The role of GABA in primary insomnia

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 741-742

  Plante, David T ^a   Jensen, J Eric ^b,c   Winkelman, John W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CREATINE;

AROUSAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NOTE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84861878733     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1854     Document Type: Note

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