Modulation of cortical activation and behavioral arousal by cholinergic and orexinergic systems

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1129, Issue , 2008, Pages 26-34

  Jones, Barbara E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Hypocretin; Noradrenaline; Orexin; Sleep wake states

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OREXIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN; OREXINS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CATAPLEXY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ATONIA; MUSCLE TONE; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE CELL; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; REM SLEEP; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NOREPINEPHRINE;

EID: 47249104297     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1417.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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