Pathway-dependent regulation of sleep dynamics in a network model of the sleep-wake cycle
Héricé, Charlotte and Sakata, Shuzo (2019) Pathway-dependent regulation of sleep dynamics in a network model of the sleep-wake cycle. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13. 01380. ISSN 1662-453X (https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01380)
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Abstract
Sleep is a fundamental homeostatic process within the animal kingdom. Although various brain areas and cell types are involved in the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle, it is still unclear how different pathways between neural populations contribute to its regulation. Here we address this issue by investigating the behavior of a simplified network model upon synaptic weight manipulations. Our model consists of three neural populations connected by excitatory and inhibitory synapses. Activity in each population is described by a firing-rate model, which determines the state of the network. Namely wakefulness, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep or non-REM (NREM) sleep. By systematically manipulating the synaptic weight of every pathway, we show that even this simplified model exhibits non-trivial behaviors: for example, the wake-promoting population contributes not just to the induction and maintenance of wakefulness, but also to sleep induction. Although a recurrent excitatory connection of the REM-promoting population is essential for REM sleep genesis, this recurrent connection does not necessarily contribute to the maintenance of REM sleep. The duration of NREM sleep can be shortened or extended by changes in the synaptic strength of the pathways from the NREM-promoting population. In some cases, there is an optimal range of synaptic strengths that affect a particular state, implying that the amount of manipulations, not just direction (i.e., activation or inactivation), needs to be taken into account. These results demonstrate pathway-dependent regulation of sleep dynamics and highlight the importance of systems-level quantitative approaches for sleep-wake regulatory circuits.
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Héricé, Charlotte and Sakata, Shuzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6796-411X;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 70721 Dates: DateEvent20 December 2019Published5 December 2019AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Internal medicine > Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Department: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 06 Dec 2019 13:10 Last modified: 12 Dec 2024 09:03 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/70721