The Role of the Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus (RMTg) in Modulating NREM Sleep and Anesthetic-Induced Unconsciousness
The Role of the Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus (RMTg) in Modulating NREM Sleep and Anesthetic-Induced Unconsciousness
批准号:
10221589
负责人:
Olivia Ann Moody
金额:
$3.06万
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2020
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2020-09-01 至 2022-05-06
关键词:
AmericanAnesthesia proceduresAnestheticsArousalAutomobile DrivingBehavioralBehavioral AssayBrainBrain StemCardiovascular systemCell NucleusComaConsciousConsciousness DisordersDopamineDrug ReceptorsElectroencephalogramElectromyographyEquilibriumGeneral AnesthesiaGeneral anesthetic drugsGoalsGrantHistologyImpaired cognitionInhalation AnesthesiaIntravenous AnestheticsInvestigationKnowledgeManuscriptsMeasuresMidbrain structureMinorNeurologicNeuronsOperative Surgical ProceduresPaperPathway interactionsPatientsPhysiologicalPlayPreoptic AreasPublishingRattusResearchResearch PersonnelRespiratory SystemRodentRoleScientistSleepSleep DisordersSleep Wake CycleSlow-Wave SleepSystemTimeTrainingTransgenic OrganismsUnconscious StateVentral Tegmental AreaWakefulnessWritingYangcareerdesigndesigner receptors exclusively activated by designer drugsdopaminergic neurongamma-Aminobutyric Acidin vivoneural circuitneuronal circuitryneurophysiologyneurotransmissionnon rapid eye movementnovelpressurerelating to nervous systemside effectskillssymposiumtooltrait
中文摘要
项目概要/摘要
诱导和维持麻醉剂诱导的无意识的神经回路仍然是不完全的
明白考虑到麻醉和睡眠都是可逆的无意识的形式,
研究了大脑中的睡眠回路是否调节麻醉剂引起的无意识。 然而,在这方面,
视前区包含大脑中的主要睡眠中心,对视前区的研究并不能解释睡眠的所有方面。
麻醉剂引起的无意识,导致研究人员寻找新的大脑回路。 一种新发现
中脑核,头内侧被盖核(RMTg),将主要的GABA能投射发送到腹侧
被盖区(VTA)。 改变腹侧被盖区多巴胺能神经元的活性,
诱导从连续吸入麻醉中苏醒,表明中脑回路在调节
麻醉剂引起的昏迷。到目前为止,只有一篇论文开始研究RMTg在睡眠中的作用,
目前还没有论文研究它在麻醉中的作用。本提案将填补这一空白,并提供新的信息
中脑核可以调节不同的意识状态。 这个问题的核心假设是
一个新的研究建议是,改变GABA能RMTg神经元的活性将影响大脑对
麻醉剂我们将使用转基因大鼠表达设计受体专门激活的设计药物
(DREADD)特异性激活或抑制RMTg的GABA能神经元。目标1将调查影响
通过脑电图记录来改变RMTg在NREM睡眠中的活动。 目标2将使用
啮齿动物行为测定和体内EEG和局部场电位(LFP)记录,以确定
RMTg的活性影响麻醉敏感性。该提案的结果将体现一种新的
可能调节大脑中可逆无意识的回路。 了解涉及的新电路
调节不同的意识状态将产生新的知识,有助于开发新的治疗方法。
用于各种意识障碍,包括神经性睡眠障碍和轻微意识障碍
患者 了解产生麻醉的神经回路也可以帮助科学家设计
更具体的麻醉剂,对呼吸系统等系统的生理副作用更少,
心血管系统
英文摘要
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The neural circuits that induce and maintain anesthetic-induced unconsciousness remain incompletely
understood. Given that anesthesia and sleep are both forms of reversible unconsciousness, anesthesia research
has investigated whether sleep circuits in the brain regulate anesthetic-induced unconsciousness. However,
studies of the preoptic area, which contains the main sleep centers in the brain, do not explain all aspects of
anesthetic-induced unconsciousness, leading researchers to look for new brain circuits. A newly discovered
midbrain nucleus, the rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg), sends major GABAergic projections to the ventral
tegmental area (VTA). Altering the activity of dopaminergic neurons in the VTA has been previously shown to
induce emergence from continuous inhaled anesthesia, suggesting a role of midbrain circuits in regulating
anesthetic-induced unconsciousness. To date, only one paper has begun studying the role of the RMTg in sleep,
and no papers have yet looked at its role in anesthesia. This proposal will fill this gap and provide new information
about a midbrain nucleus that may regulate different states of consciousness. The central hypothesis of this
proposal is that altering the activity of the GABAergic RMTg neurons will impact the brain’s sensitivity to
anesthetics. We will use transgenic rats expressing Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs
(DREADDs) to specifically activate or inhibit GABAergic neurons of the RMTg. Aim 1 will investigate the impact
of altering the RMTg’s activity on NREM sleep using electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings. Aim 2 will use
rodent behavioral assays and in vivo EEG and local field potential (LFP) recordings to determine the extent to
which the RMTg’s activity influences anesthetic sensitivity. The results from this proposal will characterize a new
circuit that may modulate reversible unconsciousness in the brain. Understanding novel circuits involved in
regulating different states of consciousness will generate new knowledge that could help develop new treatments
for various disorders of consciousness, including neurological sleep disorders and minimally consciousness
patients. Understanding the neural circuits involved in producing anesthesia could also help scientists design
more specific anesthetics that have fewer physiological side effects on systems like the respiratory and
cardiovascular systems.
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