Experimental Marine Ecology
- 27 December 1963
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3600) , 1685-1687
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3600.1685
Abstract
Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, when administered to animals or human beings, causes sleep. It is convertible to gamma-butyrolactone, which also produces sleep. Tissue concentrations in rats after administration of these two compounds show that the induced sleep is related to the concentration of the lactone in the brain.Keywords
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