Tonic activity of α1 adrenergic receptors of the medial preoptic area contributes towards increased sleep in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1141-1151

  Vetrivelan, R ^a   Mallick, H N ^a   Kumar, V M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

body temperature; noradrenergic afferents; norepinephrine; prazosin; telemetry; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; PRAZOSIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; WAKEFULNESS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PRAZOSIN; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33646132974     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.01.046     Document Type: Article

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