Synaptic interactions between perifornical lateral hypothalamic area, locus coeruleus nucleus and the oral pontine reticular nucleus are implicated in the stage succession during sleep-wakefulness cycle

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 NOV, 2013, Pages

  Tortorella, Silvia ^a   Rodrigo Angulo, Margarita L ^a   Núñez, Angel ^a   Garzón, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic receptors; GABAergic receptors; Orexin; Orexin 1 receptor; REM sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

1 (2 METHYL 6 BENZOXAZOLYL) 3 (1,5 NAPHTHYRIDIN 4 YL)UREA; BICUCULLINE; OREXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIFORNICAL LATERAL HYPOTHALAMIC AREA; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PONTINE RETICULAR NUCLEUS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYNAPTIC INTERACTION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 84888786719     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00216     Document Type: Article

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