Control of sleep-to-wake transitions via fast amino acid and slow neuropeptide transmission

The locus coeruleus (LC) modulates cortical, subcortical, cerebellar, brainstem and spinal cord circuits and it expresses receptors for neuromodulators that operate on a time scale of several seconds. Evidence from anatomical, electrophysiological and optogenetic experiments has shown that LC neuron...

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Main Authors: Thiago Mosqueiro, Luis de Lecea, Ramon Huerta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/115010