Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Chronic Insomnia

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-558

  Perlis, Michael ^a   Gehrman, Phillip ^a   Pigeon, Wilfred R ^b   Findley, James ^a   Drummond, Sean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARAS; Homeostasis; Inhibition of wakefulness; Insomnia; Neurobiology; VLPO

Indexed keywords

11 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CATECHOLAMINE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN;

BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSOMNIA; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THALAMUS; URINE LEVEL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 70350576241     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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