Increased levels of tyrosine hydroxylase and glutamic acid decarboxylase in locus coeruleus neurons after rapid eye movement sleep deprivation in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-196

  Majumdar, S ^a   Mallick, B N ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Laterodorsal tegmentum and pedunculo pontine tegmentum; Medial preoptic area; Norepinephrine; Rapid eye movement sleep regulation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0037422272     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01404-0     Document Type: Article

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