Waking selective neurons in the posterior hypothalamus and their response to histamine H3-receptor ligands: An electrophysiological study in freely moving cats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 227-241

  Vanni Mercier, G ^a   Gigout, S ^a   Debilly, G ^a   Lin, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cortical arousal; Fast cortical waves; Histaminergic neurons; Sleep waking cycle; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLHISTAMINE; CIPROXIFAN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR AGONIST; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMETIT; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INJECTION; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0041386144     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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