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SRP181622
Mus musculus
308 Downloadable Samples
Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
One of sleep's putative functions is mediation of adaptation to waking experiences. Chronic stress is a common waking experience, however, which specific aspect of sleep is most responsive, and how sleep changes relate to behavioral disturbances and molecular correlates remain unknown. We quantified sleep, physical, endocrine, and behavioral variables, as well as the brain and blood transcriptome in mice exposed to 9 weeks of unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS). Comparing 46 phenotypical variables revealed that rapid-eye-movement sleep (REMS), corticosterone regulation, and coat state were most responsive to UCMS. REMS theta oscillations were enhanced, whereas delta oscillations in non-REMS were unaffected. Transcripts affected by UCMS in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and blood were associated with inflammatory and immune responses. A machine-learning approach controlling for unspecific UCMS effects identified transcriptomic predictor sets for REMS parameters that were enriched in 193 pathways, including some involved in stem cells, immune response, apoptosis, and survival. Only three pathways were enriched in predictor sets for non-REMS. Transcriptomic predictor sets for variation in REMS continuity and theta activity shared many pathways with corticosterone regulation, in particular pathways implicated in apoptosis and survival, including mitochondrial apoptotic machinery. Predictor sets for REMS, and anhedonia shared pathways involved in oxidative stress, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. These data identify REMS as a core and early element of the response to chronic stress, and identify apoptosis and survival pathways as a putative mechanism by which REMS may mediate the response to stressful waking experiences. Overall design: Study of transcriptomic changes in three stress- and sleep-related brain regions (prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus) and blood following 9 weeks of Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress (UCMS) in mice.
Publication Title
REM sleep's unique associations with corticosterone regulation, apoptotic pathways, and behavior in chronic stress in mice.
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Sex, Age, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Rattus norvegicus
- 20 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Rat Genome 230 2.0 Array (rat2302)
Description
Calyx of Held giant presynaptic terminals in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body of the auditory brainstem form axosomatic synapses that have advanced to one of the best-studied synaptic system of the mammalian brain. As the auditory system matures and adjusts to high fidelity synaptic transmission, the calyx undergoes extensive structural and functional changes: it is formed around postnatal day 3 (P3), achieves immature function until hearing onset around P10 and can be considered mature from P21 onwards. This setting provides the unique opportunity to examine the repertoire of genes driving synaptic structure and function.
Publication Title
Gene expression profile during functional maturation of a central mammalian synapse.
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Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 35 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Gene expression changes in spinal motor neurons of the SOD1G93A-transgenic model for ALS after treatment with G-CSF.
Publication Title
Gene expression changes in spinal motoneurons of the SOD1(G93A) transgenic model for ALS after treatment with G-CSF.
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Age, Specimen part
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