title: Single unit recordings in the nuclei raphe dorsalis and magnus during the sleep-waking cycle of semi-chronic prepared cats.
abstract: Single unit recordings were performed in the nuclei raphe dorsalis (RD) and raphe magnus (RM) of semi-chronic prepared cats during spontaneous or cryogenically induced sleep. Of the RD neurons 75% showed a discharge pattern which decreased during slow wave sleep and paradoxical sleep (PS); such a decrease in spiking was related to the occurrence of ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) waves. to the contrary, 78% of the RM neurons demonstrated a discharge pattern which significantly increased during PS, and especially when PGO waves were present.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness