title: The effect of rapid eye movement sleep deprivation on cortical beta-adrenergic receptors.
abstract: The relationship between rapid eye movement sleep deprivation (REMD) and rat beta-adrenergic receptors was evaluated. REMD was achieved using the platform method and verified by EEG and EMG recordings. Although the amount of REM sleep was diminished 90%, there was no alteration in either the number of binding sites or their affinity for [3H]-dihydroalprenolol. Periods of stress as well as recovery periods after REMD were also without effect on the cortical beta-adrenergic receptors. Thus no support is garnered for the interaction of REMD and the cortical beta-adrenergic receptor binding parameters, although REMD is sometimes used as a mode of therapy for depression and other antidepressives do in fact affect the beta-adrenergic system. The mechanism of REMD as a potential antidepressive therapy is yet to be elucidated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D004082:Dihydroalprenolol / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D004082:Dihydroalprenolol