Effects of bromocriptine and alpha-flupenthixol on sleep in REM sleep deprived rats. |
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Authors: | M Radulovacki W J Wojcik C Fornal |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA |
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Abstract: | Administration of bromocriptine mesylate (5 mg/kg, i.p.), a dopamine receptor stimulant, to rats which were deprived of REM sleep for 24 hours resulted in a significant increase in wakefulness as well as significant reduction of REM sleep during the first 5 hours of EEG recording. These effects were completely abolished by pretreatment with α-flupenthixol (0.2 mg/kg, i.p.), a dopamine receptor blocker. The loss of REM sleep has not been regained during the next 25 hours of EEG recording suggesting that the stimulation of dopamine receptors reduced REM sleep without causing subsequent REM rebound. These data raise questions on the negative dopamine control of REM sleep and on the potential use of dopamine stimulants in clinical situations characterized by excessive REM or by REM sleep dysfunction (narcolepsy). |
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