Cholinergic and noncholinergic brainstem neurons expressing Fos after paradoxical (REM) sleep deprivation and recovery

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2488-2504

  Verret, Laure ^a   Léger, Lucienne ^a   Fort, Patrice ^a   Luppi, Pierre Hervé ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Muscle atonia; Rat; REM sleep; Reticular

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 20444488422     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04060.x     Document Type: Article

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