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Rapid eye movement sleep debt accrues in mice exposed to volatile anesthetics

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Pick, Jeremy, Chen, Yihan, Moore, Jason T., Sun, Yi, Wyner, Abraham J., Friedman, Eliot B., Kelz, Max B.·2011·Anesthesiology

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Background: General anesthesia has been likened to a state in which anesthetized subjects are locked out of access to both rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and wakefulness. Were this true for all anesthetics, a significant REM rebound after anesthetic exposure might be expected. However, for the intravenous anesthetic propofol, studies demonstrate that no sleep debt accrues. Moreover, preexisting sleep debts dissipate during propofol anesthesia. To determine whether these effects are specific to propofol or are typical of volatile anesthetics, the authors tested the hypothesis that REM sleep debt would accrue in rodents anesthetized with volatile anesthetics. Methods: Electroencephalographic and electromyographic electrodes were implanted in 10 mice. After 9-11 days of recovery and habituation to a 12 h:12 h light-dark cycle, baseline states of wakefulness, nonrapid eye movement sleep, and REM sleep were recorded in mice exposed to 6 h of an oxygen control and on separate days to 6 h of isoflurane, sevoflurane, or halothane in oxygen. All exposures were conducted at the onset of light. Results: Mice in all three anesthetized groups exhibited a significant doubling of REM sleep during the first 6 h of the dark phase of the circadian schedule, whereas only mice exposed to halothane displayed a significant increase in nonrapid eye movement sleep that peaked at 152% of baseline. Conclusion: REM sleep rebound after exposure to volatile anesthetics suggests that these volatile anesthetics do not fully substitute for natural sleep. This result contrasts with the published actions of propofol for which no REM sleep rebound occurred.

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Authors
Pick, J., Chen, Y., Moore, J. T., Sun, Y., Wyner, A. J., Friedman, E. B., & Kelz, M. B.
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (US)
Venue
Anesthesiology
Published
2011-10-01
Volume
115
Issue
4
Pages
702-712
ISSN
0003-3022 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1965014070
Cited by
79
References
66
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Anesthesiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (K08GM077357, GM077357, GM088156, R01GM088156)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
Keywords
REM sleep rebound, volatile anesthetics, isoflurane, sevoflurane, halothane, propofol, sleep deprivation, NREM sleep, mice
MeSH terms
Sevoflurane, Anesthesia, Inhalation, Animals, Electrodes, Implanted, Electroencephalography, Electromyography, Halothane, Isoflurane, Male, Methyl Ethers, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, REM, Propofol, Polysomnography, Anesthetics, Inhalation, Anesthetics, Intravenous, Mice

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