Role of endogenous serotonin in modulating genioglossus muscle activity in awake and sleeping rats

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1338-1347

  Sood, Sandeep ^a   Morrison, Janna L ^a   Liu, Hattie ^a   Horner, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Medical Sciences Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypoglossal motor nucleus; Obstructive sleep apnea; Serotonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MIANSERIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYPERCAPNIA; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VAGOTOMY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIANSERIN; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SLEEP, REM; VINCA ALKALOIDS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 30444458708     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200502-258OC     Document Type: Article

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