The neurology of sleep

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Swick, Todd J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b The Houston Sleep Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Circadian rhythm; Dopamine; Histamine; Melatonin; Norepinephrine; Orexin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; HISTAMINE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; OREXIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79951927475     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2010.12.009     Document Type: Review

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