Cold exposure impairs dark-pulse capacity to induce REM sleep in the albino rat

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-179

  Baracchi, Francesca ^a,b   Zamboni, Giovanni ^a   Cerri, Matteo ^a   Sindaco, Elide Del ^a   Dentico, Daniela ^a   Jones, Christine Ann ^a   Luppi, Marco ^a   Perez, Emanuele ^a   Amici, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark pulse; Low ambient temperature; Non REM sleep to REM sleep transition; Preotpic anterior hypothalamus; REM sleep; REM sleep homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; DARKNESS; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RETINA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 43549101929     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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