Pedunculopontine nucleus gamma band activity-preconscious awareness, waking, and REM sleep

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Urbano, F J ^b   D'Onofrio, S ^a   Luster, B ^a   Beck, P ^a   Hyde, J ^a   Bisagno, V ^b   Garcia Rill, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinase II; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Leptin; N and P Q type calcium channels; Neuronal calcium sensor; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; LEPTIN; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; FREE WILL; GAMMA RHYTHM; HALLUCINATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSCILLATION; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PERCEPTION; PRECONSCIOUS AWARENESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REM SLEEP; RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84908011942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00210     Document Type: Article

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