Optogenetic activation of cholinergic neurons in the PPT or LDT induces REM sleep

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is an important component of the natural sleep/wake cycle, yet the mechanisms that regulate REM sleep remain incompletely understood. Cholinergic neurons in the mesopontine tegmentum have been implicated in REM sleep regulation, but lesions of this area have had varyin...

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Main Authors: Zheng, Shu, Goldblum, Rebecca R., Gelwan, Noah A., Ramos, Daniel M., Nolan, Michael A., Wang, Karen, Weng, Feng-Ju, Lin, Yingxi, Wilson, Matthew A., Brown, Emery N., Van Dort, Christa, Zachs, Daniel, Kenny, Jonathan Dillion
Other Authors: Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98021
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-7819
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9615-3233
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7149-3584
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7734-6008

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