title: Increase of paradoxical sleep episodes after electrical stimulation of the lateral and third ventricles in the rat.
abstract: Electrical stimulation (0.3 mA in intensity, 80 Hz in frequency, 0.7 ms in signal duration) applied at 17.00 h in the lateral and third ventricles induced a significant increase of nocturnal paradoxical sleep (PS). This effect persisted for two consecutive days in both cases. Non-specific aspects involved in this effect are discussed and the results are commented on in terms of humoral processes and possible control of pineal gland activity.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U.52, Université Claude Bernard, Laboratoire de Médecine Experimentale, Lyons, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Louis-Coindet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Debru
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*