Effect of specific M1, M2 muscarinic receptor agonists on REM sleep generation

Pirenzepine distinguishes between different subclasses of muscarinic receptors

1980 • 1,299 citations

Muscarinic receptor subtypes: M1 and M2 biochemical and functional characterization

1982 • 699 citations

The binding of agonists to brain muscarinic receptors.

1978 • 656 citations

A cholinergic mechanism in the brainstem reticular formation: Induction of paradoxical sleep

1964 • 394 citations

Evolving concepts of sleep cycle generation: From brain centers to neuronal populations

1986 • 321 citations

Limbic cholinergic pathways involved in sleep and emotional behavior

1963 • 307 citations

Site-specific enhancement and suppression of desynchronized sleep signs following cholinergic stimulation of three brainstem regions

1984 • 267 citations

Cholinergic projections from the laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei to the pontine gigantocellular tegmental field in the cat

1988 • 245 citations

A neuroanatomical gradient in the pontine tegmentum for the cholinoceptive induction of desynchronized sleep signs

1987 • 215 citations

Microinjection of neostigmine into the pontine reticular formation of cats enhances desynchronized sleep signs.

1984 • 160 citations

Pontine neuronal response to local cholinergic infusion: Relation to REM sleep

1986 • 116 citations

Continuous pontine cholinergic microinfusion via mini-pump induces sustained alterations in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep

1986 • 111 citations

Acetylcholine and the Regulation of REM Sleep: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications for Affective Illness and Narcolepsy

1987 • 110 citations

Cholinergic neurons from the dorsolateral pons project to the medial pons: A WGA-HRP and choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemical study

1988 • 109 citations

Enhancement of desynchronized sleep signs after pontine microinjection of the muscarinic agonist bethanechol

1983 • 97 citations

Distribution of Choline Acetyltransferase Immunoreactive Somata in the Feline Brainstem: Implications for REM Sleep Generation

1988 • 93 citations

REM sleep signs rostral to chronic transections at the pontomedullary junction

1984 • 83 citations

M2 muscarinic receptors mediate pressor responses to cholinergic agonists in the ventrolateral medullary pressor area

1988 • 72 citations

Autoradiographic distribution of muscarinic [3H]Acetylcholine receptors in rat brain: Comparison with antagonists

1986 • 36 citations

Cholinergic stimulation of drinking from the lateral hypothalamus: Indications for M2 muscarinic receptor mediation

1987 • 19 citations

Involvement of M1-muscarinic receptors in the excitation of neocortical neurones by acetylcholine

1987 • 9 citations