Early and Later Life Stress Alter Brain Activity and Sleep in Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mrdalj, Jelena ^a,b   Pallesen, Ståle ^a,b   Milde, Anne Marita ^a   Jellestad, Finn Konow ^a   Murison, Robert ^a   Ursin, Reidun ^a,b   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,b   Grønli, Janne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; DELTA RHYTHM; EARLY LIFE STRESS; GAMMA RHYTHM; LATER LIFE STRESS; LIFE STRESS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84880842193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069923     Document Type: Article

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