Current evidence indicates that the homeostatic (recuperative) processes of sleep are proportional to the amount of high amplitude, slow (delta) EEG within NREM sleep. The investigator has discovered that blockade of the cation channel gated by the NMDA subpopulation of GluRs during waking intensely stimulates NREM delta during subsequent sleep. The investigator has now demonstrated this effect with spectral as well as period analysis and shown that MK-801-induced changes in NREM and REM spectra closely parallel those of sleep deprivation, the most potent physiological sleep stimulus. In addition to its significance for sleep research, this NDP provides a novel, highly reliable model for in vivo studies of the effects of GluR perturbations on cortical electrophysiology. Glutamate, the main excitatory neurotransmitter, plays a central role in normal brain function and in pathological conditions including excitotoxicity and, possibly, schizophrenia. The investigator's research will identify the neural structures that can produce NDP in response to microinjection of MK-801 and the competitive NMDA antagonist CPPene. Sites for injection include highly plastic limbic structures that respond acutely to channel blockade with hypermetabolism and have high densities of NMDA receptors, structures implicated in NREM sleep regulation, and structures involved in the circuits that generate EEG oscillations. These studies will be the first systematic investigation of changes in quantified sleep (and waking) EEG following bilateral NMDA receptor blockade in specific brain structures. They are not a random search for any sleep EEG effects but are aimed at duplicating with microinjection the highly reliable NDP the investigator found with systemic administration of MK-801. The investigator's research could provide new insights into systemic GluR physiology, mechanisms of sleep homeostasis, NREM sleep abnormalities in schizophrenia and depression, and the NMDA (PCP) model of schizophrenia. It might also lead to the development of a novel class of hypnotics that stimulates a more physiological sleep EEG.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01MH057928-01A1
Application #
2698281
Study Section
Clinical Neuroscience and Biological Psychopathology Review Committee (CNBP)
Project Start
1998-09-30
Project End
2001-05-31
Budget Start
1998-09-30
Budget End
1999-05-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Davis
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
094878337
City
Davis
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
95618
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