title: State-specific asymmetries in EEG slow wave activity induced by local application of TNFalpha.
abstract: Sleep is posited to be a fundamental property of groups of highly interconnected neurons and regulated in part by activity-dependent sleep regulatory substances such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha). We show that the unilateral local application of TNFalpha onto the somatosensory cortex of rats induced state- and frequency-dependent EEG asymmetries. In contrast, the unilateral injection of a TNFalpha inhibitor, a TNFalpha soluble receptor, attenuated sleep deprivation-enhanced EEG slow wave power ipsilaterally during non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS) but not during REMS or waking. Results are consistent with the notion that sleep begins with state changes occurring within small groups of highly interconnected neurons and is driven in part by the local production of sleep regulating substances.
authors.affiliation: Department of VCAPP, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646520, Pullman, WA 99164-6520, USA.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peterfi
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García-García
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.forename: Tadanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D012890:Sleep / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha