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Karimi F, Noorafshan A, Karbalay-Doust S, Naseh M. Sleep deprivation induces structural changes in the adult rat testis: The protective effects of olive oil. Clin Exp Reprod Med 2023; 50:19-25. [PMID: 36935408 PMCID: PMC10030206 DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2022.05624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Sleep deprivation (SD) is a common problem in today's stressful lifestyle and have physiological consequences, including reproductive dysfunction and infertility. As an antioxidant, olive oil may be effective in reducing testicular and spermatological damage by decreasing the production of free radicals. METHODS This study investigated the effects of olive oil on sperm quality and testicular structure using stereological methods to assess rats with SD. RESULTS When comparing SD group to grid floor+distilled water (GR) group, we found that the sperm count and motility, as well as the percentage of slow progressive sperm was significantly lower in SD group (p<0.05), but the percentage of immotile sperm was higher (p<0.01). However, no improvement was observed in sperm count or motility after concomitant treatment of SD group with olive oil. Stereological examinations revealed no significant change in the total volumes of the seminiferous tubules, interstitial tissue, and germinal epithelium in the study groups. Conversely, the total number of testicular cell types was significantly lower in SD group than in GR group. Although the total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells was significantly higher in the SD+olive oil group than in the untreated SD group, no significant difference in the total number of other testicular cell types was observed between the two groups. CONCLUSION SD potentially induced structural changes in testis that affected sperm count and motility. However, olive oil only improved the total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells in the animals with SD and did not improve sperm count and motility.
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- Fatemeh Karimi
- Histomorphometry and Stereology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Histomorphometry and Stereology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Histomorphometry and Stereology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Histomorphometry and Stereology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Shin H, Goyal A, Barnett JH, Rusheen AE, Yuen J, Jha R, Hwang SM, Kang Y, Park C, Cho HU, Blaha CD, Bennet KE, Oh Y, Heien ML, Jang DP, Lee KH. Tonic Serotonin Measurements In Vivo Using N-Shaped Multiple Cyclic Square Wave Voltammetry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:16987-16994. [PMID: 34855368 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Here, we present the development of a novel voltammetric technique, N-shaped multiple cyclic square wave voltammetry (N-MCSWV) and its application in vivo. It allows quantitative measurements of tonic extracellular levels of serotonin in vivo with mitigated fouling effects. N-MCSWV enriches the electrochemical information by generating high dimensional voltammograms, which enables high sensitivity and selectivity against 5-hydroindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), dopamine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), histamine, ascorbic acid, norepinephrine, adenosine, and pH. Using N-MCSWV, in combination with PEDOT:Nafion-coated carbon fiber microelectrodes, a tonic serotonin concentration of 52 ± 5.8 nM (n = 20 rats, ±SEM) was determined in the substantia nigra pars reticulata of urethane-anesthetized rats. Pharmacological challenges with dopaminergic, noradrenergic, and serotonergic synaptic reuptake inhibitors supported the ability of N-MCSWV to selectively detect tonic serotonin levels in vivo. Overall, N-MCSWV is a novel voltammetric technique for analytical quantification of serotonin. It offers continuous monitoring of changes in tonic serotonin concentrations in the brain to further our understanding of the role of serotonin in normal behaviors and psychiatric disorders.
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- Hojin Shin
- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.,Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.,Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.,Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.,Deakin University, IMPACT - The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.,Division of Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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Vaseghi S, Arjmandi-Rad S, Eskandari M, Ebrahimnejad M, Kholghi G, Zarrindast MR. Modulating role of serotonergic signaling in sleep and memory. Pharmacol Rep 2021; 74:1-26. [PMID: 34743316 DOI: 10.1007/s43440-021-00339-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter with various receptors and wide-range effects on physiological processes and cognitive functions including sleep, learning, and memory. In this review study, we aimed to discuss the role of serotonergic receptors in modulating sleep-wake cycle, and learning and memory function. Furthermore, we mentioned to sleep deprivation, its effects on memory function, and the potential interaction with serotonin. Although there are thousands of research articles focusing on the relationship between sleep and serotonin; however, the pattern of serotonergic function in sleep deprivation is inconsistent and it seems that serotonin has not a certain role in the effects of sleep deprivation on memory function. Also, we found that the injection type of serotonergic agents (systemic or local), the doses of these drugs (dose-dependent effects), and up- or down-regulation of serotonergic receptors during training with various memory tasks are important issues that can be involved in the effects of serotonergic signaling on sleep-wake cycle, memory function, and sleep deprivation-induced memory impairments. This comprehensive review was conducted in the PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect databases in June and July 2021, by searching keywords sleep, sleep deprivation, memory, and serotonin.
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- Salar Vaseghi
- Medicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran.
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- Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Basic Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch, Tonekabon, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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The reproductive function of humans is regulated by several sex hormones which are secreted in synergy with the circadian timing of the body. Sleep patterns produce generic signatures that physiologically drive the synthesis, secretion, and metabolism of hormones necessary for reproduction. Sleep deprivation among men and women is increasingly reported as one of the causes of infertility. In animal models, sleep disturbances impair the secretion of sexual hormones thereby leading to a decrease in testosterone level, reduced sperm motility and apoptosis of the Leydig cells in male rats. Sleep deprivation generates stressful stimuli intrinsically, due to circadian desynchrony and thereby increases the activation of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) axis, which, consequently, increases the production of corticosterone. The elevated level of corticosteroids results in a reduction in testosterone production. Sleep deprivation produces a commensurate effect on women by reducing the chances of fertility. Sleeplessness among female shift workers suppresses melatonin production as well as excessive HPA activation which results in early pregnancy loss, failed embryo implantation, anovulation and amenorrhea. Sleep deprivation in women has also be found to be associated with altered gonadotropin and sex steroid secretion which all together lead to female infertility. Poor quality of sleep is observed in middle-aged and older men and this also contributes to reduced testosterone concentrations. The influence of sleep disturbances post-menopausal is associated with irregular synthesis and secretion of female sex steroid hormones.
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Yokoi R, Okabe M, Matsuda N, Odawara A, Karashima A, Suzuki I. Impact of Sleep-Wake-Associated Neuromodulators and Repetitive Low-Frequency Stimulation on Human iPSC-Derived Neurons. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:554. [PMID: 31191238 PMCID: PMC6549533 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The cross-regional neurons in the brainstem, hypothalamus, and thalamus regulate the central nervous system, including the cerebral cortex, in a sleep–wake cycle-dependent manner. A characteristic brain wave, called slow wave, of about 1 Hz is observed during non-REM sleep, and the sleep homeostasis hypothesis proposes that the synaptic connection of a neural network is weakened during sleep. In the present study, in vitro human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons, we investigated the responses to the neuromodulator known to be involved in sleep–wake regulation. We also determined whether long-term depression (LTD)-like phenomena could be induced by 1 Hz low-frequency stimulation (LFS), which is within the range of the non-REM sleep slow wave. A dose-dependent increase was observed in the number of synchronized burst firings (SBFs) when 0.1–1000 nM of serotonin, acetylcholine, histamine, orexin, or noradrenaline, all with increased extracellular levels during wakefulness, was administered to hiPSC-derived dopaminergic (DA) neurons. The number of SBFs repeatedly increased up to 5 h after 100 nM serotonin administration, inducing a 24-h rhythm cycle. Next, in human iPSC-derived glutamate neurons, 1 Hz LFS was administered four times for 15 min every 90 min. A significant reduction in both the number of firings and SBFs was observed in the 15 min immediately after LFS. Decreased frequency of spontaneous activity and recovery over time were repeatedly observed. Furthermore, we found that LFS attenuates synaptic connections, and particularly attenuates the strong connections in the neuronal network, and does not cause uniform attenuation. These results suggest sleep–wake states can be mimicked by cyclic neuromodulator administration and show that LTD-like phenomena can be induced by LFS in vitro human iPSC-derived neurons. These results could be applied in studies on the mechanism of slow waves during sleep or in an in vitro drug efficacy evaluation depending on sleep–wake state.
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- Remi Yokoi
- Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan
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Brain Microdialysate Monoamines in Relation to Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Sleep Deprivation - a Systematic Review, Network Meta-analysis, and New Primary Data. J Circadian Rhythms 2019; 17:1. [PMID: 30671123 PMCID: PMC6337052 DOI: 10.5334/jcr.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Disruption of the monoaminergic system, e.g. by sleep deprivation (SD), seems to promote certain diseases. Assessment of monoamine levels over the circadian cycle, during different sleep stages and during SD is instrumental to understand the molecular dynamics during and after SD. To provide a complete overview of all available evidence, we performed a systematic review. A comprehensive search was performed for microdialysis and certain monoamines (dopamine, serotonin, noradrenaline, adrenaline), certain monoamine metabolites (3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA)) and a precursor (5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP)) in PubMed and EMBASE. After screening of the search results by two independent reviewers, 94 publications were included. All results were tabulated and described qualitatively. Network-meta analyses (NMAs) were performed to compare noradrenaline and serotonin concentrations between sleep stages. We further present experimental monoamine data from the medial prefrontal cortical (mPFC). Monoamine levels varied with brain region and circadian cycle. During sleep, monoamine levels generally decreased compared to wake. These qualitative observations were supported by the NMAs: noradrenaline and serotonin levels decreased from wakefulness to slow wave sleep and decreased further during Rapid Eye Movement sleep. In contrast, monoamine levels generally increased during SD, and sometimes remained high even during subsequent recovery. Decreases during or after SD were only reported for serotonin. In our experiment, SD did not affect any of the mPFC monoamine levels. Concluding, monoamine levels vary over the light-dark cycle and between sleep stages. SD modifies the patterns, with effects sometimes lasting beyond the SD period.
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Lee YA, Goto Y. The Roles of Serotonin in Decision-making under Social Group Conditions. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10704. [PMID: 30013093 PMCID: PMC6048118 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29055-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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People in a social group often have to make decisions under conflict, for instance, to conform to the group or obey authority (subjects at higher social rank in the group). The neural mechanisms underlying how social group setting affects decision-making have largely remained unclear. In this study, we designed novel behavioral tests using food access priority and fear conditioning paradigms that captured decision-making under conflict associated with social group environments in mice and examined the roles of serotonin (5-HT) on these processes. Using these behavioral tests, administration of the selective 5-HT reuptake inhibitor, which increased 5-HT transmission, was found to attenuate conflicts in decision-making that may be associated with human cases of social obedience and conformity in mice under group housing. The results suggest that 5-HT plays important roles in the regulation of individual behaviors that organize social group dynamics.
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- Young-A Lee
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongsan, Gyeong-buk, 38430, South Korea
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- Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, Japan.
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Lizbinski KM, Dacks AM. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Neuromodulation of Olfactory Processing. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 11:424. [PMID: 29375314 PMCID: PMC5767172 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Neuromodulation is a ubiquitous feature of neural systems, allowing flexible, context specific control over network dynamics. Neuromodulation was first described in invertebrate motor systems and early work established a basic dichotomy for neuromodulation as having either an intrinsic origin (i.e., neurons that participate in network coding) or an extrinsic origin (i.e., neurons from independent networks). In this conceptual dichotomy, intrinsic sources of neuromodulation provide a “memory” by adjusting network dynamics based upon previous and ongoing activation of the network itself, while extrinsic neuromodulators provide the context of ongoing activity of other neural networks. Although this dichotomy has been thoroughly considered in motor systems, it has received far less attention in sensory systems. In this review, we discuss intrinsic and extrinsic modulation in the context of olfactory processing in invertebrate and vertebrate model systems. We begin by discussing presynaptic modulation of olfactory sensory neurons by local interneurons (LNs) as a mechanism for gain control based on ongoing network activation. We then discuss the cell-class specific effects of serotonergic centrifugal neurons on olfactory processing. Finally, we briefly discuss the integration of intrinsic and extrinsic neuromodulation (metamodulation) as an effective mechanism for exerting global control over olfactory network dynamics. The heterogeneous nature of neuromodulation is a recurring theme throughout this review as the effects of both intrinsic and extrinsic modulation are generally non-uniform.
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- Kristyn M Lizbinski
- Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
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- Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
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Hulse BK, Lubenov EV, Siapas AG. Brain State Dependence of Hippocampal Subthreshold Activity in Awake Mice. Cell Rep 2017; 18:136-147. [PMID: 28052244 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.11.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Monitoring the membrane potential of individual neurons has uncovered how single-cell properties contribute to network processing across different brain states in neocortex. In contrast, the subthreshold modulation of hippocampal neurons by brain state has not been systematically characterized. To address this, we combined whole-cell recordings from dentate granule cells and CA1 pyramidal neurons with multisite extracellular recordings and behavioral measurements in awake mice. We show that the average membrane potential, amplitude of subthreshold fluctuations, and distance to spike threshold are all modulated by brain state. Furthermore, even within individual states, rapid variations in arousal are reflected in membrane potential fluctuations. These factors produce depolarizing ramps in the membrane potential of hippocampal neurons that precede ripples and mirror transitions to a network regime conducive for ripple generation. These results suggest that there are coordinated shifts in the subthreshold dynamics of individual neurons that underlie the transitions between distinct modes of hippocampal processing.
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- Brad K Hulse
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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Unveiling Fast Field Oscillations through Comodulation. eNeuro 2017; 4:eN-NWR-0079-17. [PMID: 28785730 PMCID: PMC5545523 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0079-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Phase-amplitude coupling analysis shows that theta phase modulates oscillatory activity not only within the traditional gamma band (30-100 Hz) but also at faster frequencies, called high-frequency oscillations (HFOs; 120-160 Hz). To date, however, theta-associated HFOs have been reported by only a small number of laboratories. Here we characterized coupling patterns during active waking (aWk) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in local field potentials (LFPs) from the parietal cortex and hippocampus of rats, focusing on how theta-associated HFOs can be detected. We found that electrode geometry and impedance only mildly influence HFO detection, whereas recording location and behavioral state are main factors. HFOs were most prominent in parietal cortex and during REM sleep, although they could also be detected in stratum oriens-alveus and during aWK. The underreporting of HFOs may thus be a result of higher prevalence of recordings from the pyramidal cell layer. However, at this layer, spike-leaked HFOs (SLHFOs) dominate, which represent spike contamination of the LFP and not genuine oscillations. In contrast to HFOs, high-gamma (HG; 60-100 Hz) coupled to theta below the pyramidal cell layer; theta-HG coupling increased during REM sleep. Theta also weakly modulated low-gamma (LG; 30-60 Hz) amplitude, mainly in the parietal cortex; theta-LG coupling did not vary between aWK and REM sleep. HG and HFOs were maximal near the theta peak, parietal LG at the ascending phase, hippocampal LG at the descending phase, and SLHFOs at the trough. Our results unveil four types of fast LFP activity coupled to theta and outline how to detect theta-associated HFOs.
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It is possible that one of the essential functions of sleep is to take out the garbage, as it were, erasing and "forgetting" information built up throughout the day that would clutter the synaptic network that defines us. It may also be that this cleanup function of sleep is a general principle of neuroscience, applicable to every creature with a nervous system.
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Yokoyama C, Mawatari A, Kawasaki A, Takeda C, Onoe K, Doi H, Newman-Tancredi A, Zimmer L, Onoe H. Marmoset Serotonin 5-HT1A Receptor Mapping with a Biased Agonist PET Probe 18F-F13714: Comparison with an Antagonist Tracer 18F-MPPF in Awake and Anesthetized States. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2016; 19:pyw079. [PMID: 27608810 PMCID: PMC5203761 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyw079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In vivo mapping by positron emission tomography of the serotonin 1A receptors has been hindered by the lack of suitable agonist positron emission tomography probes. 18F-labeled F13714 is a recently developed biased agonist positron emission tomography probe that preferentially targets subpopulations of serotonin 1A receptors in their "active state," but its brain labeling pattern in nonhuman primate has not been described. In addition, a potential confound in the translatability of PET data between nonhuman animal and human arise from the use of anesthetics that may modify the binding profiles of target receptors. METHODS Positron emission tomography scans were conducted in a cohort of common marmosets (n=4) using the serotonin 1A receptor biased agonist radiotracer, 18F-F13714, compared with a well-characterized 18F-labeled antagonist radiotracer, 18F-MPPF. Experiments on each animal were performed under both consciousness and isoflurane-anesthesia conditions. RESULTS 18F-F13714 binding distribution in marmosets by positron emission tomography differs markedly from that of the 18F-MPPF. Whereas 18F-MPPF showed highest binding in hippocampus and amygdala, 18F-F13714 showed highest labeling in other regions, including insular and cingulate cortex, thalamus, raphe, caudate nucleus, and putamen. The binding potential values of 18F-F13714 were about one-third of those observed with 18F-MPPF, with marked individual- and region-specific differences under isoflurane-anesthetized vs conscious conditions. CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the importance of investigating the brain imaging of serotonin 1A receptors using agonist probes such as 18F-F13714, which may preferentially target subpopulations of serotonin 1A receptors in specific brain regions of nonhuman primate as a biased agonist.
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- RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Dr Yokoyama, Ms Mawatari, Mr Kawasaki, Ms Takeda, Ms K. Onoe, Dr Doi, Dr H. Onoe); Neurolixis Inc, Dana Point, CA (Dr Newman-Tancredi); Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM, CNRS, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Lyon, France (Dr Zimmer).
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Yang CK, Wu RSC, Wu CH, Lin TRY, Tsai HD. Sleep deprivation enhances peripheral serotonin secretion to regulate the large follicle steroidogenesis of rats. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2016; 54:260-5. [PMID: 26166337 DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2014.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Sleep deprivation (SD) leads to the disturbance of the estrous cycle. Serotonin, the levels of which increase with SD, has been shown to inhibit luteinizing hormone production and the receptor has been found in the follicles. In this study, the serotonin effect on preovulatory follicular steroidogenesis is investigated and the underlying mechanisms are elucidated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Female rats were subjected to SD for a time span of 1-4 days using the dish-over-water-method with a Rechtschaffen apparatus. Serum estradiol and serotonin concentrations were assessed; thereafter, they were evaluated with the effect of serotonin on the estradiol production and steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein expression in a serum-free culture system. Preovulatory follicles were dissected mechanically from the ovaries of 21-day-old rats, which induced follicle growth, and cultured for 24 hours with or without recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in the presence or absence of serotonin. RESULTS SD, led to a significant decrease in serum estradiol concentrations, while serotonin concentrations were significantly elevated (all p < 0.05). Follicles were cultured with a constant dose of FSH (50 mIU/mL) and increasing doses of serotonin, estradiol production was reduced by 20%. The inhibitory effect of serotonin was concentration dependent. The addition of serotonin (0.1 μg/mL) decreased FSH-induced estradiol production and attenuated FSH-stimulated follicular StAR protein expression. The inhibitory effects of serotonin could be reduced by the serotonin receptor antagonist ketanserin. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that decreased serum estradiol concentrations in SD rats may be the result of serotonin-related inhibition of estradiol production and decreased large follicle expression of StAR protein.
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- Chueh-Ko Yang
- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Anesthesiology, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC.
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Serotonin receptor antagonists increase fast ripple activity in rats treated with kainic acid. Brain Res Bull 2016; 121:59-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Meerlo P, Havekes R, Steiger A. Chronically restricted or disrupted sleep as a causal factor in the development of depression. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2015; 25:459-481. [PMID: 25646723 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2015_367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Sleep problems are a common complaint in the majority of people suffering from depression. While sleep complaints were traditionally seen as a symptom of mood disorders, accumulating evidence suggests that in many cases the relationship may be reverse as well. A long list of longitudinal studies shows that sleep complaints often precede the onset of depression and constitute an independent risk factor for the development of the disorder. Additionally, experimental studies in animals show that chronically restricted or disrupted sleep may gradually induce neurobiological changes that are very similar to what has been reported for depressed patients. The mechanisms through which insufficient sleep increases the risk for depression are poorly understood but may include effects of sleep disturbance on neuroendocrine stress systems, serotonergic neurotransmission, and various interacting signaling pathways involved in the regulation of neuronal plasticity and neurogenesis. Because sleep is considered to play a crucial role in regulating neuronal plasticity and synaptic strength, chronically insufficient sleep may contribute to depression through an impairment of these plasticity processes leading to altered connectivity and communication within and between brain regions involved in the regulation of mood.
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- Peter Meerlo
- Center for Behavior and Neurosciences, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands,
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Pardo-Peña K, Medina-Ceja L, Morales-Villagrán A. Serotonin modulates fast ripple activity in rats with spontaneous recurrent seizures. Brain Res 2014; 1583:211-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Vakalopoulos C. The EEG as an index of neuromodulator balance in memory and mental illness. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:63. [PMID: 24782698 PMCID: PMC3986529 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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There is a strong correlation between signature EEG frequency patterns and the relative levels of distinct neuromodulators. These associations become particularly evident during the sleep-wake cycle. The monoamine-acetylcholine balance hypothesis is a theory of neurophysiological markers of the EEG and a detailed description of the findings that support this proposal are presented in this paper. According to this model alpha rhythm reflects the relative predominance of cholinergic muscarinic signals and delta rhythm that of monoaminergic receptor effects. Both high voltage synchronized rhythms are likely mediated by inhibitory Gαi/o-mediated transduction of inhibitory interneurons. Cognitively, alpha and delta EEG measures are proposed to indicate automatic and flexible strategies, respectively. Sleep is associated with marked changes in relative neuromodulator levels corresponding to EEG markers of distinct stages. Sleep studies on memory consolidation present some of the strongest evidence yet for the respective roles of monoaminergic and cholinergic projections in declarative and non-declarative memory processes, a key theoretical premise for understanding the data. Affective dysregulation is reflected in altered EEG patterns during sleep.
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Chronic alterations in monoaminergic cells in the locus coeruleus in orexin neuron-ablated narcoleptic mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70012. [PMID: 23922890 PMCID: PMC3726545 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Narcolepsy patients often suffer from insomnia in addition to excessive daytime sleepiness. Narcoleptic animals also show behavioral instability characterized by frequent transitions between all vigilance states, exhibiting very short bouts of NREM sleep as well as wakefulness. The instability of wakefulness states in narcolepsy is thought to be due to deficiency of orexins, neuropeptides produced in the lateral hypothalamic neurons, which play a highly important role in maintaining wakefulness. However, the mechanism responsible for sleep instability in this disorder remains to be elucidated. Because firing of orexin neurons ceases during sleep in healthy animals, deficiency of orexins does not explain the abnormality of sleep. We hypothesized that chronic compensatory changes in the neurophysiologica activity of the locus coeruleus (LC) and dorsal raphe (DR) nucleus in response to the progressive loss of endogenous orexin tone underlie the pathological regulation of sleep/wake states. To evaluate this hypothesis, we examined firing patterns of serotonergic (5-HT) neurons and noradrenergic (NA) neurons in the brain stem, two important neuronal populations in the regulation of sleep/wakefulness states. We recorded single-unit activities of 5-HT neurons and NA neurons in the DR nucleus and LC of orexin neuron-ablated narcoleptic mice. We found that while the firing pattern of 5-HT neurons in narcoleptic mice was similar to that in wildtype mice, that of NA neurons was significantly different from that in wildtype mice. In narcoleptic mice, NA neurons showed a higher firing frequency during both wakefulness and NREM sleep as compared with wildtype mice. In vitro patch-clamp study of NA neurons of narcoleptic mice suggested a functional decrease of GABAergic input to these neurons. These alterations might play roles in the sleep abnormality in narcolepsy.
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Oh MM, Kim JW, Jin MH, Kim JJ, Moon DG. Influence of paradoxical sleep deprivation and sleep recovery on testosterone level in rats of different ages. Asian J Androl 2011; 14:330-4. [PMID: 22157981 DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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This study was performed to assess serum testosterone alterations induced by paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) and to verify their attenuation during sleep recovery (SR) based on different durations and ages. Wistar male rats aged 12 weeks for the younger group and 20 weeks for the elder group were randomly distributed into one of the following groups: a control group (cage and platform), 3-day SD, 5-day SD, 7-day SD, 1-day SR, 3-day SR and 5-day SR groups. For PSD, the modified multiple platform method was used to specifically limit rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Differences in the testosterone and luteinizing hormone levels between the younger group and the elder group according to duration of PSD and SR recovery were analysed. Testosterone continued to fall during the sleep deprivation period in a time-dependent manner in both the younger (P=0.001, correlation coefficient r=-0.651) and elder groups (P=0.001, correlation coefficient r=-0.840). The elder group showed a significantly lower level of testosterone compared with the younger group after PSD. Upon SR after 3 days of PSD, the testosterone level continued to rise for 5 days after sleep recovery in the younger group (P=0.013), whereas testosterone concentrations failed to recover until day 5 in the elder group. PSD caused a more detrimental effect on serum testosterone in the elder group compared to the younger group with respect to decreases in luteinizing hormone (LH) levels. The replenishment of serum testosterone level was prohibited in the elder group suggesting that the effects of SD/SR may be age-dependent. The mechanism by which SD affects serum testosterone and how age may modify the process are still unclear.
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- Mi Mi Oh
- Department of Urology, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul 435-766, Korea
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Effects of sleep deprivation on serum testosterone concentrations in the rat. Neurosci Lett 2011; 494:124-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.02.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 02/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mechanism is at the heart of understanding, and this chapter addresses underlying brain mechanisms and pathways of cognition and the impact of sleep on these processes, especially those serving learning and memory. This chapter reviews the current understanding of the relationship between sleep/waking states and cognition from the perspective afforded by basic neurophysiological investigations. The extensive overlap between sleep mechanisms and the neurophysiology of learning and memory processes provide a foundation for theories of a functional link between the sleep and learning systems. Each of the sleep states, with its attendant alterations in neurophysiology, is associated with facilitation of important functional learning and memory processes. For rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, salient features such as PGO waves, theta synchrony, increased acetylcholine, reduced levels of monoamines and, within the neuron, increased transcription of plasticity-related genes, cumulatively allow for freely occurring bidirectional plasticity, long-term potentiation (LTP) and its reversal, depotentiation. Thus, REM sleep provides a novel neural environment in which the synaptic remodelling essential to learning and cognition can occur, at least within the hippocampal complex. During non-REM sleep Stage 2 spindles, the cessation and subsequent strong bursting of noradrenergic cells and coincident reactivation of hippocampal and cortical targets would also increase synaptic plasticity, allowing targeted bidirectional plasticity in the neocortex as well. In delta non-REM sleep, orderly neuronal reactivation events in phase with slow wave delta activity, together with high protein synthesis levels, would facilitate the events that convert early LTP to long-lasting LTP. Conversely, delta sleep does not activate immediate early genes associated with de novo LTP. This non-REM sleep-unique genetic environment combined with low acetylcholine levels may serve to reduce the strength of cortical circuits that activate in the ~50% of delta-coincident reactivation events that do not appear in their waking firing sequence. The chapter reviews the results of manipulation studies, typically total sleep or REM sleep deprivation, that serve to underscore the functional significance of the phenomenological associations. Finally, the implications of sleep neurophysiology for learning and memory will be considered from a larger perspective in which the association of specific sleep states with both potentiation or depotentiation is integrated into mechanistic models of cognition.
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- Gina R Poe
- Departments of Anesthesiology and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Machado RB, Tufik S, Suchecki D. Chronic stress during paradoxical sleep deprivation increases paradoxical sleep rebound: association with prolactin plasma levels and brain serotonin content. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2008; 33:1211-24. [PMID: 18674865 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2007] [Revised: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 06/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Previous studies suggest that stress associated to sleep deprivation methods can affect the expression of sleep rebound. In order to examine this association and possible mechanisms, rats were exposed to footshock stress during or immediately after a 96-h period of paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) and their sleep and heart rate were recorded. Control rats (maintained in individual home cages) and paradoxical sleep-deprived (PS-deprived) rats were distributed in three conditions (1) no footshock--NF; (2) single footshock--SFS: one single footshock session at the end of the PSD period (6-8 shocks per minute; 100 ms; 2 mA; for 40 min); and (3) multiple footshock--MFS: footshock sessions with the same characteristics as described above, twice a day throughout PSD (at 7:00 h and 19:00 h) and one extra session before the recovery period. After PSD, animals were allowed to sleep freely for 72 h. Additional groups were sacrificed at the end of the sleep deprivation period for blood sampling (ACTH, corticosterone, prolactin and catecholamine levels) and brain harvesting (monoamines and metabolites). Neither SFS nor MFS produced significant alterations in the sleep patterns of control rats. All PS-deprived groups exhibited increased heart rate which could be explained by increased dopaminergic activity in the medulla. As expected, PS deprivation induced rebound of paradoxical sleep in the first day of recovery; however, PSD+MFS group showed the highest rebound (327.3% above the baseline). This group also showed intermediate levels of corticosterone and the highest levels of prolactin, which were positively correlated with the length of PS episodes. Moreover, paradoxical sleep deprivation resulted in elevation of the serotonergic turnover in the hypothalamus, which partly explained the hormonal results, and in the hippocampus, which appears to be related to adaptive responses to stress. The data are discussed in the realm of a prospective importance of paradoxical sleep for processing of traumatic events.
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Theta and gamma coordination of hippocampal networks during waking and rapid eye movement sleep. J Neurosci 2008; 28:6731-41. [PMID: 18579747 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1227-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has been considered a paradoxical state because, despite the high behavioral threshold to arousing perturbations, gross physiological patterns in the forebrain resemble those of waking states. To understand how intrahippocampal networks interact during REM sleep, we used 96 site silicon probes to record from different hippocampal subregions and compared the patterns of activity during waking exploration and REM sleep. Dentate/CA3 theta and gamma synchrony was significantly higher during REM sleep compared with active waking. In contrast, gamma power in CA1 and CA3-CA1 gamma coherence showed significant decreases in REM sleep. Changes in unit firing rhythmicity and unit-field coherence specified the local generation of these patterns. Although these patterns of hippocampal network coordination characterized the more common tonic periods of REM sleep (approximately 95% of total REM), we also detected large phasic bursts of local field potential power in the dentate molecular layer that were accompanied by transient increases in the firing of dentate and CA1 neurons. In contrast to tonic REM periods, phasic REM epochs were characterized by higher theta and gamma synchrony among the dentate, CA3, and CA1 regions. These data suggest enhanced dentate processing, but limited CA3-CA1 coordination during tonic REM sleep. In contrast, phasic bursts of activity during REM sleep may provide windows of opportunity to synchronize the hippocampal trisynaptic loop and increase output to cortical targets. We hypothesize that tonic REM sleep may support off-line mnemonic processing, whereas phasic bursts of activity during REM may promote memory consolidation.
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Linthorst AC, Reul JM. Stress and the brain: Solving the puzzle using microdialysis. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2008; 90:163-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2007] [Revised: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 09/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dzirasa K, Ribeiro S, Costa R, Santos LM, Lin SC, Grosmark A, Sotnikova TD, Gainetdinov RR, Caron MG, Nicolelis MAL. Dopaminergic control of sleep-wake states. J Neurosci 2006; 26:10577-89. [PMID: 17035544 PMCID: PMC6674686 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1767-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dopamine depletion is involved in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease, whereas hyperdopaminergia may play a fundamental role in generating endophenotypes associated with schizophrenia. Sleep disturbances are known to occur in both schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease, suggesting that dopamine plays a role in regulating the sleep-wake cycle. Here, we show that novelty-exposed hyperdopaminergic mice enter a novel awake state characterized by spectral patterns of hippocampal local field potentials that resemble electrophysiological activity observed during rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. Treatment with haloperidol, a D2 dopamine receptor antagonist, reduces this abnormal intrusion of REM-like activity during wakefulness. Conversely, mice acutely depleted of dopamine enter a different novel awake state characterized by spectral patterns of hippocampal local field potentials that resemble electrophysiological activity observed during slow-wave sleep (SWS). This dopamine-depleted state is marked by an apparent suppression of SWS and a complete suppression of REM sleep. Treatment with D2 (but not D1) dopamine receptor agonists recovers REM sleep in these mice. Altogether, these results indicate that dopamine regulates the generation of sleep-wake states. We propose that psychosis and the sleep disturbances experienced by Parkinsonian patients result from dopamine-mediated disturbances of REM sleep.
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- Departments of Neurobiology
- Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9411
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- Departments of Neurobiology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Psychological and Brain Sciences, and
- Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, and
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Lopez-Rodriguez F, Medina-Ceja L, Wilson CL, Jhung D, Morales-Villagran A. Changes in extracellular glutamate levels in rat orbitofrontal cortex during sleep and wakefulness. Arch Med Res 2006; 38:52-5. [PMID: 17174723 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2006] [Accepted: 07/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Functional neuroimaging studies have shown that limbic and paralimbic areas display increased activity during REM sleep when compared to wakefulness. This increase in limbic activity is specific to the REM period of sleep. PET scanners do not provide a neurochemical explanation for this increased activity during REM sleep. In order to better understand the neurochemical basis of this increase, extracellular glutamate levels were measured in the rat orbitofrontal cortex during the stages of sleep and wakefulness. METHODS EEG and EMG activity were registered to score the behavioral state in epochs of 15 sec into three stages: wakefulness, non-REM sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. To correlate the glutamate concentration of the orbitofrontal cortex with sleep-wake states, 1-min dialysate samples were taken and classified as wakefulness, non-REM or REM sleep if all four of the 15-sec epochs occurring during the collection of that sample and after correction for dead time corresponded to the respective state. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection was used to measure glutamate levels. RESULTS Glutamate levels of the orbitofrontal cortex were increased during REM sleep, diminished during wakefulness, and the lowest levels were found during non-REM sleep. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate an increase in the concentration of the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate in the orbitofrontal cortex during REM sleep, which could be related to the increased activity in paralimbic structures observed in humans using functional neuroimaging, as well as to the proposed role of REM sleep on retention of emotional memories.
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Derry C, Benjamin C, Bladin P, le Bars D, Tochon-Danguy H, Berkovic SF, Zimmer L, Costes N, Mulligan R, Reutens D. Increased serotonin receptor availability in human sleep: Evidence from an [18F]MPPF PET study in narcolepsy. Neuroimage 2006; 30:341-8. [PMID: 16275016 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.09.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2005] [Revised: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 09/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Data from animal studies suggest that serotonin release promotes wakefulness and suppresses REM sleep, but there are dangers in extrapolating these findings to humans. Binding of the radioligand [18F]MPPF to 5HT1A receptors is sensitive to levels of endogenous serotonin. In this study, we aimed to demonstrate changes in serotonin receptor availability in the human brain in wakefulness and sleep using [18F]MPPF and positron emission tomography. 14 subjects with narcolepsy cataplexy underwent [18F]MPPF PET scans in wakefulness and in sleep. Subjects who used the stimulant methylphenidate took their normal medication for the wake scan but omitted it prior to the sleep scan. The change in binding potential (BP) between the sleep and wake scans was examined using paired t test. Methylphenidate is thought to have little or no effect on serotonergic neurotransmission, and in order to confirm the absence of an effect on [18F]MPPF binding, a concurrent study was performed using a beta-microprobe technique to examine the effect of methylphenidate administration on [18F]MPPF binding in Sprague-Dawley rats. The human study showed a significant increase in [18F]MPPF binding in sleep compared to wakefulness in the whole brain and all regions of interest examined (temporal cortex, mesial temporal region and cingulate cortex). The beta-microprobe study confirmed that methylphenidate administration had no effect on [18F]MPPF binding. These findings indicate that serotonin receptor availability is increased in sleep compared to wakefulness in narcoleptic humans.
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Takahashi K, Wang QP, Guan JL, Kayama Y, Shioda S, Koyama Y. State-dependent effects of orexins on the serotonergic dorsal raphe neurons in the rat. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 126:43-7. [PMID: 15620412 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2004.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The serotonergic dorsal raphe (DR) neurons play an important role in sleep-wakefulness regulation. Orexinergic neurons in the lateral hypothalamus densely project to the brainstem sites including the DR. To test the effects of orexins on the serotonergic DR neurons, we applied orexin A (0.1 mM) by pressure to these neurons in unanesthetized and urethane anesthetized rats. Orexin A caused excitation in 10 of 15 neurons under unanesthetized condition. The excitation was characterized by slow onset (0-18 s), long lasting duration (15-150 s) and state-dependency. Orexin A applied during REM sleep or slow wave sleep induced significant excitation while during wakefulness, the similar amount of orexin A did not increase the firing rate any more. In the anesthetized animals, orexin A induced excitation in four of eight neurons. The excitation had slow onset and was long lasting. These results suggest that orexinergic neurons exert excitatory influence on the serotonergic DR neurons to maintain tonic activity of them, thereby participating in regulation of sleep-wakefulness cycles and other functions.
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- Kazumi Takahashi
- Department of Physiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikari-ga-oka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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Lopez-Rodriguez F, Wilson CL, Maidment NT, Poland RE, Engel J. Total sleep deprivation increases extracellular serotonin in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience 2003; 121:523-30. [PMID: 14522011 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(03)00335-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sleep deprivation exerts antidepressant effects after only one night of deprivation, demonstrating that a rapid antidepressant response is possible. In this report we tested the hypothesis that total sleep deprivation induces an increase in extracellular serotonin (5-HT) levels in the hippocampus, a structure that has been proposed repeatedly to play a role in the pathophysiology of depression. Sleep deprivation was performed using the disk-over-water method. Extracellular levels of 5-HT were determined in 3 h periods with microdialysis and measured by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection. Sleep deprivation induced an increase in 5-HT levels during the sleep deprivation day. During an additional sleep recovery day, 5-HT remained elevated even though rats displayed normal amounts of sleep. Stimulus control rats, which had been allowed to sleep, did not experience a significant increased in 5-HT levels, though they were exposed to a stressful situation similar to slee-deprived rats. These results are consistent with a role of 5-HT in the antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation.
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- F Lopez-Rodriguez
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, NPI C8-846, 740 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Peñalva RG, Lancel M, Flachskamm C, Reul JMHM, Holsboer F, Linthorst ACE. Effect of sleep and sleep deprivation on serotonergic neurotransmission in the hippocampus: a combined in vivo microdialysis/EEG study in rats. Eur J Neurosci 2003; 17:1896-906. [PMID: 12752789 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02612.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Brainstem serotonergic neurotransmission is implicated in sleep regulation. However, the role of serotonin (5-HT) in forebrain regions in sleep-wake mechanisms is still unclear. Here, we have investigated, using a combined in vivo microdialysis/electroencephalogram method, the relationship between hippocampal 5-HT levels and sleep-wake behaviour in the rat. A clear-cut relationship was found between hippocampal 5-HT levels and vigilance state. The highest levels of 5-HT were observed during wakefulness, whereas a progressive decrease of 5-HT going from nonrapid eye movement sleep to rapid eye movement sleep was found. Sleep deprivation (SD) causes a transient enhancement of mood in depressed patients. Given the putative role of 5-HT in the aetiology of depression and the therapeutical efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in this illness, we also studied hippocampal 5-HT during 4 h of SD and during the subsequent recovery period. During the whole SD period, 5-HT levels were elevated substantially when compared to 5-HT levels during basal wakefulness. However, no changes in 5-HT levels and the relationship between hippocampal 5-HT and vigilance state were found during the subsequent recovery period. As SD is a potentially stressful experience and glucocorticoids are involved in the regulation of serotonergic neurotransmission and sleep, we investigated the effects of SD on free corticosterone levels. SD caused a marked rise in free corticosterone levels. However, the effects of SD on 5-HT seem not to be mediated by this hormone, because adrenalectomy did not affect the rise in hippocampal 5-HT during SD. We hypothesize that the elevated hippocampal 5-HT levels during SD may participate in the transient mood enhancing properties of forced wakefulness observed in depressed patients.
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- Rosana G Peñalva
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Neurochemistry, Kraepelinstrasse 2, D-80804 Munich, Germany
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Smith RL, Kennedy CH. Increases in avoidance responding produced by REM sleep deprivation or serotonin depletion are reversed by administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan. Behav Brain Res 2003; 140:81-6. [PMID: 12644281 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(02)00278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Our objective was to directly compare the effects of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation (REMSD) and serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) depletion on free-operant avoidance behavior in rats. These experiments were designed to determine if declining 5-HT levels observed during REMSD might mediate the increases in avoidance responding observed in REM sleep deprived rats. Rats were trained on a free-operant avoidance task. Following training, the animals were assigned to one of three sleep conditions (REMSD, tank control, or cage control). Animals in each sleep condition were exposed to four 5-HT manipulations: (a) saline plus saline; (b) p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) plus saline; (c) saline plus 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and (d) PCPA plus 5-HTP. Both REMSD and 5-HT depletion via PCPA resulted in an increase in avoidance responding that was reversed by administration of 5-HTP. REMSD and 5-HT depletion via PCPA resulted in increased avoidance efficiency and were reversed by 5-HTP administration, but only changes following PCPA injection were statistically significant. Decreases in 5-HT levels that occur during REMSD likely mediate increases in avoidance responding.
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- Randy L Smith
- Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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Bjorvatn B, Grønli J, Hamre F, Sørensen E, Fiske E, Bjørkum AA, Portas CM, Ursin R. Effects of sleep deprivation on extracellular serotonin in hippocampus and frontal cortex of the rat. Neuroscience 2002; 113:323-30. [PMID: 12127089 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00181-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sleep deprivation improves the mood of depressed patients, but the exact mechanism behind this effect is unclear. An enhancement of serotonergic neurotransmission has been suggested. In this study, we used in vivo microdialysis to monitor extracellular serotonin in the hippocampus and the frontal cortex of rats during an 8 h sleep deprivation period. These brain regions were selected since both have been implicated in depression. The behavioral state of the animal was continuously monitored by polygraphic recordings during the experiment. Sleep deprivation produced a gradual decline in extracellular serotonin levels, both in the hippocampus and in the frontal cortex. In order to investigate whether the reduction in serotonin was due to other factors than sleep deprivation, i.e. time of day effect, another experiment was performed. Here animals were allowed to sleep during most of the recording period. This experiment showed the expected changes in extracellular serotonin levels: consistently higher levels in the awake, non-sleep deprived animals compared to during sleep, but no time of day effect. The reduction in extracellular serotonin during sleep deprivation may suggest that serotonin does not play a major role in the mood-elevating effect of sleep deprivation. However, since 5-HT levels are strongly behavioral state dependent, by eliminating sleep, there may be a net increase in serotonergic neurotransmission during the sleep deprivation period.
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- B Bjorvatn
- Department of Physiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Overcoming the effects of stress on synaptic plasticity in the intact hippocampus: rapid actions of serotonergic and antidepressant agents. J Neurosci 2002. [PMID: 11978839 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-09-03638.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Acute inescapable stress dramatically affects the inducibility of plasticity at glutamatergic synapses in the intact hippocampus. The present study examined the involvement of serotonergic mechanisms in mediating and modulating the block of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 area of anesthetized rats after exposure to an elevated platform stress. Fluoxetine and fenfluramine, agents that raise hippocampal extracellular 5-HT concentration, blocked the induction of LTP in nonstressed animals, thus mimicking the effect of stress. In contrast, (+/-)-tianeptine, a drug that decreases 5-HT levels, had no effect on LTP induction in nonstressed animals. Remarkably, (+/-) administration of tianeptine after the stress rapidly overcame the block of LTP induction without affecting baseline excitatory transmission. Consistent with a reduction of 5-HT levels being responsible for this effect of tianeptine, the (-) enantiomer, which is associated with the 5-HT uptake enhancing action of (+/-)-tianeptine, also caused a recovery of the induction of LTP in previously stressed animals, whereas the relatively inactive (+) enantiomer had no effect. Furthermore, fluoxetine prevented the effect of tianeptine in stressed animals. These findings show that antidepressants have rapid and powerful interactions with the mechanisms controlling the persistence of the block of LTP by inescapable stress.
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For 50 years, serotonin has been in the centre of the search for the mechanisms and control of sleep. Serotonergic neurotransmission is related to the behavioural state of the animal and plays an important role in modulation of the behavioural state, by interacting with other brain areas modulating circadian rhythm, sleep and waking. Serotonergic activity may be accompanied by waking or sleep depending on the brain area and receptor type involved in the response, on the current behavioural state and on the concomitant agonism/antagonism of other neurotransmitter systems.
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- Reidun Ursin
- Department of Physiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Blanco-Centurion CA, Salin-Pascual RJ. Extracellular serotonin levels in the medullary reticular formation during normal sleep and after REM sleep deprivation. Brain Res 2001; 923:128-36. [PMID: 11743980 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)03209-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is hypothesized to result from the activity of REM sleep-generating and REM sleep-inhibiting neurons. The serotoninergic (5-HT) neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) represents one such population of REM-sleep inhibiting neurons since they are silent during REM sleep. Consistent with the decrease in activity of 5-HT neurons, the brain extracellular levels of 5-HT are lower during REM sleep compared to wakefulness. It is not known whether serotonin release is also reduced as a consequence of REM sleep rebound. Using microdialysis sampling coupled to HPLC-ECD, we measured the extracellular levels of 5-HT and its metabolite (5-HIAA) in the medial medullary reticular formation (mMRF) of freely behaving rats during normal sleep, REM sleep deprivation as well as during REM sleep rebound. We found that the levels 5-HT and 5-HIAA were significantly decreased by REM sleep deprivation. The reduction of 5-HT release was maintained during REM sleep rebound but the extracellular level of its main metabolite was increased. In addition, even during REM sleep rebound, 5-HT release during sleep was low compared to wakefulness. Taken together these data support the permissive role of 5-HT neurotransmission for REM sleep expression.
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- C A Blanco-Centurion
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Hirota K, Kushikata T, Kudo M, Kudo T, Lambert DG, Matsuki A. Orexin A and B evoke noradrenaline release from rat cerebrocortical slices. Br J Pharmacol 2001; 134:1461-6. [PMID: 11724752 PMCID: PMC1573092 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. Orexin A and B, recently identified in the rat hypothalamus are endogenous neuropeptide agonists for the G-protein coupled orexin-1 (OX1) and orexin-2 (OX2) receptors. 2. In the present study, we have examined the effects of orexin A, B and raised extracellular K(+) on noradrenaline release from the rat cerebrocortical slice. We have compared this with other sleep-wake-related (excitatory) neurotransmitters; dopamine, glutamate, serotonin and histamine. 3. Neurotransmitter release studies were performed in rat cerebrocortical slices incubated in modified Krebs buffer (with and without Ca(2+)+EGTA 1 mM) with various concentrations of orexin A, B and K(+) for various times. 4. Orexin A and B-evoked (10(-7) M) noradrenaline release was time-dependent reaching a maximum some 10 min after stimulation. K(+) (40 mM) evoked release was also time dependent but reached a maximum after 6 min. Orexin A, B and K(+) stimulation of release was concentration dependent with pEC(50) and E(max) (% of basal) values of 8.74+/-0.32 (1.8 nM) and 263+/-14% and 8.61+/-0.38 (2.4 nM) and 173+/-7% and 1.43+/-0.02 (37 mM) and 1430+/-70%, respectively. Orexin-evoked release was partially extracellular Ca(2+) dependent. 5. Of the other transmitters studied there was a weak orexin A and B stimulation of glutamate release. In contrast K(+) evoked dopamine, glutamate, histamine and serotonin release with pEC(50) and E(max) (% of basal) values of 1.47+/-0.05 (34 mM) and 3430+/-410%, 1.38+/-0.04 (42 mM) and 1240+/-50%, 1.47+/-0.02 (34 mM) and 480+/-10% and 1.40+/-0.05 (40 mM) and 560+/-60% respectively. 6. We conclude that the neuropeptides orexin A and B evoke noradrenaline release from rat cerebrocortical slices.
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- K Hirota
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Hirosaki School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8563, Japan.
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Charifi C, Debilly G, Paut-Pagano L, Cespuglio R, Valatx JL. Effect of noradrenergic denervation of medial prefrontal cortex and dentate gyrus on recovery after sleep deprivation in the rat. Neurosci Lett 2001; 311:113-6. [PMID: 11567791 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(01)02148-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The noradrenergic-locus coeruleus (LC) system has a regulatory influence on forebrain neuronal networks. We have previously shown that the amygdala is strongly implicated in the mechanism of rebound seen after a 10 h sleep deprivation (SD). In the present study, our objective was to determine whether the medial prefrontal cortex and dentate gyrus (DG) which receive an important innervation from the LC, play a role in the rebound mechanisms. We found that microinjection of the specific noradrenergic neurotoxin, N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine, into these regions had no effect on the increase in paradoxical sleep duration seen after SD, suggesting that noradrenergic (NA) innervation of the prefrontal cortex and DG are not involved in sleep rebound regulation.
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- C Charifi
- INSERM U480, Université Claude Bernard, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373, cedex 08, Lyon, France
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