Cholinergic, glutamatergic, and GABAergic neurons of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus have distinct effects on sleep/wake behavior in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1352-1366

  Kroeger, Daniel ^a   Ferrari, Loris L ^a   Petit, Gaetan ^a,b   Mahoney, Carrie E ^a   Fuller, Patrick M ^a   Arrigoni, Elda ^a   Scammell, Thomas E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemogenetic; Mouse; PPT; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOZAPINE N OXIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GLUTAMATES; MICE; NEURONS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 85011382806     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1405-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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