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ISCIENCE
Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107486
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The mechanism of general anesthesia is still not well understood. However, recent studies have shown that the activity of GABA neurons in the ventrolateral periaque-ductal gray (vlPAG) decreases during sevoflurane anesthesia and is reactivated after anesthesia. Activating GABAergic neurons in vlPAG promotes arousal during anesthesia, while inhibiting them delays this process. Furthermore, cortico-midbrain circuits involving vlPAG GABAergic neurons and their projections to the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) play an important role in the anesthesia-awake transition.
The mechanism of general anesthesia remains elusive. The ventrolateral periaque-ductal gray (vlPAG) in the midbrain regulates sleep and awake states. However, the role of vlPAG and its circuits in anesthesia is unclear. We utilized opto/chemogenetics, righting reflex, and electroencephalographic recording to assess consciousness changes. We employed fiber photometry to measure the activity of neurons and neurotransmitters. As a result, photometry recording showed that the activity of GABA neurons in vlPAG decreased during sevoflurane anesthesia and was reactivated after anesthesia. Activating GABAergic neurons in vlPAG promoted arousal during anesthesia, while inhibiting them delayed this process. Furthermore, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) to vlPAG pyramidal neurons projections and vlPAG to ventral tegmental area (VTA) GABAergic projections played a prominent role in the anesthesia-awake transition. GABA neurotransmitter activity of VTA synchronized with mPFC-vlPAG pyramidal neuron projections. Therefore, the cortico-midbrain circuits centered on vlPAG GABAergic neurons exert an arousal-promoting effect during sevoflurane anesthesia.
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