Chronic alcohol treatment in rats alters sleep by fragmenting periods of vigilance cycling in the light period with extended wakenings

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Mukherjee, Sanjib ^a   Simasko, Steven M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief wake; Circadian rhythm; Insomnia; Long duration wake; REMS suppression; Sleep homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; LIGHT; MALE; PERIODICITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 58549103287     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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