The neurons that drive infradian sleep-wake and mania-like behavioral rhythms

Infradian mood and sleep-wake rhythms with periods of 48 hr and beyond have been observed in bipolar disorder (BD) subjects that even persist in time isolation, indicating an endogenous origin. Here we show that mice exposed to methamphetamine (Meth) in drinking water develop infradian locomotor rhythms with periods of 48 hr and beyond which extend to sleep length and mania-like behaviors in support of a model for cycling in BD. This cycling capacity is abrogated upon genetic disruption of DA production in DA neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) or ablation of nucleus accumbens (NAc) projecting, dopamine (DA) neurons. Chemogenetic activation of NAc-projecting DA neurons leads to locomotor period lengthening in clock deficient mice, while cytosolic calcium in DA processes of the NAc was found fluctuating synchronously with locomotor behavior. Together, our findings argue that BD cycling relies on infradian rhythm generation that depends on NAc-projecting DA neurons.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2023) vom: 16. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Markam, Pratap S [VerfasserIn]
Bourguignon, Clément [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Darvas, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Sabatini, Paul V [VerfasserIn]
Kokoeva, Maia V [VerfasserIn]
Giros, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Storch, Kai-Florian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bipolar disorders
Circadian rhythms
Dopamine
Infradian rhythms
Methamphetamine
Nucleus accumbens
Preprint
Psychopathology
Rapid cycling
Tyrosine hydroxylase
Ventral tegmental area

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Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1101/2023.11.14.566955

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NLM365054984