GABAergic structures in the ventral part of the oral pontine reticular nucleus: An ultrastructural immunogold analysis.
Neuroscience
; 142(4): 1183-93, 2006 Nov 03.
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GABA mediates inhibitory effects in neurons of the ventral part of the oral pontine reticular nucleus (vRPO). Evidence increasingly suggests that GABA plays an important role in the modulation of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep generation in the cat vRPO. Here, we investigate the anatomical substrate of this modulation using GABA immunocytochemistry. Immunoperoxidase labeling revealed a few small GABA-immunoreactive cell bodies scattered throughout the vRPO. The numerical densities of all vRPO synapses and the GABA-immunoreactive synapses were estimated, at the electron microscopical level, by using a combination of the physical disector and the post-embedding immunogold techniques. We estimated that 30% of all vRPO synaptic terminals were immunoreactive to GABA. Our findings support the hypothesis that vRPO neuron activity is significantly controlled by inhibitory GABAergic terminals that directly target somata and the different parts of the dendritic tree, including distal regions. GABAergic input could inhibit vRPO REM sleep-inducing neurons during other states of the sleep-wakefulness cycle such as wakefulness or non-REM sleep.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Formación Reticular
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Puente
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Terminales Presinápticos
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Ácido gamma-Aminobutírico
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Inhibición Neural
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Vías Nerviosas
Límite:
Animals
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En
Revista:
Neuroscience
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos