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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Viral infections induce excess non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS) in mice. Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRH receptor) was previously identified as a candidate gene responsible for NREMS responses to influenza challenge in mice. The dwarf lit/lit mouse with a nonfunctional GHRH receptor was used to assess the role of the GHRH receptor in viral-induced NREMS. After influenza A virus infection the duration and intensity [electroencephalogram (EEG) delta power] of NREMS increased in heterozygous mice with the normal phenotype, whereas NREMS and EEG delta power decreased in homozygous lit/lit mice. Lit/lit mice developed a pathological state with EEG slow waves and enhanced muscle tone. Other influenza-induced responses (decreases in rapid eye movement sleep, changes in the EEG high-frequency bands during the various stages of vigilance, hypothermia, and decreased motor activity) did not differ between the heterozygous and lit/lit mice. GH replacement failed to normalize the NREMS responses in the lit/lit mice after influenza inoculation. Decreases in NREMS paralleled hypothermia in the lit/lit mice. Lung virus levels were similar in the two mouse strains. Lit/lit mice had a higher death rate after influenza challenge than the heterozygotes. In conclusion, GHRH signaling is involved in the NREMS response to influenza infection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
460-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Body Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Dwarfism, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Influenza A virus, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Infusion Pumps, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Orthomyxoviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Receptors, Neuropeptide, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Receptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Sleep, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Sleep, REM, pubmed-meshheading:12598490-Viral Load
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Alterations in EEG activity and sleep after influenza viral infection in GHRH receptor-deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy and Pphysiology, Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA 99164-6520, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't