NE contribution to rebooting unconsciousness caused by midazolam

  1. LeYuan Gu
  2. WeiHui Shao
  3. Lu Liu
  4. Qing Xu
  5. YuLing Wang
  6. JiaXuan Gu
  7. Yue Yang
  8. ZhuoYue Zhang
  9. YaXuan Wu
  10. Yue Shen
  11. Qian Yu
  12. XiTing Lian
  13. HaiXiang Ma
  14. YuanLi Zhang
  15. HongHai Zhang  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
  2. Department of Anesthesiology, the Fourth Clinical School of Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, China
  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, China
  4. Medical College of Jining Medical University, China
  5. Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, China
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The noradrenergic system is involved in recovery from midazolam administration.

(A) Number of LORR and no LORR induced by different doses of midazolam in C57BL/6J mice. (B) Rate of LORR (%) in C57BL/6J mice at different doses of midazolam. (C) Protocol for investigating changes …

LCNE neuronal activity is significantly reduced after midazolam administration and selective ablation of LCNE neurons hinders recovery from midazolam.

(A) A schematic of the fiber optic recording of calcium signal in the LC. (B) A schematic of the calcium signaling recording device. (C) A representative photomicrograph showing the microinjection …

Optogenetic or chemogenetic activation of LCNE neurons promotes recovery from midazolam.

(A) Protocol for the effect of PS of LCNE neurons with different light parameters on the recovery time of midazolam. (B) A schematic of the optogenetic instrument. (C) A representative …

LC-VLPO NEergic neural circuit was involved in the recovery from midazolam.

(A) Protocol for optogenetic or chemogenetic activation of LCNE neurons and recording of calcium signaling changes in VLPO. (B) A schematic of the location of optogenetic or chemogenetic virus …

Activation of LC-VLPO NEergic neural circuit promotes recovery from midazolam.

(A) Protocol for intra-LC/VLPO microinjection of the virus and optogenetic activation of VLPO. (B, C) Schematic of LC-VLPO long-range optogenetic activation and the location of optogenetic virus …

ICV injection or intra-VLPO microinjection of α1-R antagonist reverses the pro-recovery effect of optogenetic or chemogenetic activation of LCNE neurons.

(A) A schematic of ICV injection of different noradrenergic receptor agonists and antagonists. (B) A representative photomicrograph showing the tracks of cannulas implanted into the lateral …

Effect of ICV injection of α1-R antagonist and activation of LCNE neurons on EEG activity.

(A, D) Schematic diagram of EEG recording method. (B) EEG and spectrum of mice in vehicle + no PS, vehicle + PS, prazosin + no PS, and prazosin + PS at the Before LORR, LORR-RORR, and After RORR

GABAA-R is an important mechanical binding site for midazolam in the LC.

(A) Protocol for the fiber optic recording of calcium signals in the LC after ICV injection or intra-LC microinjection of different doses of gabazine. (B, D) A representative photomicrograph showing …

GABAergic and NEergic systems interact with each other, co-regulate the recovery from midazolam.

(A) Protocol for exploring the influence of knocking down the GABAA-R on the recovery time from midazolam. (B, C) Schematic diagram and the representative photomicrograph showing the position of …

Summary of neural mechanism of rebooting the unconsciousness caused by midazolam.

By using pharmacology, optogenetics, chemogenetics, fiber photometry, and gene knockdown, we revealed the role of LC-VLPO noradrenergic neural circuit in regulating midazolam-induced altered …

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