Efferent pathways from the suprachiasmatic nucleus to the horizontal limbs of diagonal band promote NREM sleep during the dark phase in mice

Autor: Lei Chen, Changfeng Chen, Qiaoling Jin, Yue Liang, Jian Wu, Pingping Zhang, Juan Cheng, Liecheng Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Neuroscience, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2202
DOI: 10.1186/s12868-024-00881-0
Popis: Abstract The regulation of circadian rhythms and the sleep–wake states involves in multiple neural circuits. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a circadian pacemaker that controls the rhythmic oscillation of mammalian behaviors. The basal forebrain (BF) is a critical brain region of sleep–wake regulation, which is the downstream of the SCN. Retrograde tracing of cholera toxin subunit B showed a direct projection from the SCN to the horizontal limbs of diagonal band (HDB), a subregion of the BF. However, the underlying function of the SCN–HDB pathway remains poorly understood. Herein, activation of this pathway significantly increased non–rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep during the dark phase by using optogenetic recordings. Moreover, activation of this pathway significantly induced NREM sleep during the dark phase for first 4 h by using chemogenetic methods. Taken together, these findings reveal that the SCN–HDB pathway participates in NREM sleep regulation and provides direct evidence of a novel SCN-related pathway involved in sleep–wake states regulation.
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