Effect of p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) on sleep and monoamines content in the brain of a lizard species

Brain Research

Volumn 761, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Huitrón Reséndiz, Salvador ^a   Ríos, Camilo ^a   Rojas, Patricia ^a   Mexicano, Graciela ^b   Ayala Guerrero, Fructuoso ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Active leep; Lizard; PCPA; Phylogeny; Quiet sleep; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE; MONOAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSOMNIA; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SLEEP TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATECHOLAMINES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FENCLONINE; LIZARDS; MALE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SLEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0343683382     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00286-2     Document Type: Article

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