Neuropeptides
Volume 43, Issue 6 , Pages 499-505 , December 2009

The anorexigenic peptide cocaine-and-amphetamine-regulated transcript modulates rem-sleep in rats

  • M. Méndez-Díaz

      Affiliations

    • Grupo de Neurociencias, Depto de Fisiología, Fac. de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apdo. Postal 70-250, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
    • ,
  • E. Domínguez Martín

      Affiliations

    • Grupo de Neurociencias, Depto de Fisiología, Fac. de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apdo. Postal 70-250, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
    • ,
  • M. Pérez Morales

      Affiliations

    • Grupo de Neurociencias, Depto de Fisiología, Fac. de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apdo. Postal 70-250, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
    • ,
  • A.E. Ruiz-Contreras

      Affiliations

    • Grupo de Neurociencias, Lab. de Neurogenómica Cognitiva, Fac. de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apdo. Postal 70-250, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
    • ,
  • L. Navarro

      Affiliations

    • Grupo de Neurociencias, Depto de Fisiología, Fac. de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apdo. Postal 70-250, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
    • ,
  • O. Prospéro-García

      Affiliations

    • Grupo de Neurociencias, Depto de Fisiología, Fac. de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apdo. Postal 70-250, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +52 55 623 2509; fax: +52 55 623 2241.

Received 21 May 2009 ,Accepted 5 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2009.08.004

Neuropeptides
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