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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 1, 2003, 23(5):1557
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
The Wake-Promoting Hypocretin-Orexin Neurons Are in an Intrinsic
State of Membrane Depolarization
Emmanuel
Eggermann1, *,
Laurence
Bayer1, *,
Mauro
Serafin1, *,
Benoît
Saint-Mleux1,
Laurent
Bernheim1,
Danièle
Machard1,
Barbara E.
Jones2, and
Michel
Mühlethaler1
1 Département de Physiologie, Centre
Médical Universitaire, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland, and
2 Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
University, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3A 2B4
Wakefulness depends on the activity of hypocretin-orexin
neurons because their lesion results in narcolepsy. How these neurons maintain their activity to promote wakefulness is not known. Here, by
recording for the first time from hypocretin-orexin neurons and
comparing their properties with those of neurons expressing melanin-concentrating hormone, we show that hypocretin-orexin neurons
are in an intrinsic state of membrane depolarization that promotes
their spontaneous activity. We propose that wakefulness and associated
energy expenditure thus depend on that property, which allows the
hypocretin-orexin neurons to maintain a tonic excitatory influence on
the central arousal and peripheral sympathetic systems.
Key words:
arousal; melanin-concentrating hormone; MCH; rat; sleep; wakefulness
*
E.E., L.B., and M.S. contributed equally to this work.
Copyright © 2003 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/03/2351557-06$05.00/0
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