Open AccessG-protein coupled receptors and synaptic plasticity in sleep deprivation
Author(s) -
Shweta Parmar,
Ramakrishna Tadavarty,
B.R. Sastry
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-3206
DOI - 10.5498/wjp.v11.i11.954
Subject(s) - neuroscience , synaptic plasticity , memory consolidation , sleep deprivation , sleep (system call) , metaplasticity , neuroplasticity , g protein coupled receptor , biology , synaptic scaling , receptor , psychology , medicine , circadian rhythm , computer science , hippocampus , operating system , biochemistry
Insufficient sleep has been correlated to many physiological and psychoneurological disorders. Over the years, our understanding of the state of sleep has transcended from an inactive period of rest to a more active state involving important cellular and molecular processes. In addition, during sleep, electrophysiological changes also occur in pathways in specific regions of the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Activity mediated synaptic plasticity in the CNS can lead to long-term and sometimes permanent strengthening and/or weakening synaptic strength affecting neuronal network behaviour. Memory consolidation and learning that take place during sleep cycles, can be affected by changes in synaptic plasticity during sleep disturbances. G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), with their versatile structural and functional attributes, can regulate synaptic plasticity in CNS and hence, may be potentially affected in sleep deprived conditions. In this review, we aim to discuss important functional changes that can take place in the CNS during sleep and sleep deprivation and how changes in GPCRs can lead to potential problems with therapeutics with pharmacological interventions.