Electrical stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla promotes wakefulness in rats

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1076-1084

  Chen, C Y ^a   Kuo, Terry B J ^a,b   Hsieh, I T ^a   Yang, Cheryl C H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arousal; Electrical stimulation; Heart rate variability; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sleep; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE WAKING; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RAT; REM SLEEP; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TELEMETRY; WAKEFULNESS;

AROUSAL; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SLEEP; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SLEEP, REM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TELEMETRY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84886801349     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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