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Additive Wake-Promoting Actions of Medial Basal Forebrain Noradrenergic alpha 1- and beta -Receptor Stimulation
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Additive Wake-Promoting Actions of Medial Basal Forebrain Noradrenergic alpha 1- and beta -Receptor Stimulation

C W Berridge, S O Isaac and R A Espana
Behavioral neuroscience, v 117(2), pp 350-359
01 Apr 2003
PMID: 12708531

Abstract

The locus coeruleus-noradrenergic system exerts an activating influence on forebrain neuronal and behavioral activity states, in part through the actions of noradrenergic beta -receptors in the medial septal (MS) and medial preoptic (MPOA) areas. MPOA alpha 1-receptors exert similar wake-promoting actions. The current study examines the influence of alpha 1-receptors located within MS on sleep-wake state. In addition, the extent to which alpha 1- and beta -receptors located within MS and MPOA interact in the modulation of behavioral state was investigated by examining the effects of individual or combined infusion of alpha 1- and beta -agonists into these regions. Results show that alpha 1-receptors located within MS exert wake-promoting actions. Within both MS and MPOA, additive wake-promoting actions were observed with alpha 1- and beta -receptor stimulation, the sum of which contributes to the overall arousal state of the animal.

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