Corticotropin-releasing factor microinjection into the central nucleus of the amygdala alters REM sleep

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Pawlyk, Aaron C ^a,b,c   Sanford, Larry D ^d   Brennan, Francis X ^b,c   Morrison, Adrian R ^a,b   Ross, Richard J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Corticotropin releasing factor; Psychological; REM; Sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE FUNCTION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REM SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646178307     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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