Abstract
The role of dopamine in sleep-wake regulation is considered as a wakefulness-promoting agent. For the clinical treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness, drugs have been commonly used to increase dopamine release. However, sleep disorders or lack of sleep are related to several dopaminerelated disorders. The effects of dopaminergic agents, nevertheless, are mediated by two families of dopamine receptors, D1 and D2-like receptors; the first family increases adenylyl cyclase activity and the second inhibits adenylyl cyclase. For this reason, the dopaminergic agonist effects on sleep-wake cycle are complex. Here, we review the state-of-the-art and discuss the different effects of dopaminergic agonists in sleep-wake states, and propose that these receptors account for the affinity, although not the specificity, of several effects on the sleep-wake cycle.
Keywords: Dopamine, dopamine agonist, sleep-wake states, wakefulness-promoting agents, receptors, nuclei.
CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets
Title:Dopaminergic Modulation of Sleep-Wake States
Volume: 16 Issue: 4
Author(s): Andrea Herrera-Solis, Wendy Herrera-Morales, Luis Nunez-Jaramillo and Oscar Arias-Carrion*
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- Unidad de Trastornos del Movimiento y Sueño (TMS). Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Avenida Calzada de Tlalpan 4800, Tlalpan, Sección XVI, Ciudad de México, C.P. 14080,Mexico
Keywords: Dopamine, dopamine agonist, sleep-wake states, wakefulness-promoting agents, receptors, nuclei.
Abstract: The role of dopamine in sleep-wake regulation is considered as a wakefulness-promoting agent. For the clinical treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness, drugs have been commonly used to increase dopamine release. However, sleep disorders or lack of sleep are related to several dopaminerelated disorders. The effects of dopaminergic agents, nevertheless, are mediated by two families of dopamine receptors, D1 and D2-like receptors; the first family increases adenylyl cyclase activity and the second inhibits adenylyl cyclase. For this reason, the dopaminergic agonist effects on sleep-wake cycle are complex. Here, we review the state-of-the-art and discuss the different effects of dopaminergic agonists in sleep-wake states, and propose that these receptors account for the affinity, although not the specificity, of several effects on the sleep-wake cycle.
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Herrera-Solis Andrea, Herrera-Morales Wendy , Nunez-Jaramillo Luis and Arias-Carrion Oscar *, Dopaminergic Modulation of Sleep-Wake States, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 2017; 16 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871527316666170320145429
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871527316666170320145429 |
Print ISSN 1871-5273 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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