Crocin promotes non-rapid eye movement sleep in mice

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-308

  Masaki, Mika ^a   Aritake, Kosuke ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Shoyama, Yukihiro ^c   Huang, Zhi Li ^a   Urade, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crocetin; Crocin; Electroencephalogram; Locomotor activity; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CROCETIN; CROCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MICE; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; TIME;

CROCUS SATIVUS; MUS;

EID: 84858320101     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201100181     Document Type: Article

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