KEFLEX (keflex at aol.com) wrote:
> Can anybody tell me the name of the chemical(s) secreted during REM sleep
> that inhibit voluntary muscle action, and the origin of this chemical(s)?
> It would be a great help!
As far as current theory seems to go:
The laterodorsal tegmental nucleus secretes acetylcholine into the
pontine reticular formation, where it acts on muscarinic-2 receptors to
induce the pontine cells to secrete glutamine onto medullar
magnocellular cells. These react by secreting glycine onto
alpha-motoneurons in the spinal cord, which are then hyperpolarized,
whereby their excitability is reduced, and they cannot send impulses to
the muscles.
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