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ArticleSleep2021

Substantia nigra pars reticulata-mediated sleep and motor activity regulation.

Yuan-Yang Lai, Tohru Kodama, Kung-Chiao Hsieh, Darian Nguyen, Jerome M Siegel

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Article in Sleep, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuan-Yang LaiDepartment of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Tohru KodamaDepartment of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Kung-Chiao HsiehVA Greater Los Angeles HealthCare System, North Hills, CA.
Darian NguyenDepartment of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Jerome M SiegelDepartment of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USNeurobehavioral Systems · USVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System · US

Funding

Role of hypocretin in opiate addiction and withdrawalR01DA034748 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SIEGEL, JEROME M · 2014 to 2024
$6.3M
Environmental determinants of human sleep timing, duration and continuity: studies in hunter gatherersR01HL148574 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SIEGEL, JEROME M · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
Basal ganglia and sleep related motor disordersR01NS082242 · NINDS · SEPULVEDA RESEARCH CORPORATION · PI LAI, YUAN-YANG · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148574NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA034748NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectivesThe substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNR) is a major output nucleus of the basal ganglia. Animal studies have shown that lesions of the SNR cause hyposomnia and motor hyperactivity, indicating that the SNR may play a role in the control of sleep and motor activity.

methodsEight 8- to 10-week-old adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. After 3 days of baseline polysomnographic recording, dialysates were collected from the lateral SNR across natural sleep-wake states. Muscimol and bicuculline were microinfused into the lateral SNR.

resultsWe found that GABA release in the lateral SNR is negatively correlated with slow wave sleep (SWS; R = -0.266, p < 0.01, n = 240) and positively correlated with waking (R = 0.265, p < 0.01, n = 240) in rats. Microinfusion of muscimol into the lateral SNR decreased sleep time and sleep quality, as well as eliciting motor hyperactivity in wake and increased periodic leg movement in SWS, while bicuculline infused into the lateral SNR increased sleep and decreased motor activity in SWS in rats. Muscimol infusion skewed the distribution of inter-movement intervals, with most between 10 and 20 s, while a flat distribution of intervals between 10 and 90 s was seen in baseline conditions.

conclusionsActivation of the lateral SNR is important for inducing sleep and inhibiting motor activity prior to and during sleep, and thus to the maintenance of sleep. Abnormal function of the lateral SNR may cause hyposomnia and motor hyperactivity in quiet wake and in sleep.

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Pars ReticulataSubstantia NigraAnimalsGABA Antagonistsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidMaleMotor ActivityRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySleepGABA Antagonistsgamma-Aminobutyric Acidbicucullineinfusionmicrodialysismuscimolrestless legs syndrome

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PMID32808987
PMCPMC7819837
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