A role for spindles in the onset of rapid eye movement sleep.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
A role for spindles in the onset of rapid eye movement sleep.
Journal
Nature communications
Author(s)
Bandarabadi Mojtaba, Herrera C.G., Gent T.C., Bassetti C., Schindler K., Adamantidis A.R.
ISSN
2041-1723 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
2041-1723
Publication state
Published
Issued date
16/10/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
11
Number
1
Pages
5247
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Sleep spindle generation classically relies on an interplay between the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), thalamo-cortical (TC) relay cells and cortico-thalamic (CT) feedback during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Spindles are hypothesized to stabilize sleep, gate sensory processing and consolidate memory. However, the contribution of non-sensory thalamic nuclei in spindle generation and the role of spindles in sleep-state regulation remain unclear. Using multisite thalamic and cortical LFP/unit recordings in freely behaving mice, we show that spike-field coupling within centromedial and anterodorsal (AD) thalamic nuclei is as strong as for TRN during detected spindles. We found that spindle rate significantly increases before the onset of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, but not wakefulness. The latter observation is consistent with our finding that enhancing spontaneous activity of TRN cells or TRN-AD projections using optogenetics increase spindle rate and transitions to REM sleep. Together, our results extend the classical TRN-TC-CT spindle pathway to include non-sensory thalamic nuclei and implicate spindles in the onset of REM sleep.
Keywords
Animals, Electroencephalography, Eye/chemistry, Female, Male, Memory, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Ocular Physiological Phenomena, Optogenetics, Sleep, REM, Thalamic Nuclei/chemistry, Thalamic Nuclei/physiology, Thalamus/chemistry, Thalamus/physiology, Wakefulness
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Web of science
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