Regulation of Sleep and Wakefulness: Difference between revisions
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>Mainländr The physiological regulation of sleep and wakefulness, as well as different models describing the regulation (NOT DONE) |
>Mainländr next save NOT fucking DONE yet tho |
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GABA in the [[pontine reticular formation]] promotes sleep and decreases sleep, by inhibiting the secretion of acetylcholine, which promotes Rem-sleep. | GABA in the [[pontine reticular formation]] promotes sleep and decreases sleep, by inhibiting the secretion of acetylcholine, which promotes Rem-sleep. | ||
However, neurons activated by GABA in the basal forebrain | However, neurons activated by GABA in the basal forebrain fire the fastest during NRem-sleep, and is NRem promoting. | ||
Adenosine, the other major neurotransmitter involved in the onset of NRem-sleep, increases proportional to the time spent awake in the basal forebrain. It is the neurotransmitter thouoght to be the major regulator of Process S in the 2-Process Model of Sleep. | |||
==== Models ==== | ==== Models ==== | ||
===== Two-Process Model of Sleep ===== | ===== Two-Process Model of Sleep ===== | ||
===== Model1 ===== | ===== Model1 ===== | ||
