Promoting of wakefulness by administrations of modafinil into anterior hypothalamus and into the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-287

  Murillo Rodríguez, Eric ^a   Vázquez Luis, Edgar ^b   Millán Aldaco, Diana ^b   Haro, Reyes ^c   Drucker Colín, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Facultad de Medicina ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha power spectra; Rapid eye movement sleep; Slow wave sleep; Waking

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WAKEFULNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 41949084977     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.048     Document Type: Article

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