Sleep-wake characterization of double MT1/MT2 receptor knockout mice and comparison with MT1 and MT2 receptor knockout mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-238

  Comai, Stefano ^a   Ochoa Sanchez, Rafael ^a   Gobbi, Gabriella ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knockout mice; Melatonin; MT1 receptor; MT2 receptor; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE INACTIVATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WAKEFULNESS; WAKEFULNESS TIME; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DELTA RHYTHM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84873504658     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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