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Feige B, Benz F, Dressle RJ, Riemann D. Insomnia and REM sleep instability. J Sleep Res 2023; 32:e14032. [PMID: 37679882 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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In this narrative review, we give an overview of the concept of rapid eye movement sleep instability and its reported implications in the context of insomnia. The term rapid eye movement sleep instability was coined to describe the observation of a modified rapid eye movement quality in insomnia, characterized by an increased tendency of perceiving rapid eye movement sleep as wake, a small but consistent rapid eye movement sleep reduction and an increased rapid eye movement sleep arousal index. Current research highlights relationships that are transdiagnostic in nature, corresponding to the known interaction of insomnia with many psychiatric disorders, and showing relationships to chronic stress and anxiety disorders.
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- Bernd Feige
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Section of Clinical Psychology and Psychophysiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Shi XB, Wang J, Li FT, Zhang YB, Qu WM, Dai CF, Huang ZL. Whole-brain monosynaptic outputs and presynaptic inputs of GABAergic neurons in the vestibular nuclei complex of mice. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:982596. [PMID: 36090271 PMCID: PMC9459096 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.982596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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GABAergic neurons in the vestibular nuclei (VN) participate in multiple vital vestibular sensory processing allowing for the maintenance and rehabilitation of vestibular functions. However, although the important role of GABA in the central vestibular system has been widely reported, the underlying neural circuits between VN GABAergic neurons and other brain functional regions remain elusive, which limits the further study of the underlying mechanism. Hence, it is necessary to elucidate neural connectivity based on outputs and inputs of GABAergic neurons in the VN. This study employed a modified rabies virus retrograde tracing vector and cre-dependent adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) anterograde tracing vector, combined with a transgenic VGAT-IRES-Cre mice, to map the inputs and outputs of VN GABAergic neurons in the whole brain. We found that 51 discrete brain regions received projections from VN GABAergic neurons in the whole brain, and there were 77 upstream nuclei innervating GABAergic neurons in the VN. These nuclei were mainly located in four brain regions, including the medulla, pons, midbrain, and cerebellum. Among them, VN GABAergic neurons established neural circuits with some functional nuclei in the whole brain, especially regulating balance maintenance, emotion control, pain processing, sleep and circadian rhythm regulation, and fluid homeostasis. Therefore, this study deepens a comprehensive understanding of the whole-brain neural connectivity of VN, providing the neuroanatomical information for further research on the neural mechanism of the co-morbidities with vestibular dysfunction.
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- Xun-Bei Shi
- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Ministry of Health, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Ministry of Health, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Ministry of Health, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Ministry of Health, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Ministry of Health, Eye and Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Chun-Fu Dai
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Zhi-Li Huang
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Behavioral states naturally alternate between wakefulness and the sleep phases rapid eye movement and nonrapid eye movement sleep. Waking and sleep states are complex processes that are elegantly orchestrated by spatially fine-tuned neurochemical changes of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators including glutamate, acetylcholine, γ-aminobutyric acid, norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, histamine, hypocretin, melanin concentrating hormone, adenosine, and melatonin. However, as highlighted in this brief overview, no single neurotransmitter or neuromodulator, but rather their complex interactions within organized neuronal ensembles, regulate waking and sleep states. The neurochemical pathways presented here are aimed to provide a conceptual framework for the understanding of the effects of currently used sleep medications.
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- Sebastian C Holst
- Neuroscience and Rare Diseases Discovery and Translational Area, Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, Basel 4070, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich 8057, Switzerland; Zürich Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research (ZiS), University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Kuczyński W, Wibowo E, Hoshino T, Kudrycka A, Małolepsza A, Karwowska U, Pruszkowska M, Wasiak J, Kuczyńska A, Spałka J, Pruszkowska-Przybylska P, Mokros Ł, Białas A, Białasiewicz P, Sasanabe R, Blagrove M, Manning J. Understanding the Associations of Prenatal Androgen Exposure on Sleep Physiology, Circadian Proteins, Anthropometric Parameters, Hormonal Factors, Quality of Life, and Sex Among Healthy Young Adults: Protocol for an International, Multicenter Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2021; 10:e29199. [PMID: 34612837 PMCID: PMC8529469 DOI: 10.2196/29199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background The ratio of the second finger length to the fourth finger length (2D:4D ratio) is considered to be negatively correlated with prenatal androgen exposure (PAE) and positively correlated with prenatal estrogen. Coincidentally, various brain regions are sensitive to PAE, and their functions in adults may be influenced by the prenatal actions of sex hormones. Objective This study aims to assess the relationship between PAE (indicated by the 2D:4D ratio) and various physiological (sex hormone levels and sleep-wake parameters), psychological (mental health), and sexual parameters in healthy young adults. Methods This study consists of two phases. In phase 1, we will conduct a survey-based study and anthropometric assessments (including 2D:4D ratio and BMI) in healthy young adults. Using validated questionnaires, we will collect self-reported data on sleep quality, sexual function, sleep chronotype, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. In phase 2, a subsample of phase 1 will undergo polysomnography and physiological and genetic assessments. Sleep architecture data will be obtained using portable polysomnography. The levels of testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, prolactin, melatonin, and circadian regulatory proteins (circadian locomotor output cycles kaput [CLOCK], timeless [TIM], and period [PER]) and the expression levels of some miRNAs will be measured using blood samples. The rest and activity cycle will be monitored using actigraphy for a 7-day period. Results In Poland, 720 participants were recruited for phase 1. Among these, 140 completed anthropometric measurements. In addition, 25 participants joined and completed phase 2 data collection. Recruitment from other sites will follow. Conclusions Findings from our study may help to better understand the plausible role of PAE in sleep physiology, mental health, and sexual quality of life in young adults. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/29199
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- Wojciech Kuczyński
- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Disorder Center, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medical Immunology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pathobiology of Respiratory Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Disorder Center, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise, and Medicine Research Centre, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Giovanni A, Giorgia A. The neurophysiological basis of bruxism. Heliyon 2021; 7:e07477. [PMID: 34286138 PMCID: PMC8273205 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN) neurons innervate the stretch receptors of the jaw elevator muscles and periodontal ligament mechanoreceptors, Bruxism activates the MTN. We analyzed how MTN cells are structured, their anatomy and physiology, and the effects of their activation. To induce and maintain sleep, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitor neurotransmitter, is released from the ventro-lateral preoptic area of the hypothalamus and acts on the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) nuclei. The GABA neurotrasmitter induces the entry of chlorine into cells, hyperpolarizing and inhibiting these. MTN cells, on the contrary, are depolarized by GABA, as their receptors are activated upon GABA binding. They “let out” chlorine and activate ARAS cells. MTN cells release glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter onto their target cells, in this case onto ARAS cells. During wakefulness, ARAS activation causes cerebral cortex activation; instead, during sleep (sleep bruxism), ARAS activation avoids an excessive reduction in ARAS neurotransmitters, including noradrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine and glutamate. These neurotransmitters, in addition to activating the cerebral cortex, modulate vital functions such as cardiac and respiratory functions. Polysomnography shows that sleep bruxism is always accompanied by cardiac and respiratory activation and, most importantly, by brain function activation. Bruxism is not a parafunction, and it functions to activate ARAS nuclei.
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- Andrisani Giovanni
- Matera, via della Croce 47, Italy.,Ezelsveldlaan 2, 2611 rv, Delft, the Netherlands
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Sleep-wake cycle disturbances and NeuN-altered expression in adult rats after cannabidiol treatments during adolescence. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2021; 238:1437-1447. [PMID: 33635384 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-05769-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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RATIONALE The medical uses of cannabidiol (CBD), a constituent of the Cannabis sativa, have accelerated the legal and social acceptance for CBD-based medications but has also given the momentum for questioning whether the long-term use of CBD during the early years of life may induce adverse neurobiological effects in adulthood, including sleep disturbances. Given the critical window for neuroplasticity and neuro-functional changes that occur during stages of adolescence, we hypothesized that CBD might influence the sleep-wake cycle in adult rats after their exposure to CBD during the adolescence. OBJECTIVES Here, we investigated the effects upon behavior and neural activity in adulthood after long-term administrations of CBD in juvenile rats. METHODS We pre-treated juvenile rats with CBD (5 or 30 mg/Kg, daily) from post-natal day (PND) 30 and during 2 weeks. Following the treatments, the sleep-wake cycle and NeuN expression was analyzed at PND 80. RESULTS We found that systemic injections of CBD (5 or 30 mg/Kg, i.p.) given to adolescent rats (post-natal day 30) for 14 days increased in adulthood the wakefulness and decreased rapid eye movement sleep during the lights-on period whereas across the lights-off period, wakefulness was diminished and slow wave sleep was enhanced. In addition, we found that adult animals that received CBD during the adolescence displayed disruptions in sleep rebound period after total sleep deprivation. Finally, we determined how the chronic administrations of CBD during the adolescence affected in the adulthood the NeuN expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, a sleep-related brain region. CONCLUSIONS Our findings are relevant for interpreting results of adult rats that were chronically exposed to CBD during the adolescence and provide new insights into how CBD may impact the sleep-wake cycle and neuronal activity during developmental stages.
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Maywood ES, Chesham JE, Winsky-Sommerer R, Smyllie NJ, Hastings MH. Circadian Chimeric Mice Reveal an Interplay Between the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and Local Brain Clocks in the Control of Sleep and Memory. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:639281. [PMID: 33679317 PMCID: PMC7935531 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.639281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Sleep is regulated by circadian and homeostatic processes. Whereas the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is viewed as the principal mediator of circadian control, the contributions of sub-ordinate local circadian clocks distributed across the brain are unknown. To test whether the SCN and local brain clocks interact to regulate sleep, we used intersectional genetics to create temporally chimeric CK1ε Tau mice, in which dopamine 1a receptor (Drd1a)-expressing cells, a powerful pacemaking sub-population of the SCN, had a cell-autonomous circadian period of 24 h whereas the rest of the SCN and the brain had intrinsic periods of 20 h. We compared these mice with non-chimeric 24 h wild-types (WT) and 20 h CK1ε Tau mutants. The periods of the SCN ex vivo and the in vivo circadian behavior of chimeric mice were 24 h, as with WT, whereas other tissues in the chimeras had ex vivo periods of 20 h, as did all tissues from Tau mice. Nevertheless, the chimeric SCN imposed its 24 h period on the circadian patterning of sleep. When compared to 24 h WT and 20 h Tau mice, however, the sleep/wake cycle of chimeric mice under free-running conditions was disrupted, with more fragmented sleep and an increased number of short NREMS and REMS episodes. Even though the chimeras could entrain to 20 h light:dark cycles, the onset of activity and wakefulness was delayed, suggesting that SCN Drd1a-Cre cells regulate the sleep/wake transition. Chimeric mice also displayed a blunted homeostatic response to 6 h sleep deprivation (SD) with an impaired ability to recover lost sleep. Furthermore, sleep-dependent memory was compromised in chimeras, which performed significantly worse than 24 h WT and 20 h Tau mice. These results demonstrate a central role for the circadian clocks of SCN Drd1a cells in circadian sleep regulation, but they also indicate a role for extra-SCN clocks. In circumstances where the SCN and sub-ordinate local clocks are temporally mis-aligned, the SCN can maintain overall circadian control, but sleep consolidation and recovery from SD are compromised. The importance of temporal alignment between SCN and extra-SCN clocks for maintaining vigilance state, restorative sleep and memory may have relevance to circadian misalignment in humans, with environmental (e.g., shift work) causes.
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- Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Neurobiology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Shi X, Wei H, Chen Z, Wang J, Qu W, Huang Z, Dai C. Whole-brain monosynaptic inputs and outputs of glutamatergic neurons of the vestibular nuclei complex in mice. Hear Res 2020; 401:108159. [PMID: 33401198 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Vestibular nuclei complex (VN) glutamatergic neurons play a critical role in the multisensory and multimodal processing. The dysfunction of VN leads to a series of vestibular concurrent symptoms, such as disequilibrium, spatial disorientation, autonomic disorders and even emotion disorders. However, the reciprocal neural connectivity in the whole brain of VN glutamatergic neurons was incompletely understood. Here, we employed a cell-type-specific, cre-dependent, modified virus vector to retrogradely and anterogradely trace VN glutamatergic neurons in the VGLUT2-IRES-Cre mouse line. We identified and analyzed statistically the afferents and efferents of VN glutamatergic neurons in the whole brain, and also reconstructed monosynaptic inputs distribution of VN glutamatergic neurons at the three-dimensional level with the combination of a fluorescence micro-optical sectioning tomography system (fMOST). We found that VN glutamatergic neurons primarily received afferents from 57 nuclei and send efferents to 59 nuclei in the whole brain, intensively located in the brainstem and cerebellum. Projections from nuclei in the cerebellum targeting VN glutamatergic neurons mainly performed the balance control - the principal function of the vestibular system. In addition, VN glutamatergic neurons sent projections to oculomotor nucleus, trochlear nucleus and abducens nucleus dominating the eye movement. Except for the maintenance of balance, VN glutamatergic neurons were also directly connected with other functional regions, such as sleep-wake state (locus coeruleus, dorsal raphe nucleus, and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus, gigantocellular reticular nucleus, lateral paragigantocellular nucleus, periaqueductal gray, subcoeruleus nucleus, parvicellular reticular nucleus, paramedian raphe nucleus), and emotional regulation (locus coeruleus and dorsal raphe nucleus). Hence, this study revealed a comprehensive whole-brain neural connectivity of VN glutamatergic neurons and provided with a neuroanatomic foundation to further study on central vestibular circuits.
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- Xunbei Shi
- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine (Fudan University), Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, and Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Anatomy and Histoembryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, and Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine (Fudan University), Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, and Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science, and Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine (Fudan University), Shanghai 200031, China.
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Waking up requires excitation of the brain's wake centers. A new study shows that synaptic inhibition of sleep centers also induces wakefulness. This inhibition, driven by lateral hypothalamic GABAergic neurons, may coordinate sleep-wake behavior with stress, motivation and energy balance.
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- Anita Lüthi
- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (DNF), University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Lu HC, Pollack H, Lefante JJ, Mills AA, Tian D. Altered sleep architecture, rapid eye movement sleep, and neural oscillation in a mouse model of human chromosome 16p11.2 microdeletion. Sleep 2020; 42:5239591. [PMID: 30541142 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Sleep abnormalities are common among children with neurodevelopmental disorders. The human chr16p11.2 microdeletion is associated with a range of neurological and neurobehavioral abnormalities. Previous studies of a mouse model of human chr16p11.2 microdeletion (chr16p11.2df/+) have demonstrated pathophysiological changes at the synapses in the hippocampus and striatum; however, the impact of this genetic abnormality on system level brain functions, such as sleep and neural oscillation, has not been adequately investigated. Here, we show that chr16p11.2df/+ mice have altered sleep architecture, with increased wake time and reduced time in rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep. Importantly, several measurements of REM sleep are significantly changed in deletion mice. The REM bout number and the bout number ratio of REM to NREM are decreased in mutant mice, suggesting a deficit in REM-NREM transition. The average REM bout duration is shorter in mutant mice, indicating a defect in REM maintenance. In addition, whole-cell patch clamp recording of the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG)-projecting gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons in the lateral paragigantocellular nucleus of ventral medulla of mutant mice reveal that these neurons, which are important for NREM-REM transition and REM maintenance, have hyperpolarized resting membrane potential and increased membrane resistance. These changes in intrinsic membrane properties suggest that these projection-specific neurons of mutant mice are less excitable, and thereby may play a role in deficient NREM-REM transition and REM maintenance. Furthermore, mutant mice exhibit changes in neural oscillation involving multiple frequency classes in several vigilance states. The most significant alterations occur in the theta frequency during wake and REM sleep.
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- Hung-Chi Lu
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Developmental Neuroscience Program, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Global Biostatistics and Data Science, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Developmental Neuroscience Program, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Landolt HP, Holst SC, Valomon A. Clinical and Experimental Human Sleep-Wake Pharmacogenetics. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2019; 253:207-241. [PMID: 30443785 DOI: 10.1007/164_2018_175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sleep and wakefulness are highly complex processes that are elegantly orchestrated by fine-tuned neurochemical changes among neuronal and non-neuronal ensembles, nuclei, and networks of the brain. Important neurotransmitters and neuromodulators regulating the circadian and homeostatic facets of sleep-wake physiology include melatonin, γ-aminobutyric acid, hypocretin, histamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine, and adenosine. Dysregulation of these neurochemical systems may cause sleep-wake disorders, which are commonly classified into insomnia disorder, parasomnias, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, central disorders of hypersomnolence, sleep-related movement disorders, and sleep-related breathing disorders. Sleep-wake disorders can have far-reaching consequences on physical, mental, and social well-being and health and, thus, need be treated with effective and rational therapies. Apart from behavioral (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia), physiological (e.g., chronotherapy with bright light), and mechanical (e.g., continuous positive airway pressure treatment of obstructive sleep apnea) interventions, pharmacological treatments often are the first-line clinical option to improve disturbed sleep and wake states. Nevertheless, not all patients respond to pharmacotherapy in uniform and beneficial fashion, partly due to genetic differences. The improved understanding of the neurochemical mechanisms regulating sleep and wakefulness and the mode of action of sleep-wake therapeutics has provided a conceptual framework, to search for functional genetic variants modifying individual drug response phenotypes. This article will summarize the currently known genetic polymorphisms that modulate drug sensitivity and exposure, to partly determine individual responses to sleep-wake pharmacotherapy. In addition, a pharmacogenetic strategy will be outlined how based upon classical and opto-/chemogenetic strategies in animals, as well as human genetic associations, circuit mechanisms regulating sleep-wake functions in humans can be identified. As such, experimental human sleep-wake pharmacogenetics forms a bridge spanning basic research and clinical medicine and constitutes an essential step for the search and development of novel sleep-wake targets and therapeutics.
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- Hans-Peter Landolt
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
- Zürich Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research (ZiS), University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Neurobiology Research Unit and Neuropharm, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Dijk DJ, Landolt HP. Sleep Physiology, Circadian Rhythms, Waking Performance and the Development of Sleep-Wake Therapeutics. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2019; 253:441-481. [PMID: 31254050 DOI: 10.1007/164_2019_243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Disturbances of the sleep-wake cycle are highly prevalent and diverse. The aetiology of some sleep disorders, such as circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, is understood at the conceptual level of the circadian and homeostatic regulation of sleep and in part at a mechanistic level. Other disorders such as insomnia are more difficult to relate to sleep regulatory mechanisms or sleep physiology. To further our understanding of sleep-wake disorders and the potential of novel therapeutics, we discuss recent findings on the neurobiology of sleep regulation and circadian rhythmicity and its relation with the subjective experience of sleep and the quality of wakefulness. Sleep continuity and to some extent REM sleep emerge as determinants of subjective sleep quality and waking performance. The effects of insufficient sleep primarily concern subjective and objective sleepiness as well as vigilant attention, whereas performance on higher cognitive functions appears to be better preserved albeit at the cost of increased effort. We discuss age-related, sex and other trait-like differences in sleep physiology and sleep need and compare the effects of existing pharmacological and non-pharmacological sleep- and wake-promoting treatments. Successful non-pharmacological approaches such as sleep restriction for insomnia and light and melatonin treatment for circadian rhythm sleep disorders target processes such as sleep homeostasis or circadian rhythmicity. Most pharmacological treatments of sleep disorders target specific signalling pathways with no well-established role in either sleep homeostasis or circadian rhythmicity. Pharmacological sleep therapeutics induce changes in sleep structure and the sleep EEG which are specific to the mechanism of action of the drug. Sleep- and wake-promoting therapeutics often induce residual effects on waking performance and sleep, respectively. The need for novel therapeutic approaches continues not at least because of the societal demand to sleep and be awake out of synchrony with the natural light-dark cycle, the high prevalence of sleep-wake disturbances in mental health disorders and in neurodegeneration. Novel approaches, which will provide a more comprehensive description of sleep and allow for large-scale sleep and circadian physiology studies in the home environment, hold promise for continued improvement of therapeutics for disturbances of sleep, circadian rhythms and waking performance.
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- Derk-Jan Dijk
- Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Sleep and Health Zurich, University Center of Competence, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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The balance of sleep: Role of the vestibular sensory system. Sleep Med Rev 2018; 42:220-228. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Latifi B, Adamantidis A, Bassetti C, Schmidt MH. Sleep-Wake Cycling and Energy Conservation: Role of Hypocretin and the Lateral Hypothalamus in Dynamic State-Dependent Resource Optimization. Front Neurol 2018; 9:790. [PMID: 30344503 PMCID: PMC6183196 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The hypocretin (Hcrt) system has been implicated in a wide range of physiological functions from sleep-wake regulation to cardiovascular, behavioral, metabolic, and thermoregulagtory control. These wide-ranging physiological effects have challenged the identification of a parsimonious function for Hcrt. A compelling hypothesis suggests that Hcrt plays a role in the integration of sleep-wake neurophysiology with energy metabolism. For example, Hcrt neurons promote waking and feeding, but are also sensors of energy balance. Loss of Hcrt function leads to an increase in REM sleep propensity, but a potential role for Hcrt linking energy balance with REM sleep expression has not been addressed. Here we examine a potential role for Hcrt and the lateral hypothalamus (LH) in state-dependent resource allocation as a means of optimizing resource utilization and, as a result, energy conservation. We review the energy allocation hypothesis of sleep and how state-dependent metabolic partitioning may contribute toward energy conservation, but with additional examination of how the loss of thermoregulatory function during REM sleep may impact resource optimization. Optimization of energy expenditures at the whole organism level necessitates a top-down network responsible for coordinating metabolic operations in a state-dependent manner across organ systems. In this context, we then specifically examine the potential role of the LH in regulating this output control, including the contribution from both Hcrt and melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) neurons among a diverse LH cell population. We propose that this hypothalamic integration system is responsible for global shifts in state-dependent resource allocations, ultimately promoting resource optimization and an energy conservation function of sleep-wake cycling.
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- Blerina Latifi
- Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Experimental Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Experimental Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Experimental Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute, Dublin, OH, United States
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The regulated alternations between wakefulness and sleep states reflect complex behavioral processes, orchestrated by distinct neurochemical changes in brain parenchyma. No single neurotransmitter or neuromodulator controls the sleep-wake states in isolation. Rather, fine-tuned interactions within organized neuronal circuits regulate waking and sleep states and drive their transitions. Structural or functional dysregulation and medications interfering with these ensembles can lead to sleep-wake disorders and exert wanted or unwanted pharmacological actions on sleep-wake states. Knowledge of the neurochemical bases of sleep-wake states, which will be discussed in this article, provides the conceptual framework for understanding pharmacological effects on sleep and wake.
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- Sebastian C Holst
- Neurobiology Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, 28 Juliane Maries Vej 6931, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich 8057, Switzerland; Zürich Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research (ZiS), University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Jardim M, Amaral F, Antunes VMDS, Rodrigues F, Souza MSAD, Siqueto FR, Silva LM, Bertolino RA, Cavalaro V, Oliveira CR. Pinetonina<sup>TM</sup>, an Intranasally Administered Essential Oil Preparation, Is Effective in Decrease of Cortisol Levels and on the Glutamate Release Modulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.4236/nm.2018.93014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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