Effects of kava-kava extract on the sleep-wake cycle in sleep-disturbed rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 564-569

  Shinomiya, Kazuaki ^a   Inoue, Toshio ^b   Utsu, Yoshiaki ^a   Tokunaga, Shin ^a   Masuoka, Takayoshi ^a   Ohmori, Asae ^a   Kamei, Chiaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Flavor System and Technology Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flunitrazepam; Hypnotics; Insomnia; Kava; Sleep disturbed rats; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; KAVA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NECK MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; DELTA RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; KAVA; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 21344469295     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-2196-4     Document Type: Article

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