Role of corticosterone on sleep homeostasis induced by REM sleep deprivation in rats.

Role of corticosterone on sleep homeostasis induced by REM sleep deprivation in rats.

Sleep is regulated by humoral and homeostatic processes. If on one hand chronic elevation of stress hormones impair sleep, on the other hand, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation induces elevation of glucocorticoids and time of REM sleep during the recovery period. In the present study we soug...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Borges Machado, Sergio Tufik, Deborah Suchecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3646744?pdf=render

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