Discharge Profiles of Identified GABAergic in Comparison to Cholinergic and Putative Glutamatergic Basal Forebrain Neurons across the Sleep-Wake Cycle

Hassani, Oum Kaltoum; Lee, Maan Gee; Henny, Pablo; Jones, Barbara E.

Abstract

Whereas basal forebrain (BF) cholinergic neurons are known to participate in processes of cortical activation during wake ( W) and paradoxical sleep ( PS or P, also called REM sleep), codistributed GABAergic neurons have been thought to participate in processes of cortical deactivation and slow-wave sleep (SWS or S). To learn the roles the GABAergic neurons might play, in relation to cholinergic and glutamatergic neurons, we juxtacellularly recorded and labeled neurons during natural sleep-wake states in head-fixed rats. Neurobiotin (Nb)-labeled cells were identified immunohistochemically as choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)+, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)+, or ChAT-/GAD-. Of the latter, some were identified as glutamatergic by immunostaining of their terminals with the vesicular glutamate transporter (VGluT2). In contrast to ChAT+ neurons, which all discharged maximally during W and PS, GAD+ neurons comprised multiple sleep-wake subgroups. Some GABAergic neurons discharged maximally during W and PS, as WP-max active cells (36%), and in positive correlation with gamma electroencephalographic (EEG) activity. Some discharged maximally during SWS, as S-max active cells (28%), and in positive correlation with delta EEG activity. Others increased their discharge progressively during sleep to discharge maximally during PS, as P-max active cells (36%), and in negative association with electromyographic (EMG) activity. ChAT-/GAD- cells comprised WP-max (46%), S-max (17%), P-max (17%), and W-max active cells (14%), whose discharge was positively correlated with EMG activity. GABAergic neurons would thus play similar or reciprocal roles to other cholinergic and glutamatergic BF neurons in regulating cortical activity and muscle tone along with behavior across sleep-wake states.

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Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volumen: 29
Número: 38
Editorial: SOC NEUROSCIENCE
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 11828
Página final: 11840
DOI:

10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1259-09.2009

Notas: ISI