The medial septum acts through the medial preoptic area for thermoregulation and works with it for sleep regulation

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-273

  Srividya, Rajagopalan ^a   Mallick, Hruda Nanda ^a   Kumar, Velayudhan Mohan ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Medial septum; Preoptic area; Sleep; Telemetry; Thermoregulation; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SLEEP, REM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 35148890825     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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