The sleep-wake switch: A neuronal alarm clock

Authors
McGinty, D Szymusiak, R
Citation
D. Mcginty et R. Szymusiak, The sleep-wake switch: A neuronal alarm clock, NAT MED, 6(5), 2000, pp. 510-511
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
NATURE MEDICINE
ISSN journal
10788956 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
510 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
1078-8956(200005)6:5<510:TSSANA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A 70-year-old hypothesis that a rostral hypothalamic area is essential for maintaining sleep is re-awakened by the demonstration that the sleep-active ventrolateral preoptic neurons interact with wake-promoting systems in the upper brainstem.