Intracerebral oxytocin modulates sleep-wake behaviour in male rats

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Lancel, Marike ^a   Krömer, Simone ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG spectral analysis; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor antagonist; Rat; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN DERIVATIVE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SYNTOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STRESS; WAKEFULNESS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0038121751     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(03)00118-6     Document Type: Article

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