Arousal from sleep in response to intermittent hypoxia in rat pups is modulated by medullary raphe GABAergic mechanisms

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 551-560

  Darnall, Robert A ^a   Schneider, Robert W ^a   Tobia, Christine M ^a   Zemel, Benjamin M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; GABAa receptor; Habituation; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; NIPECOTIC ACID; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; AROUSAL; BICUCULLINE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, ANIMAL; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RESPIRATORY RATE; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84857823968     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00506.2011     Document Type: Article

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