The rat ponto‐medullary network responsible for paradoxical sleep onset and maintenance: a combined microinjection and functional neuroanatomical study

R Boissard, D Gervasoni, MH Schmidt… - European Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The neuronal network responsible for paradoxical sleep (PS) onset and maintenance has
not previously been identified in the rat, unlike the cat. To fill this gap, this study has …

Single cell activity patterns of pedunculopontine tegmentum neurons across the sleep‐wake cycle in the freely moving rats

S Datta, DF Siwek - Journal of neuroscience research, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Microinjections of the excitatory amino acid, L‐glutamate into the cholinergic cell
compartment of the pedunculopontine tegmentum (PPT) of the rat induces both wakefulness …

Microinjection of neostigmine into the pontine reticular formation of C57BL/6J mouse enhances rapid eye movement sleep and depresses breathing

R Lydic, CL Douglas, HA Baghdoyan - Sleep, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: The cholinergic model of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has
contributed significantly to understanding sleep neurobiology and sleep-dependent …

Substance P in the descending cholinergic projection to REM sleep‐induction regions of the rat pontine reticular formation: anatomical and electrophysiological …

KA Kohlmeier, J Burns, PB Reiner… - European Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Release of acetylcholine within the pontine reticular formation (PRF) from the axon terminals
of mesopontine cholinergic neurons has long been hypothesized to play an important role in …