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GABAergic inhibition of histaminergic neurons regulates active waking but not the sleep-wake switch or propofol-induced loss of consciousness.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 19 Sept 2012
Zecharia Anna Y, Yu Xiao, Götz Thomas, Ye Zhiwen, Carr David R, Wulff Peer, Bettler Bernhard, Vyssotski Alexei L, Brickley Stephen G, Franks Nicholas P, Wisden William
Abstract excerpt
The activity of histaminergic neurons in the tuberomammillary nucleus (TMN) of the hypothalamus correlates with an animal's behavioral state and maintains arousal. We examined how GABAergic inputs onto histaminergic neurons regulate this behavior. A prominent hypothesis, the "flip-flop" model, predicts that increased and sustained GABAergic drive onto these cells promotes sleep. Similarly, because of the...
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