Wake–sleep circuitry: an overview

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 186-192

  Saper, Clifford B ^a   Fuller, Patrick M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AROUSAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC AROUSAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

BRAIN; HUMANS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 85020019698     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.03.021     Document Type: Review

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