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Destruction of Serotonergic Neurons in the Median Raphe Nucleus Blocks Circadian Rhythm Phase Shifts to Triazolam but Not to Novel Wheel Access

Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794; Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6074

Lawrence P. Morin

Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794; Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794

Systematic treatment of hamsters with triazolam (TRZ) or novel wheel (NW) access will yield PRCs similar to those for neuropeptide Y. Both TRZ and NW access require an intact intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) to modulate circadian rhythm phase. It is commonly suggested that both stimulus types influence rhythm phase response via a mechanism associated with drug-induced or wheel access-associated locomotion. Furthermore, there have been suggestions that one or both of these stimulus conditions require an intact serotonergic system for modulation of rhythm phase. Thepresent study investigated these issues by making serotonin neuron-specific neurotoxic lesions of the median or dorsal raphe nuclei and evaluating phase response of the hamster circadian locomotor rhythm to TRZ treatment or NW access. The expected effect of TRZ injected at CT 6 h on the average phase advance was virtually eliminated by destruction of serotonin neurons in the median, but not the dorsal, raphe nucleus. No control or lesioned animal engaged in substantial wheel running in response to TRZ. By contrast, all median raphe-lesioned hamsters that engaged in substantial amounts of running when given access to a NW had phase shifts comparable to control or dorsal raphe-lesioned animals. The results demonstrate that serotonergic neurons in the median raphe nucleus contribute to the regulation of rhythm phase response to TRZ and that it is unlikely that these neurons are necessary for phase response to NW access. The data further suggest the presence of separate pathways mediating phase response to the two stimulus conditions. These pathways converge on the IGL, a nucleus afferent to the circadian clock, that is necessary for the expression of phase response to each stimulus type.

Key Words: serotonin • 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine • neurotoxin • circadian • raphe • novel wheel • phase response • wheel running

Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 13, No. 6, 494-505 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/074873098129000327


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