Stress-induced changes in sleep in rodents: Models and mechanisms

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-117

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

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Corticotropin releasing factor; PTSD; Sleep, REM; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RODENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36349034528     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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