ENHANCEMENT OF ACETYLCHOLINE-RELEASE DURING PARADOXICAL SLEEP IN THE DORSAL TEGMENTAL FIELD OF THE CAT BRAIN-STEM
ENHANCEMENT OF ACETYLCHOLINE-RELEASE DURING PARADOXICAL SLEEP IN THE DORSAL TEGMENTAL FIELD OF THE CAT BRAIN-STEM
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3940(90)90576-u
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发表时间:
1990-07-13
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
HONDA, Y
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作者:
KODAMA, T;TAKAHASHI, Y;HONDA, Y
Acetylcholine (ACh) in the brain stem has been implicated in the generation of paradoxical sleep (PS). In order to clarify the relationship between local ACh release in the dorsal tegemental field (FTD), a possible PS-generating locus, and sleep-wake states in 6 cats, ACh was measured by the method of in vivo microdialysis and high performance liquid chromatography-electromchemical detection. It is noteworthy that ACh release was about 2 times higher (P < 0.001) during PS than during slow-wave sleep and wakefulness in FTD, but not in the caudate nucleus, a control region. ACh release in FTD appeared to begin to increase prior to the onset of PS. Electrical and chemical (glutamate) stimulations of the nucleus magnocellularis (MC) enhanced ACh release in FTD and shortened PS latency. These results suggest that this PS-related enhancement of ACh release in FTD is induced by some cholinergic projections from glutamate-receptive neurons in MC.