Noradrenergic, serotonergic and GABAergic antagonists injected together into the XII nucleus abolish the REM sleep-like depression of hypoglossal motoneuronal activity

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-429

  Fenik, Victor B ^a   Davies, Richard O ^a   Kubin, Leszek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atonia; GABAA; Glycine; Hypoglossal motoneurons; Norepinephrine; Pons; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; METHYSERGIDE MALEATE; PRAZOSIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PONS; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SLEEP, REM; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 29144508726     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2005.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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