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NMDAR activation regulates the daily rhythms of sleep and mood.


ABSTRACT: STUDY OBJECTIVES:The present studies examine the effects of NMDAR activation by NYX-2925 diurnal rhythmicity of both sleep and wake as well as emotion. METHODS:Twenty-four-hour sleep EEG recordings were obtained in sleep-deprived and non-sleep-deprived rats. In addition, the day-night cycle of both activity and mood was measured using home cage ultrasonic-vocalization recordings. RESULTS:NYX-2925 significantly facilitated non-REM (NREM) sleep during the lights-on (sleep) period, and this effect persisted for 3 days following a single dose in sleep-deprived rats. Sleep-bout duration and REM latencies were increased without affecting total REM sleep, suggesting better sleep quality. In addition, delta power during wake was decreased, suggesting less drowsiness. NYX-2925 also rescued learning and memory deficits induced by sleep deprivation, measured using an NMDAR-dependent learning task. Additionally, NYX-2925 increased positive affect and decreased negative affect, primarily by facilitating the transitions from sleep to rough-and-tumble play and back to sleep. In contrast to NYX-2925, the NMDAR antagonist ketamine acutely (1-4 hours post-dosing) suppressed REM and non-REM sleep, increased delta power during wake, and blunted the amplitude of the sleep-wake activity rhythm. DISCUSSION:These data suggest that NYX-2925 could enhance behavioral plasticity via improved sleep quality as well as vigilance during wake. As such, the facilitation of sleep by NYX-2925 has the potential to both reduce symptom burden on neurological and psychiatric disorders as well as serve as a biomarker for drug effects through restoration of sleep architecture.

SUBMITTER: Burgdorf JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6783887 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<h4>Study objectives</h4>The present studies examine the effects of NMDAR activation by NYX-2925 diurnal rhythmicity of both sleep and wake as well as emotion.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-four-hour sleep EEG recordings were obtained in sleep-deprived and non-sleep-deprived rats. In addition, the day-night cycle of both activity and mood was measured using home cage ultrasonic-vocalization recordings.<h4>Results</h4>NYX-2925 significantly facilitated non-REM (NREM) sleep during the lights-on (sleep) pe  ...[more]

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