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Sun Y, Tisdale RK, Yamashita A, Kilduff TS. Peripheral vs. core body temperature as hypocretin/orexin neurons degenerate: Exercise mitigates increased heat loss. Peptides 2023; 164:171002. [PMID: 36963505 PMCID: PMC10337601 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2023.171002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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Hypocretins/Orexins (Hcrt/Ox) are hypothalamic neuropeptides implicated in diverse functions, including body temperature regulation through modulation of sympathetic vasoconstrictor tone. In the current study, we measured subcutaneous (Tsc) and core (Tb) body temperature as well as activity in a conditional transgenic mouse strain that allows the inducible ablation of Hcrt/Ox-containing neurons by removal of doxycycline (DOX) from their diet (orexin-DTA mice). Measurements were made during a baseline, when mice were being maintained on food containing DOX, and over 42 days while the mice were fed normal chow which resulted in Hcrt/Ox neuron degeneration. The home cages of the orexin-DTA mice were equipped with running wheels that were either locked or unlocked. In the presence of a locked running wheel, Tsc progressively decreased on days 28 and 42 in the DOX(-) condition, primarily during the dark phase (the major active period for rodents). This nocturnal reduction in Tsc was mitigated when mice had access to unlocked running wheels. In contrast to Tsc, Tb was largely maintained until day 42 in the DOX(-) condition even when the running wheel was locked. Acute changes in both Tsc and Tb were observed preceding, during, and following cataplexy. Our results suggest that ablation of Hcrt/Ox-containing neurons results in elevated heat loss, likely through reduced sympathetic vasoconstrictor tone, and that exercise may have some therapeutic benefit to patients with narcolepsy, a disorder caused by Hcrt/Ox deficiency. Acute changes in body temperature may facilitate prediction of cataplexy onset and lead to interventions to mitigate its occurrence.
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- Yu Sun
- Biosciences Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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- Biosciences Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Biosciences Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Department of Physiology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan
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- Biosciences Division, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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SignificanceAnxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental illnesses worldwide. Despite significant advances in their treatment, many patients remain treatment resistant. Thus, new treatment modalities and targets are much needed. Therefore, we developed a deep brain stimulation therapy that targets a recently identified anxiety center in the lateral hypothalamus. We show that this therapy rapidly silences anxiety-implicated neurons and immediately relieves diverse anxiety symptoms in a variety of stressful situations. This therapeutic effect occurs without acute or chronic side effects that are typical of many existing treatments, such as physical sedation or memory deficits. These findings identify a clinically applicable new therapeutic strategy for helping patients to manage treatment-resistant anxiety.
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Miyata K, Ikoma Y, Murata K, Kusumoto-Yoshida I, Kobayashi K, Kuwaki T, Ootsuka Y. Multifaceted roles of orexin neurons in mediating methamphetamine-induced changes in body temperature and heart rate. IBRO Neurosci Rep 2022; 12:108-120. [PMID: 35128515 PMCID: PMC8804267 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2022.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Yaeger JD, Krupp KT, Gale JJ, Summers CH. Counterbalanced microcircuits for Orx1 and Orx2 regulation of stress reactivity. MEDICINE IN DRUG DISCOVERY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medidd.2020.100059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Garau C, Blomeley C, Burdakov D. Orexin neurons and inhibitory Agrp→orexin circuits guide spatial exploration in mice. J Physiol 2020; 598:4371-4383. [PMID: 32667686 DOI: 10.1113/jp280158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Photoinhibition of endogenous activity of lateral hypothalamic orexin neurons causes place preference and reduces innate avoidance Endogenous activity of orexin neurons correlates with place preference Mediobasal hypothalamic Agrp neurons inhibit orexin neurons via GABA, and chemogenetic suppression of Agrp neurons increases avoidance in an orexin receptor-dependent manner. ABSTRACT Hypothalamic orexin/hypocretin neurons integrate multiple sensory cues and project brain-wide to orchestrate diverse innate behaviours. Their loss impairs many context-appropriate actions, but the motivational characteristics of orexin cell activity remain unclear. We and others previously approached this question by artificial orexin stimulation, which could induce either rewarding (positive valence) or aversive (negative valence) brain activity. It is unknown to what extent such approaches replicate natural/endogenous orexin signals, which rapidly fluctuate during wakefulness. Here we took an alternative approach, focusing on observing and silencing natural orexin cell signals associated with a fundamental innate behaviour, self-paced spatial exploration. We found that mice are more likely to stay in places paired with orexin cell optosilencing. The orexin cell optosilencing also reduced avoidance of places that mice find innately aversive. Correspondingly, calcium recordings revealed that orexin cell activity rapidly reduced upon exiting the innately aversive places. Furthermore, we provide optogenetic evidence for an inhibitory GABAergic Agrp→orexin hypothalamic neurocircuit, and find that Agrp cell suppression increases innate avoidance behaviour, consistent with orexin disinhibition. These results imply that exploration may be motivated and oriented by a need to reduce aversive orexin cell activity, and suggest a hypothalamic circuit for fine-tuning orexin signals to changing ethological priorities.
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- Celia Garau
- The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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Orexins role in neurodegenerative diseases: From pathogenesis to treatment. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2020; 194:172929. [PMID: 32315694 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2020.172929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Orexin is a neurotransmitter that mainly regulates sleep/wake cycle. In addition to its sleep cycle regulatory role, it is involved in regulation of attention, energy homeostasis, neurogenesis and cognition. Several evidences has shown the involvement of orexin in narcolepsy, but there are also growing evidences that shows the disturbance in orexin system in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Epilepsy, Huntington's diseases and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Pathogenesis and clinical symptoms of these disorders can be partly attributed from orexin system imbalance. However, there are controversial reports on the exact relationship between orexin and these neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, the aim of this review is to summarize the current evidences regarding the role of orexin in these neurodegenerative diseases.
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Targeting the Orexin System for Prescription Opioid Use Disorder. Brain Sci 2020; 10:brainsci10040226. [PMID: 32290110 PMCID: PMC7225970 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10040226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Prescription opioids are potent analgesics that are used for clinical pain management. However, the nonmedical use of these medications has emerged as a major concern because of dramatic increases in abuse and overdose. Therefore, effective strategies to prevent prescription opioid use disorder are urgently needed. The orexin system has been implicated in the regulation of motivation, arousal, and stress, making this system a promising target for the treatment of substance use disorder. This review discusses recent preclinical studies that suggest that orexin receptor blockade could be beneficial for the treatment of prescription opioid use disorder.
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Matzeu A, Martin-Fardon R. Targeting the orexin system for prescription opioid use disorder: Orexin-1 receptor blockade prevents oxycodone taking and seeking in rats. Neuropharmacology 2019; 164:107906. [PMID: 31841797 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Prescription opioids, such as oxycodone, are potent analgesics that are used to treat and manage pain. However, oxycodone is one of the most commonly abused prescription drugs. Finding an effective strategy to prevent prescription opioid use disorder is urgent. Orexin receptors (OrxR1 and OrxR2) have been implicated in the regulation of motivation, arousal, and stress, making them possible targets for the treatment of substance use disorder. To study the significance of environmental stimuli in maintaining the vulnerability to relapse to oxycodone use, resistance to the extinction of oxycodone-seeking behavior that was elicited by an oxycodone-related stimulus was examined. Rats were trained to self-administer oxycodone in the presence of a contextual/discriminative stimulus (SD). Using this procedure, the rats readily acquired oxycodone self-administration and exhibited increases in physical signs of opioid withdrawal. Following extinction, response-reinstating effects of re-exposure to the SD perseverated. We then tested whether OrxR blockade prevents oxycodone intake and relapse. The effects of the OrxR1 antagonist SB334867 and OrxR2 antagonist TCSOX229 on oxycodone self-administration were tested. SB334867 significantly decreased oxycodone self-administration, whereas TCSOX229 did not produce any effect. To investigate whether OrxR1 and OrxR2 blockade prevents oxycodone seeking, the rats were tested for the ability of SB334867 and TCSOX229 to prevent the SD-induced conditioned reinstatement of oxycodone-seeking behavior. SB334867 decreased oxycodone-seeking behavior, whereas TCSOX229 was ineffective. These results suggest that OrxR1 antagonism prevents excessive prescription opioid use and relapse and might be beneficial for the treatment of prescription opioid use disorder.
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- Alessandra Matzeu
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Moorman DE. The hypocretin/orexin system as a target for excessive motivation in alcohol use disorders. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2018; 235:1663-1680. [PMID: 29508004 PMCID: PMC5949267 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-018-4871-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The hypocretin/orexin (ORX) system has been repeatedly demonstrated to regulate motivation for drugs of abuse, including alcohol. In particular, ORX seems to be critically involved in highly motivated behaviors, as is observed in high-seeking individuals in a population, in the seeking of highly palatable substances, and in models of dependence. It seems logical that this system could be considered as a potential target for treatment for addiction, particularly alcohol addiction, as ORX pharmacological manipulations significantly reduce drinking. However, the ORX system also plays a role in a wide range of other behaviors, emotions, and physiological functions and is disrupted in a number of non-dependence-associated disorders. It is therefore important to consider how the ORX system might be optimally targeted for potential treatment for alcohol use disorders either in combination with or separate from its role in other functions or diseases. This review will focus on the role of ORX in alcohol-associated behaviors and whether and how this system could be targeted to treat alcohol use disorders while avoiding impacts on other ORX-relevant functions. A brief overview of the ORX system will be followed by a discussion of some of the factors that makes it particularly intriguing as a target for alcohol addiction treatment, a consideration of some potential challenges associated with targeting this system and, finally, some future directions to optimize new treatments.
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- David E Moorman
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 528 Tobin Hall, 135 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
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Akladious A, Azzam S, Hu Y, Feng P. Bmal1 knockdown suppresses wake and increases immobility without altering orexin A, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, or glutamate decarboxylase. CNS Neurosci Ther 2018; 24:549-563. [PMID: 29446232 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of Bmal1 knockdown (KD) on sleep, activity, immobility, hypothalamic levels of orexin, corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH), and GABAergic glutamate decarboxylase (GAD). METHODS We used Bmal1 siRNA, or control siRNA intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection to knock down Bmal1 in C57BL/6 mice. Sleep polysomnography, wheel-running activity, and tail suspension test were performed. Polysomnographic (PSG) recordings in both groups were preceded by ICV injection made during both the light phase and the dark phase. We also measured brain orexin A and CRH using an ELISA and measured GAD using immunoblotting. RESULTS Compared with control group, Bmal1 KD group had reduced wheel activity and increased immobility. Compared with control, the Bmal1 KD group had reduced wheel activity and increased immobility. During the first 24 hours after treatment, we observed that control siRNA induced a much greater increase in sleep during the dark phase, which was associated with lower orexin levels. However, beginning 24 hours after treatment, we observed an increase in sleep and a decrease in time spent awake during the dark phase in the Bmal1 KD group. These changes were not associated with changes in brain levels of orexin A, CRH, or GAD. CONCLUSION Bmal1 KD led to reduced activity, increased immobility, and dramatic reduction in time spent awake as well as an increase in sleep during the dark phase. Early after injection, there was a slight change in sleep but brain levels of orexin, CRH, and GAD remain unchanged. Control siRNA also affected sleep associated with changes in orexin levels.
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- Afaf Akladious
- Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Anderson RI, Moorman DE, Becker HC. Contribution of Dynorphin and Orexin Neuropeptide Systems to the Motivational Effects of Alcohol. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2018. [PMID: 29526023 DOI: 10.1007/164_2018_100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Understanding the neural systems that drive alcohol motivation and are disrupted in alcohol use disorders is of critical importance in developing novel treatments. The dynorphin and orexin/hypocretin neuropeptide systems are particularly relevant with respect to alcohol use and misuse. Both systems are strongly associated with alcohol-seeking behaviors, particularly in cases of high levels of alcohol use as seen in dependence. Furthermore, both systems also play a role in stress and anxiety, indicating that disruption of these systems may underlie long-term homeostatic dysregulation seen in alcohol use disorders. These systems are also closely interrelated with one another - dynorphin/kappa opioid receptors and orexin/hypocretin receptors are found in similar regions and hypocretin/orexin neurons also express dynorphin - suggesting that these two systems may work together in the regulation of alcohol seeking and may be mutually disrupted in alcohol use disorders. This chapter reviews studies demonstrating a role for each of these systems in motivated behavior, with a focus on their roles in regulating alcohol-seeking and self-administration behaviors. Consideration is also given to evidence indicating that these neuropeptide systems may be viable targets for the development of potential treatments for alcohol use disorders.
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- Rachel I Anderson
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.,Science and Technology Policy Fellowships, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. .,Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. .,Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. .,Department of Veterans Affairs, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA.
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Inhibitory Interplay between Orexin Neurons and Eating. Curr Biol 2016; 26:2486-2491. [PMID: 27546579 PMCID: PMC5049542 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In humans and rodents, loss of brain orexin/hypocretin (OH) neurons causes pathological sleepiness [1, 2, 3, 4], whereas OH hyperactivity is associated with stress and anxiety [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. OH cell control is thus of considerable interest. OH cells are activated by fasting [11, 12] and proposed to stimulate eating [13]. However, OH cells are also activated by diverse feeding-unrelated stressors [14, 15, 16, 17] and stimulate locomotion and “fight-or-flight” responses [18, 19, 20]. Such OH-mediated behaviors presumably preclude concurrent eating, and loss of OH cells produces obesity, suggesting that OH cells facilitate net energy expenditure rather than energy intake [2, 21, 22, 23]. The relationship between OH cells and eating, therefore, remains unclear. Here we investigated this issue at the level of natural physiological activity of OH cells. First, we monitored eating-associated dynamics of OH cells using fiber photometry in free-feeding mice. OH cell activity decreased within milliseconds after eating onset, and remained in a down state during eating. This OH inactivation occurred with foods of diverse tastes and textures, as well as with calorie-free “food,” in both fed and fasted mice, suggesting that it is driven by the act of eating itself. Second, we probed the implications of natural OH cell signals for eating and weight in a new conditional OH cell-knockout model. Complete OH cell inactivation in adult brain induced a hitherto unrecognized overeating phenotype and caused overweight that was preventable by mild dieting. These results support an inhibitory interplay between OH signals and eating, and demonstrate that OH cell activity is rapidly controllable, across nutritional states, by voluntary action. Brain orexin cell activity is rapidly inactivated upon the act of eating This occurs with different foods, including calorie-free and liquid food Complete orexin cell inactivation in adult brain can promote overeating Overweight resulting from orexin cell loss is reversible by mild dieting
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Kuwaki T. Thermoregulation under pressure: a role for orexin neurons. Temperature (Austin) 2015; 2:379-91. [PMID: 27227052 PMCID: PMC4843912 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2015.1066921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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In the past, studies on stress responses and sleep/wake regulation were performed separately. The discovery of orexin (hypocretin) in 1998, however, dramatically changed the course of research and new findings regarding its role in these complex processes provided a better insight into their interactions and intricacies. Orexin-containing neuronal activity has been found to be minimal during sleep. It increases during the waking period and further increases during the active waking period, which includes stress responses and exploratory behaviors. Autonomic regulation of the body, which includes body temperature, blood flow, and ventilation, is also activated along with the change in vigilance states. Our recent findings suggest that orexin neurons act as a conductor of orchestration for vigilance states, behaviors, and autonomic functions. Body temperature regulation by orexin neurons seems to be mediated by one of its cotransmitters while cardiovascular and respiratory regulation are mediated by orexin itself.
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- Tomoyuki Kuwaki
- Department of Physiology; Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences ; Kagoshima, Japan
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Ootsuka Y, Tanaka M. Control of cutaneous blood flow by central nervous system. Temperature (Austin) 2015; 2:392-405. [PMID: 27227053 PMCID: PMC4843916 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2015.1069437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hairless skin acts as a heat exchanger between body and environment, and thus greatly contributes to body temperature regulation by changing blood flow to the skin (cutaneous) vascular bed during physiological responses such as cold- or warm-defense and fever. Cutaneous blood flow is also affected by alerting state; we 'go pale with fright'. The rabbit ear pinna and the rat tail have hairless skin, and thus provide animal models for investigating central pathway regulating blood flow to cutaneous vascular beds. Cutaneous blood flow is controlled by the centrally regulated sympathetic nervous system. Sympathetic premotor neurons in the medullary raphé in the lower brain stem are labeled at early stage after injection of trans-synaptic viral tracer into skin wall of the rat tail. Inactivation of these neurons abolishes cutaneous vasomotor changes evoked as part of thermoregulatory, febrile or psychological responses, indicating that the medullary raphé is a common final pathway to cutaneous sympathetic outflow, receiving neural inputs from upstream nuclei such as the preoptic area, hypothalamic nuclei and the midbrain. Summarizing evidences from rats and rabbits studies in the last 2 decades, we will review our current understanding of the central pathways mediating cutaneous vasomotor control.
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- Youichirou Ootsuka
- Centre for Neuroscience; Department of Human Physiology; School of Medicine; Flinders University; Bedford Park; South Australia, Australia
- Department of Physiology; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Kagoshima University; Kagoshima, Japan
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- Health Effects Research Group; Energy and Environment Research Division; Japan Automobile Research Institute; Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Ramirez JM. The integrative role of the sigh in psychology, physiology, pathology, and neurobiology. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2014; 209:91-129. [PMID: 24746045 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63274-6.00006-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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"Sighs, tears, grief, distress" expresses Johann Sebastian Bach in a musical example for the relationship between sighs and deep emotions. This review explores the neurobiological basis of the sigh and its relationship with psychology, physiology, and pathology. Sighs monitor changes in brain states, induce arousal, and reset breathing variability. These behavioral roles homeostatically regulate breathing stability under physiological and pathological conditions. Sighs evoked in hypoxia evoke arousal and thereby become critical for survival. Hypoarousal and failure to sigh have been associated with sudden infant death syndrome. Increased breathing irregularity may provoke excessive sighing and hyperarousal, a behavioral sequence that may play a role in panic disorders. Essential for generating sighs and breathing is the pre-Bötzinger complex. Modulatory and synaptic interactions within this local network and between networks located in the brainstem, cerebellum, cortex, hypothalamus, amygdala, and the periaqueductal gray may govern the relationships between physiology, psychology, and pathology. Unraveling these circuits will lead to a better understanding of how we balance emotions and how emotions become pathological.
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- Jan-Marino Ramirez
- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Srinivasan S, Shariff M, Bartlett SE. The role of the glucocorticoids in developing resilience to stress and addiction. Front Psychiatry 2013; 4:68. [PMID: 23914175 PMCID: PMC3730062 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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There is emerging evidence that individuals have the capacity to learn to be resilient by developing protective mechanisms that prevent them from the maladaptive effects of stress that can contribute to addiction. The emerging field of the neuroscience of resilience is beginning to uncover the circuits and molecules that protect against stress-related neuropsychiatric diseases, such as addiction. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are important regulators of basal and stress-related homeostasis in all higher organisms and influence a wide array of genes in almost every organ and tissue. GCs, therefore, are ideally situated to either promote or prevent adaptation to stress. In this review, we will focus on the role of GCs in the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenocortical axis and extra-hypothalamic regions in regulating basal and chronic stress responses. GCs interact with a large number of neurotransmitter and neuropeptide systems that are associated with the development of addiction. Additionally, the review will focus on the orexinergic and cholinergic pathways and highlight their role in stress and addiction. GCs play a key role in promoting the development of resilience or susceptibility and represent important pharmacotherapeutic targets that can reduce the impact of a maladapted stress system for the treatment of stress-induced addiction.
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- Subhashini Srinivasan
- Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California San Francisco , Emeryville, CA , USA
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