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Control of non-REM sleep by ventrolateral medulla glutamatergic neurons projecting to the preoptic area

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  • Sasa Teng

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Fenghua Zhen

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Li Wang

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Jose Canovas Schalchli

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Jane Simko

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Xinyue Chen

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Hao Jin

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Christopher D. Makinson

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Yueqing Peng

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University)

Abstract

Understanding the neural mechanisms underlying sleep state transitions is a fundamental goal of neurobiology and important for the development of new treatments for insomnia and other sleep disorders. Yet, brain circuits controlling this process remain poorly understood. Here we identify a population of sleep-active glutamatergic neurons in the ventrolateral medulla (VLM) that project to the preoptic area (POA), a prominent sleep-promoting region, in mice. Microendoscopic calcium imaging demonstrate that these VLM glutamatergic neurons display increased activity during the transitions from wakefulness to Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep. Chemogenetic silencing of POA-projecting VLM neurons suppresses NREM sleep, whereas chemogenetic activation of these neurons promotes NREM sleep. Moreover, we show that optogenetic activation of VLM glutamatergic neurons or their projections in the POA initiates NREM sleep in awake mice. Together, our findings uncover an excitatory brainstem-hypothalamic circuit that controls the wake-sleep transitions.

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  • Sasa Teng & Fenghua Zhen & Li Wang & Jose Canovas Schalchli & Jane Simko & Xinyue Chen & Hao Jin & Christopher D. Makinson & Yueqing Peng, 2022. "Control of non-REM sleep by ventrolateral medulla glutamatergic neurons projecting to the preoptic area," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-32461-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32461-3
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