

Brain Research

Volumn 956, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 276-284

  Sanford, Larry D ^a   Parris, Brian ^a   Tang, Xiangdong ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bicuculline; GABA; Muscimol; Rapid eye movement sleep; Sleep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037195550     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03552-7     Document Type: Article

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