Light induces cortical activation and yawning in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Seki, Yoshinari ^a   Nakatani, Yasushi ^a   Kita, Ichiro ^a   Sato Suzuki, Ikuko ^a   Oguri, Mitsugu ^a   Arita, Hideho ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical activation; Electrocorticogram; Light; Rat; Yawning

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MEPYRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACE MUSCLE; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; LIGHT; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRILAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YAWNING;

EID: 0037452857     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00269-3     Document Type: Article

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