Effect of lesion of subcommissural organ on sleep in cat.
We examined the possibility that subcommissural organ is implicated in the mechanisms of sleep-waking cycle. Electrolytic lesions of this structure were performed in two cats without disturbing the organization of sleep nor modifying the daily quantities of paradoxical sleep and slow-wave sleep. These results indicate that subcommissural organ does not play a major role in sleep mechanisms.
D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002415:Cats; D008297:Male; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D013351:Subcommissural Organ / Q000502:physiology*