Diurnal sex differences in the sleep-wake cycle of mice are dependent on gonadal function

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1211-1223

  Paul, Ketema N ^a,c   Dugovic, Christine ^b   Turek, Fred W ^a   Laposky, Aaron D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal hormone; Mouse; Ovary; Sex; Sleep; Sleep deprivation; Testis

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADECTOMY; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 33749246219     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.9.1211     Document Type: Article

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