REM sleep enhancement induced by different procedures improves memory retention in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2611-2617

  Wetzel, Wolfram ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a   Balschun, Detlef ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbachol; CLIP; Consolidation; Learning; Y maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CORTICOTROPIN-LIKE INTERMEDIATE LOBE PEPTIDE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0344442723     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02890.x     Document Type: Article

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