Regulation of Sleep and Wakefulness: Difference between revisions

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The physiological regulation of sleep and wakefulness, as well as different models describing the regulation (NOT DONE)
 
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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 =====