Noradrenergic modulation of wakefulness/arousal

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-197

  Berridge, Craig W ^a   Schmeichel, Brooke E ^a   España, Rodrigo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Psychostimulants; Waking

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; CYCLIC AMP; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; OREXIN; OXIDOPAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

AROUSAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; WAKEFULNESS;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SEPTAL NUCLEI; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84856802069     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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