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Lee R, McGee A, Fernandez FX. Systematic review of drugs that modify the circadian system's phase-shifting responses to light exposure. Neuropsychopharmacology 2022; 47:866-879. [PMID: 34961774 PMCID: PMC8882192 DOI: 10.1038/s41386-021-01251-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We searched PubMed for primary research quantifying drug modification of light-induced circadian phase-shifting in rodents. This search, conducted for work published between 1960 and 2018, yielded a total of 146 papers reporting results from 901 studies. Relevant articles were those with any extractable data on phase resetting in wildtype (non-trait selected) rodents administered a drug, alongside a vehicle/control group, near or at the time of exposure. Most circadian pharmacology experiments were done using drugs thought to act directly on either the brain's central pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the SCN's primary relay, the retinohypothalamic tract, secondary pathways originating from the medial/dorsal raphe nuclei and intergeniculate leaflet, or the brain's sleep-arousal centers. While the neurotransmitter systems underlying these circuits were of particular interest, including those involving glutamate, gamma-aminobutyric acid, serotonin, and acetylcholine, other signaling modalities have also been assessed, including agonists and antagonists of receptors linked to dopamine, histamine, endocannabinoids, adenosine, opioids, and second-messenger pathways downstream of glutamate receptor activation. In an effort to identify drugs that unduly influence circadian responses to light, we quantified the net effects of each drug class by ratioing the size of the phase-shift observed after administration to that observed with vehicle in a given experiment. This allowed us to organize data across the literature, compare the relative efficacy of one mechanism versus another, and clarify which drugs might best suppress or potentiate phase resetting. Aggregation of the available data in this manner suggested that several candidates might be clinically relevant as auxiliary treatments to suppress ectopic light responses during shiftwork or amplify the circadian effects of timed bright light therapy. Future empirical research will be necessary to validate these possibilities.
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- Robert Lee
- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
- Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
- BIO5 and McKnight Brain Research Institutes, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Hsiao YT, Lo Y, Yi PL, Chang FC. Hypocretin in median raphe nucleus modulates footshock stimuli-induced REM sleep alteration. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8198. [PMID: 31160650 PMCID: PMC6546759 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44731-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Stress is one of major factors that cause sleep problems. Hypocretin represents a stress-related neuropeptide and is well known in maintaining physiological wakefulness. The hypocretinergic neurons originate in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) and transmit to several brain regions, including the median raphe nuclei (MRNs). The MRNs modulate both fear responses and sleep-wake activity; however, it remains unclear whether stress alters the levels of hypocretin to regulate MRNs and consequently disrupt sleep. In this paper, we employed the inescapable footshock stimuli (IFS) as a stressor and hypothesized that the IFS-induced sleep disruption is mediated by increased hypocretins in the MRNs. Our results demonstrate that the concentrations of hypocretin in the hypothalamus increased after IFS. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was reduced after footshock, and microinjection of non-selective hypocretin receptor antagonist TCS-1102 into the MRNs blocked the IFS-induced decrease of REM sleep. Furthermore, administration of hypocretins into the MRNs mimicked the IFS-induced REM sleep reduction. These results conclude that the increased levels of hypocretins in the MRNs mediate the IFS-induced REM sleep reduction.
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- Yi-Tse Hsiao
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Sport Management, College of Tourism, Leisure and Sports, Aletheia University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Graduate Institute of Brain & Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Endo T, Kripke DF, Ancoli-Israel S. Wake up time, light, and mood in a population sample age 40-64 years. Psychiatry Investig 2015; 12:177-82. [PMID: 25866517 PMCID: PMC4390587 DOI: 10.4306/pi.2015.12.2.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Concern that disturbances of sleep and light exposures at night might increase cancer risks have been expressed, but little actual exposure data has been collected. Measurements from a representative population sample were examined to understand the magnitude of in-bed light exposure at night and possible correlates. METHODS From 1990 to 1994, a home survey of sleep disorders among adults ages 40-64 was conducted in the City of San Diego California, using stratified representative sampling techniques. Along with questionnaires, sleep logs, and 3-night wrist activity and pulse oximetry measures, bedside illumination was measured with a computer recording system. Questionnaires included the CESD depression scale and a scale of symptoms typical of winter depression. RESULTS Complete data were available from 286 men and women, whose mean in-bed intervals averaged 7 hours and 42 minutes. The mean room illumination during the first part of the night was mean 12.7 lux (median 3.2 lux) and during the last 2 hours in bed averaged 28.7 lux (median 18.9 lux). Nocturnal light exposure was positively correlated with age, male gender, summer season, time in bed, wake-up time, and depressive symptoms. CONCLUSION Complex bi-directional interactions may take place between sleep disturbances, depression, time in bed, wake-up-time, and in-bed illumination. The most crucial light exposures appear to occur in the last 2 hours in bed, largely after dawn, so daylight exposure may be an important factor.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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Effects of lighting condition on circadian behavior in 5-HT1A receptor knockout mice. Physiol Behav 2014; 139:136-44. [PMID: 25446224 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Revised: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Serotonin (5-HT) is an important regulator of the mammalian circadian system, and has been implicated in modulating entrained and free-running rhythms, as well as photic and non-photic phase shifting. In general, 5-HT appears to oppose the actions of light on the circadian system of nocturnal rodents. As well, 5-HT mediates, at least in part, some non-photic responses. The 5-HT1A, 1B and 7 receptors regulate these acute responses to zeitgebers. 5-HT also regulates some entrained and free-running properties of the circadian clock. The receptors that contribute to these phenomena have not been fully examined. Here, we use 5-HT1A receptor knockout (KO) mice to examine the response of the mouse circadian system to a variety of lighting conditions, including a normal light-dark cycle (LD), T-cycles, phase advanced LD cycles, constant darkness (DD), constant light (LL) and a 6 hour dark pulse starting at CT5. Relative to wildtype mice, the 5-HT1A receptor KO mice have lower levels of activity during the first 8h of the night/subjective night in LD and LL, later activity onsets on transient days during re-entrainment, shorter free-running periods in LL when housed with wheels, and smaller phase shifts to dark pulses. No differences were noted in activity levels during DD, alpha under any light condition, free-running period in DD, or phase angle of entrainment in LD. While the 5-HT1A receptor plays an important role in regulating photic and non-photic phase shifting, its contribution to entrained and free-running properties of the circadian clock is relatively minor.
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Nakamaru-Ogiso E, Miyamoto H, Hamada K, Tsukada K, Takai K. Novel biochemical manipulation of brain serotonin reveals a role of serotonin in the circadian rhythm of sleep-wake cycles. Eur J Neurosci 2012; 35:1762-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pezzato FA, Novais DB, Garcia-Mijares M, Hoshino K. Efeito do lítio sobre a hiperatividade locomotora induzida pela lesão eletrolítica da região do núcleo mediano da rafe em ratos. ESTUDOS DE PSICOLOGIA (NATAL) 2012. [DOI: 10.1590/s1413-294x2012000100015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A lesão do núcleo mediano da rafe (NMR) produz sintomas que sugerem validade de face ao episódio maníaco. Esta pesquisa avaliou o efeito do lítio sobre a hiperatividade locomotora induzida por esta lesão. Vinte e um ratos Wistar machos foram submetidos à lesão eletrolítica da região do NMR (LR) e 17 foram submetidos à lesão fictícia (LF). Após recuperação, a atividade locomotora foi avaliada na caixa de atividade (Med Associates/ENV-515). Parte dos animais destes grupos recebeu tratamentos com lítio (47,5 mg/kg/2x dia i.p.) por 10 dias, enquanto o restante foi tratado com salina no mesmo esquema. A reavaliação ao final dos tratamentos demonstrou que o lítio reduziu significantemente a atividade locomotora em relação à avaliação inicial no grupo LR (ANOVA/Bonferroni p < 0,05), tornando-a equivalente aos baixos níveis dos grupos LF. Estes dados sustentam a hipótese de que as manifestações induzidas pela lesão do NMR podem constituir um modelo animal de mania.
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Circadian rhythms in mammals are regulated by a system of endogenous circadian oscillators (clock cells) in the brain and in most peripheral organs and tissues. One group of clock cells in the hypothalamic SCN (suprachiasmatic nuclei) functions as a pacemaker for co-ordinating the timing of oscillators elsewhere in the brain and body. This master clock can be reset and entrained by daily LD (light–dark) cycles and thereby also serves to interface internal with external time, ensuring an appropriate alignment of behavioural and physiological rhythms with the solar day. Two features of the mammalian circadian system provide flexibility in circadian programming to exploit temporal regularities of social stimuli or food availability. One feature is the sensitivity of the SCN pacemaker to behavioural arousal stimulated during the usual sleep period, which can reset its phase and modulate its response to LD stimuli. Neural pathways from the brainstem and thalamus mediate these effects by releasing neurochemicals that inhibit retinal inputs to the SCN clock or that alter clock-gene expression in SCN clock cells. A second feature is the sensitivity of circadian oscillators outside of the SCN to stimuli associated with food intake, which enables animals to uncouple rhythms of behaviour and physiology from LD cycles and align these with predictable daily mealtimes. The location of oscillators necessary for food-entrained behavioural rhythms is not yet certain. Persistence of these rhythms in mice with clock-gene mutations that disable the SCN pacemaker suggests diversity in the molecular basis of light- and food-entrainable clocks.
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Nexon L, Sage D, Pévet P, Raison S. Glucocorticoid-mediated nycthemeral and photoperiodic regulation of tph2 expression. Eur J Neurosci 2011; 33:1308-17. [PMID: 21299657 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07586.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the Syrian hamster dorsal and median raphé nuclei, the tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene (tph2), which codes the rate-limiting enzyme of serotonin synthesis, displays daily variations in its expression in animals entrained to a long but not to a short photoperiod. The present study aimed to assess the role of glucocorticoids in the nycthemeral and photoperiodic regulation of daily tph2 expression. In hamsters held in long photoperiod from birth, after adrenalectomy and glucocorticoid implants the suppression of glucocorticoid rhythms induced an abolition of the daily variations in tph2-mRNA concentrations, a decrease in the amplitude of body temperature rhythms and an increase in testosterone levels. All these effects were reversed after experimental restoration of a clear daily rhythm in the plasma glucocorticoid concentrations. We conclude that the photoperiod-dependent rhythm of glucocorticoids is the main regulator of tph2 daily expression.
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- Laurent Nexon
- Département de Neu\robiologie des Rythmes, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, CNRS UPR-3212, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Nexon L, Poirel VJ, Clesse D, Pévet P, Raison S. Complex regional influence of photoperiod on the nycthemeral functioning of the dorsal and median raphé serotoninergic system in the Syrian hamster. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 30:1790-801. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06986.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to review progress in understanding the mechanisms that underlie circadian and sleep rhythms, and their role in the pathogenesis and treatment of depression. METHODS Literature was selected principally by Medline searches, and additional reports were identified based on ongoing research activities in the authors' laboratory. RESULTS Many physiological processes show circadian rhythms of activity. Sleep and waking are the most obvious circadian rhythms in mammals. There is considerable evidence that circadian and sleep disturbances are important in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. Depressed patients often show altered circadian rhythms, sleep disturbances, and diurnal mood variation. Chronotherapies, including bright light exposure, sleep deprivation, and social rhythm therapies, may be useful adjuncts in non-seasonal and seasonal depression. Antidepressant drugs have marked effects on circadian processes and sleep. CONCLUSIONS Recent progress in understanding chronobiological and sleep regulation mechanisms may provide novel insights and avenues into the development of new pharmacological and behavioral treatment strategies for mood disorders.
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- Anne Germain
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Sterniczuk R, Stepkowski A, Jones M, Antle M. Enhancement of photic shifts with the 5-HT1A mixed agonist/antagonist NAN-190: Intra-suprachiasmatic nucleus pathway. Neuroscience 2008; 153:571-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.02.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 01/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/01/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Acute ethanol modulates glutamatergic and serotonergic phase shifts of the mouse circadian clock in vitro. Neuroscience 2008; 152:837-48. [PMID: 18313227 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2007] [Revised: 12/18/2007] [Accepted: 12/28/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Alcohol abuse is associated with sleep problems, which are often linked to circadian rhythm disturbances. However, there is no information on the direct effects of ethanol on the mammalian circadian clock. Acute ethanol inhibits glutamate signaling, which is the primary mechanism through which light resets the mammalian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Glutamate and light also inhibit circadian clock resetting induced by nonphotic signals, including 5-HT. Thus, we investigated the effects of acute ethanol on both glutamatergic and serotoninergic resetting of the mouse SCN clock in vitro. We show that ethanol dose-dependently inhibits glutamate-induced phase shifts and enhances serotonergic phase shifts. The inhibition of glutamate-induced phase shifts is not affected by excess glutamate, glycine or d-serine, but is prevented by excess brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF is known to augment glutamate signaling in the SCN and to be necessary for glutamate/light-induced phase shifts. Thus, ethanol may inhibit glutamate-induced clock resetting at least in part by blocking BDNF enhancement of glutamate signaling. Ethanol enhancement of serotonergic phase shifts is mimicked by treatments that suppress glutamate signaling in the SCN, including antagonists of glutamate receptors, BDNF signaling and nitric oxide synthase. The combined effect of ethanol with these treatments is not additive, suggesting they act through a common pathway. Our data indicate further that the interaction between 5-HT and glutamate in the SCN may occur downstream from nitric oxide synthase activation. Thus, acute ethanol disrupts normal circadian clock phase regulation, which could contribute to the physiological and psychological problems associated with alcohol abuse.
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Soza Ried AM, Aviles M. Asymmetries of vestibular dysfunction in major depression. Neuroscience 2007; 144:128-34. [PMID: 17074443 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2006] [Revised: 08/31/2006] [Accepted: 09/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Depression is characterized by alterations in the circadian secretion of hormones, sleep and motor activity, all of which are regulated by suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). The vestibular system in the inner ear registers the amount of motor activity. To test the integrity of this motion sensitive system in depression, we studied the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in depressive patients who were not taking medication and healthy control subjects, which allowed us to investigate each ear and its corresponding nerve centers. Ocular reflex movement depends on vestibular nuclei activity, and we found that at 30 degrees C stimulation the right vestibular system in depressive patients has approximately half the activity of the left side. Significant asymmetry was not detected in control subjects. We also found a significant decrease in the slow phase (16.92+/-9.13 degrees/s) of the reflex in the depressed group as compared with the control group (43.77+/-16.04 degrees/s). The vestibular nuclei of the right and left sides are hypoactive. Specifically, the right vestibular nucleus is hypoactive in depressed people and can easily be measured using VOR. These results support the abnormal asymmetries hypothesis of depression and suggest that these asymmetries also exist at the level of the brain stem or neuronal centers that are afferents to right vestibular nuclei, like SCN or raphe nuclei.
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- A M Soza Ried
- Universidad de los Andes, Rododendros 9933, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile.
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Judge SJ, Young RL, Gartside SE. GABA(A) receptor modulation of 5-HT neuronal firing in the median raphe nucleus: implications for the action of anxiolytics. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2006; 16:612-9. [PMID: 16531019 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2006.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Revised: 01/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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5-HT neurones in the median raphe nucleus (MRN) are involved in anxiety and the sleep/wake cycle. Here, using in vitro electrophysiology, we examined if the firing of MRN 5-HT neurones is regulated by GABA(A) receptors. The GABA(A) receptor agonists THIP and muscimol caused concentration dependent inhibition of MRN 5-HT neurones. The GABA(A) receptor antagonist bicuculline blocked the responses to THIP and muscimol. Bicuculline alone increased the basal firing activity. Responses to THIP were enhanced by the Z hypnotic zolpidem at concentrations selective for the alpha(2)/alpha(3) subunits of the GABA(A) receptor (0.2 and 1microM) but not at a concentration selective for the alpha(1) subunit (0.02microM). Consistent with these functional data, 5-HT neurones have been shown to express the alpha(3) (but not alpha(2)) subunit. The anxiolytic effects of GABA(A) receptor modulators are reportedly mediated by alpha(3)-containing receptors. Hence the MRN 5-HT system may be a target for anxiolytic drugs.
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- Sarah J Judge
- Psychobiology Research Group, School of Neurology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
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Sollars PJ, Simpson AM, Ogilvie MD, Pickard GE. Light-induced Fos expression is attenuated in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of serotonin 1B receptor knockout mice. Neurosci Lett 2006; 401:209-13. [PMID: 16581182 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2006] [Revised: 02/28/2006] [Accepted: 03/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a circadian oscillator that receives a dense serotonergic innervation from the median raphe nucleus. Serotonin (5-HT) modulates the effects of light on circadian behavior by acting on 5-HT1B receptors on retinohypothalamic (RHT) terminals in the SCN. Activation of 5-HT1B presynaptic receptors on RHT terminals inhibits glutamate release. However, 5-HT1B receptor knockout (5-HT1B KO) mice have attenuated behavioral responses to light [P.J. Sollars, M.D. Ogilvie, A.M. Simpson, G.E. Pickard, Photic entrainment is altered in the 5-HT1B receptor knockout mouse, J. Biol. Rhythms 21 (2006) 21-32]. To assess the cellular response of the 5-HT1B KO SCN to light, light-induced Fos expression was analyzed in 5-HT1B KO and wild-type (WT) mice. In addition, the distribution of melanopsin containing retinal ganglion cells that contribute the majority of axons to the RHT was examined in 5-HT1B KO mice and compared to that of WT mice. Light-induced Fos expression in the SCN was reduced in 5-HT1B KO mice compared to WT mice at circadian time (CT) 16 and CT 23 in a manner similar to the reduction previously described in light-induced behavioral phase shifts. The number of melanopsin retinal ganglion cells was similar in WT and 5-HT1B KO mice. These data taken together with previous data suggest that functional removal of the 5-HT1B receptor results in reduced functional light input to the SCN.
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- Patricia J Sollars
- Division of Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Morin LP, Allen CN. The circadian visual system, 2005. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 51:1-60. [PMID: 16337005 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2005.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 306] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The primary mammalian circadian clock resides in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), a recipient of dense retinohypothalamic innervation. In its most basic form, the circadian rhythm system is part of the greater visual system. A secondary component of the circadian visual system is the retinorecipient intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) which has connections to many parts of the brain, including efferents converging on targets of the SCN. The IGL also provides a major input to the SCN, with a third major SCN afferent projection arriving from the median raphe nucleus. The last decade has seen a blossoming of research into the anatomy and function of the visual, geniculohypothalamic and midbrain serotonergic systems modulating circadian rhythmicity in a variety of species. There has also been a substantial and simultaneous elaboration of knowledge about the intrinsic structure of the SCN. Many of the developments have been driven by molecular biological investigation of the circadian clock and the molecular tools are enabling novel understanding of regional function within the SCN. The present discussion is an extension of the material covered by the 1994 review, "The Circadian Visual System."
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- L P Morin
- Department of Psychiatry and Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
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Muscat L, Morin LP. Intergeniculate leaflet: contributions to photic and non-photic responsiveness of the hamster circadian system. Neuroscience 2006; 140:305-20. [PMID: 16549274 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.01.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2006] [Revised: 01/27/2006] [Accepted: 01/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The circadian visual system is able to integrate light energy over time, enabling phase response and Fos induction in the suprachiasmatic nucleus to increase in proportion to the total energy of the photic stimulus. In the present studies, the contribution of the intergeniculate leaflet to light energy integration by the hamster circadian rhythm system was evaluated. Fos protein is induced in intergeniculate leaflet neurons at much lower irradiance levels than seen in suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons. Bilateral N-methyl-d-aspartate lesions of the intergeniculate leaflet decreased phase response of the circadian locomotor rhythm to high irradiance and, in animals exposed to long duration light stimuli, reduced Fos induction in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Normal photon integration, as indicated by attenuated rhythm phase shifts and Fos induction in suprachiasmatic nucleus cells in response to the energy in light stimuli, does not occur in the absence of the intergeniculate leaflet and is likely to be a property of the circadian rhythm system, rather than solely of the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Anatomical analysis showed that virtually no intergeniculate leaflet neurons projecting to the suprachiasmatic nucleus contain Fos induced by either light or locomotion in a novel wheel. However, cells projecting to the pretectum were found to contain novel-wheel induced Fos. The intergeniculate leaflet is implicated in the normal assessment of light by the circadian rhythm system, but the circuitry by which either photic or non-photic information gains access to the suprachiasmatic nucleus may be more complex than previously thought.
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- L Muscat
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 10016, USA
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Lall GS, Harrington ME. Potentiation of the resetting effects of light on circadian rhythms of hamsters using serotonin and neuropeptide Y receptor antagonists. Neuroscience 2006; 141:1545-52. [PMID: 16750888 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Revised: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Circadian rhythms are entrained by light/dark cycles. In hamsters, the effects of light on circadian rhythms can be modulated by serotonergic input to the suprachiasmatic nucleus from the raphe nuclei and by neuropeptide Y containing afferents to the suprachiasmatic nucleus from the intergeniculate leaflet in the thalamus. In this study we measured effects of compounds acting on serotonergic 1A and neuropeptide Y Y5 receptors to determine if combined serotonergic-neuropeptide Y inhibition could synergistically potentiate effects of light on rhythms. We used mixed serotonergic agonist/antagonists BMY 7378 or NAN-190 as well as a neuropeptide Y Y5 antagonist CP-760,542. Both BMY 7378 and NAN-190 are thought to block serotonin release via acting as agonists at the 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A (5-HT1A) autoreceptors on cells in the raphe, and also block response of target cells by acting as antagonists at post-synaptic 5-HT1A receptors, for example, in the suprachiasmatic nuclei or the intergeniculate leaflet. Replicating prior work, we found that pretreatment with either drug alone increased the phase shift to light at circadian time 19. The combined effect of BMY 7378 and CP-760,542 given prior to light at circadian time 19 was to further potentiate the subsequent phase shift in wheel-running rhythms (the phase shift was 317% of controls; light alone: 1.35 h phase shift vs. BMY 7378, CP-760,542, and light: 4.27 h phase shift). Combined treatment with NAN-190 and CP-760,542 produced a light-induced phase shift 576% of controls (phase shift to light alone: 1.23 h vs. NAN-190, CP-760,542, and light: 7.1 h phase shift). These results suggest that the resetting effects of light on circadian rhythms can be greatly potentiated in hamsters by using pharmacological treatments that block both serotonergic and neuropeptide Y afferents to the suprachiasmatic nuclei.
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Affiliation(s)
- G S Lall
- Neuroscience Program, Clark Science Center, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA
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