Sleep homeostasis in the female rat during the estrous cycle

Brain Research

Volumn 811, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 96-104

  Schwierin, Barbara ^a   Borbély, Alexander A ^a   Tobler, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EEG spectral analysis; Female rat; Sleep regulation; Vigilance state

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0344573811     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00991-3     Document Type: Article

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