Sleep and Sedative States Induced by Targeting the Histamine and Noradrenergic Systems
Sedatives target just a handful of receptors and ion channels. But we have no satisfying explanation for how activating these receptors produces sedation. In particular, do sedatives act at restricted brain locations and circuitries or more widely? Two prominent sedative drugs in clinical use are zo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neural Circuits |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2018.00004/full |