Drucker-Colín R, Durán-Vázquez A, Salín-Pascual R J, Verdugo-Díaz L, Mendoza-Ramírez J L, Jiménez-Anguiano A
Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Brain Res. 1996 Aug 12;729(2):170-5.
Since both REM sleep deprivation and unilateral 6-OHDA lesions induce supersensitivity of DA receptors, the purpose of this study was to determine whether the response of rats with such lesions would be modified by REM sleep deprivation. In addition, the effect of grafts of dissociated chromaffin cells was also tested. Rats with 6-OHDA lesions were subjected to 24 or 72 h of REM sleep deprivation and tested with various doses of apomorphine to determine turning behavior frequencies. At end of those experiments, the animals were transplanted with dissociated chromaffin cells and turning behavior was tested again. The results showed that REM sleep deprivation nearly doubled the turning behavior frequency, that chromaffin cell grafts decreased it, but that REM deprivation in grafted animals still seemed to produce an increase of post-synaptic supersensitivity independent of denervation. The results were discussed in terms of the possible relationship of sleep with Parkinson's disease through the DA system.
