Vetrivelan Ramalingam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Title
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Administrative and Hospital Titles
Academic Researcher, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Address
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Center for Life Sciences # 711
3 Blackfan Circle
Boston MA 02115
Publications View
Role of Basal Ganglia in sleep-wake regulation: neural circuitry and clinical significance.
Long-term synaptic plasticity is impaired in rats with lesions of the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus.
Medullary circuitry regulating rapid eye movement sleep and motor atonia.
Noradrenergic afferents and receptors in the medial preoptic area: neuroanatomical and neurochemical links between the regulation of sleep and body temperature.
Alpha-1 adrenergic receptors in the medial preoptic area are involved in the induction of sleep.
Sleep induction and temperature lowering by medial preoptic alpha(1) adrenergic receptors.
Tonic activity of alpha1 adrenergic receptors of the medial preoptic area contributes towards increased sleep in rats.
Unmasking of alpha1 adrenoceptor induced hypnogenic response from medial preoptic area.
Repeated intracerebral microinjections: efficacy in studying brain functions.
Authors: Vetrivelan R, Mallick HN, Kumar VM.
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
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Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
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Changes in body temperature and sleep-wakefulness after intrapreoptic injection of methoxamine in rats.