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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 275: R1620-R1626, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 5, R1620-R1626, November 1998

Daily rhythms in Fos activity in the rat ventrolateral preoptic area and midline thalamic nuclei

Colleen M. Novak and Antonio A. Nunez

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1117

The present experiment investigated the expression of the nuclear phosphoprotein Fos over the 24-h light-dark cycle in regions of the rat brain related to sleep and vigilance, including the ventrolateral preoptic area (VLPO), the paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVT), and the central medial thalamic nucleus (CMT). Immunocytochemistry for Fos, an immediate-early gene product used as an index of neuronal activity, was carried out on brain sections from rats perfused at zeitgeber time (ZT) 1, ZT 5, ZT 12.5, and ZT 17 (lights on ZT 0-ZT 12). The number of Fos-immunopositive (Fos+) cells in the VLPO was elevated at ZT 5 and 12.5 (i.e., during or just after the rest phase of the cycle). Fos+ cell number increased at ZT 17 and ZT 1 in the PVT and CMT, 180° out of phase with the VLPO. A positive correlation was found between the numbers of Fos+ cells in the PVT and CMT, and Fos expression in each thalamic nucleus was negatively correlated with VLPO Fos+ cell number. The VLPO, PVT, and CMT may integrate circadian and homeostatic influences to regulate the sleep-wake cycle.

circadian rhythms; sleep; paraventricular thalamus; central medial thalamus; vigilance


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