Effects of red ginseng extract on sleep architecture and electroencephalogram power spectra in rats

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-83

  Ma, Yuan ^a   Kim, Yun B ^a   Nam, Sang Y ^a   Cheong, Jae Hoon ^b   Park, Se H ^c   Kim, Hae J ^c   Hong, Jin T ^a   Oh, Ki Wan ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

^c Dong Won Ginseng Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram (EEG); Non rapideye movement (NREM); Power density; Rapid eye movement (REM); Redginseng extract (RGE)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GINSENG EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RED GINSENG EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GINSENG; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PLANT ROOT; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS; ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTRODE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NEUROMODULATION;

EID: 66549117360     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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