Day- and nighttime injection of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor elicits opposite sleep responses in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 2 58-2, 2005, Pages

  Ribeiro, Ana C ^a   Kapás, Levente ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram power spectrum; Homeostatic regulation; N nitro L arginine methyl ester; Slow wave activity; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Thermoregulation; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THERMOREGULATION; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 23044469433     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00605.2004     Document Type: Article

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