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This review summarizes the brain mechanisms controlling sleep and wakefulness. Wakefulness promoting systems cause low-voltage, fast activity in the electroencephalogram (EEG). Multiple interacting neurotransmitter systems in the brain stem, hypothalamus, and basal forebrain converge onto common effector systems in the thalamus and cortex. Sleep results from the inhibition of wake-promoting systems by homeostatic sleep factors such as adenosine and nitric oxide and GABAergic neurons in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus, resulting in large-amplitude, slow EEG oscillations. Local, activity-dependent factors modulate the amplitude and frequency of cortical slow oscillations. Non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) sleep results in conservation of brain energy and facilitates memory consolidation through the modulation of synaptic weights. Rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep results from the interaction of brain stem cholinergic, aminergic, and GABAergic neurons which control the activity of glutamatergic reticular formation neurons leading to REM sleep phenomena such as muscle atonia, REMs, dreaming, and cortical activation. Strong activation of limbic regions during REM sleep suggests a role in regulation of emotion. Genetic studies suggest that brain mechanisms controlling waking and NREM sleep are strongly conserved throughout evolution, underscoring their enormous importance for brain function. Sleep disruption interferes with the normal restorative functions of NREM and REM sleep, resulting in disruptions of breathing and cardiovascular function, changes in emotional reactivity, and cognitive impairments in attention, memory, and decision making.
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- Ritchie E Brown
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, Brockton, Massachusetts 02301, USA
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Suchecki D, Tiba PA, Machado RB. REM Sleep Rebound as an Adaptive Response to Stressful Situations. Front Neurol 2012; 3:41. [PMID: 22485105 PMCID: PMC3317042 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Stress and sleep are related to each other in a bidirectional way. If on one hand poor or inadequate sleep exacerbates emotional, behavioral, and stress-related responses, on the other hand acute stress induces sleep rebound, most likely as a way to cope with the adverse stimuli. Chronic, as opposed to acute, stress impairs sleep and has been claimed to be one of the triggering factors of emotional-related sleep disorders, such as insomnia, depressive- and anxiety-disorders. These outcomes are dependent on individual psychobiological characteristics, conferring even more complexity to the stress-sleep relationship. Its neurobiology has only recently begun to be explored, through animal models, which are also valuable for the development of potential therapeutic agents and preventive actions. This review seeks to present data on the effects of stress on sleep and the different approaches used to study this relationship as well as possible neurobiological underpinnings and mechanisms involved. The results of numerous studies in humans and animals indicate that increased sleep, especially the rapid eye movement phase, following a stressful situation is an important adaptive behavior for recovery. However, this endogenous advantage appears to be impaired in human beings and rodent strains that exhibit high levels of anxiety and anxiety-like behavior.
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- Deborah Suchecki
- Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Effect of cannabidiol on sleep disruption induced by the repeated combination tests consisting of open field and elevated plus-maze in rats. Neuropharmacology 2012; 62:373-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wittmann L, Zehnder D, Jenni OG, Landolt MA. Predictors of children's sleep onset and maintenance problems after road traffic accidents. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2012; 3:EJPT-3-8402. [PMID: 22893829 PMCID: PMC3402100 DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.8402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Revised: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sleep onset and maintenance problems are a frequent complaint after traumatic events in children. However, the association of traumatic experiences and disturbed sleep remains to be explained. OBJECTIVE To examine the incidence of sleep onset and maintenance problems in children after road traffic accidents and identify potential predictors of sleep onset and maintenance problems, including putative psychopathological mechanisms as well as stressors affecting the family system. METHOD In 33 children treated for injuries after road traffic accidents, sleep and measures of psychopathology were assessed 10 days, 2 months, and 6 months after hospital admission. The predictive value of four clusters of predictor variables for children's sleep onset and maintenance problems was prospectively tested by multiple regression analyses. These clusters included socio-demographic, injury- and accident-related, and psychopathological variable clusters as well as factors reflecting stressors concerning mothers and family. RESULTS Children suffering from posttraumatic stress reported a prolonged subjective sleep latency. The severity of sleep onset and maintenance problems was predicted by female sex and the child's as well as mothers' posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity. CONCLUSIONS Sleep onset and maintenance problems in children after trauma appear to result from a complex interaction of multiple factors. Our findings support the transactional model of sleep-wake regulation that bears implications for the development of adequate intervention strategies.
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- Lutz Wittmann
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Lutz Wittmann, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Zurich, Culmannstrasse 8, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel: 0041 44 255 34 09, Fax: 0041 44 255 44 08.
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- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Child Development Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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DaSilva JK, Husain E, Lei Y, Mann GL, Tejani-Butt S, Morrison AR. Social partnering significantly reduced rapid eye movement sleep fragmentation in fear-conditioned, stress-sensitive Wistar-Kyoto rats. Neuroscience 2011; 199:193-204. [PMID: 22015926 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Revised: 09/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Negative emotionality affects sleep-wake behavior in humans and rodents, and the Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat strain is known for its stress-sensitive phenotype. Analyzing rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) microarchitecture by separating REMS into single (siREMS; inter-REM episode interval>3 min) and sequential (seqREMS; interval≤3 min) episodes, we previously reported that cued fear conditioning (CFC) increased REMS fragmentation in WKY compared to Wistar rats by increasing the number of seqREMS episodes. Since social support affects fear responsiveness in humans, we hypothesized that social interaction with a naive partner would affect the sleep-wake response to CFC in WKY rats. Thus, male WKY rats were assigned to either the social support or the social isolation group. Animals were fear-conditioned to 10 tones (800 Hz, 90 dB, 5 s), each co-terminating with a mild foot shock (1.0 mA, 0.5 s), at 30-s intervals. All subjects underwent a tone-only test both 24 h (Day 1) and again two weeks (Day 14) later. Social partnering was achieved by providing the fear-conditioned rat with 30 min of interaction with its naive partner immediately after CFC and during the tone presentations on Day 1 and Day 14. The results indicate that while CFC increased freezing behavior in socially isolated WKY rats, it increased grooming behavior in socially partnered rats. Socially partnered rats had increased sleep efficiency during the light phase and spent less time in NREMS during the dark phase. The number of siREMS episodes increased during both the light and dark phases in partnered rats, and the number of seqREMS episodes increased in socially isolated rats. Our findings suggest that social partnering may protect WKY rats from the REMS fragmentation that is observed following CFC in isolation.
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- J K DaSilva
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 600 South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Yang L, Wellman LL, Ambrozewicz MA, Sanford LD. Effects of stressor predictability and controllability on sleep, temperature, and fear behavior in mice. Sleep 2011; 34:759-71. [PMID: 21629364 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Predictability and controllability are important factors in the persisting effects of stress. We trained mice with signaled, escapable shock (SES) and with signaled, inescapable shock (SIS) to determine whether shock predictability can be a significant factor in the effects of stress on sleep. DESIGN Male BALB/cJ mice were implanted with transmitters for recording EEG, activity, and temperature via telemetry. After recovery from surgery, baseline sleep recordings were obtained for 2 days. The mice were then randomly assigned to SES (n = 9) and yoked SIS (n = 9) conditions. The mice were presented cues (90 dB, 2 kHz tones) that started 5.0 sec prior to and co-terminated with footshocks (0.5 mA; 5.0 sec maximum duration). SES mice always received shock but could terminate it by moving to the non-occupied chamber in a shuttlebox. SIS mice received identical tones and shocks, but could not alter shock duration. Twenty cue-shock pairings (1.0-min interstimulus intervals) were presented on 2 days (ST1 and ST2). Seven days after ST2, SES and SIS mice, in their home cages, were presented with cues identical to those presented during ST1 and ST2. SETTING NA. PATIENTS OR PARTICIPANTS NA. INTERVENTIONS NA. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS On each training and test day, EEG, activity and temperature were recorded for 20 hours. Freezing was scored in response to the cue alone. Compared to SIS mice, SES mice showed significantly increased REM after ST1 and ST2. Compared to SES mice, SIS mice showed significantly increased NREM after ST1 and ST2. Both groups showed reduced REM in response to cue presentation alone. Both groups showed similar stress-induced increases in temperature and freezing in response to the cue alone. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that predictability (modeled by signaled shock) can play a significant role in the effects of stress on sleep.
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- Linghui Yang
- Sleep Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23501, USA
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Buechel HM, Popovic J, Searcy JL, Porter NM, Thibault O, Blalock EM. Deep sleep and parietal cortex gene expression changes are related to cognitive deficits with age. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18387. [PMID: 21483696 PMCID: PMC3070733 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Age-related cognitive deficits negatively affect quality of life and can presage serious neurodegenerative disorders. Despite sleep disruption's well-recognized negative influence on cognition, and its prevalence with age, surprisingly few studies have tested sleep's relationship to cognitive aging. METHODOLOGY We measured sleep stages in young adult and aged F344 rats during inactive (enhanced sleep) and active (enhanced wake) periods. Animals were behaviorally characterized on the Morris water maze and gene expression profiles of their parietal cortices were taken. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Water maze performance was impaired, and inactive period deep sleep was decreased with age. However, increased deep sleep during the active period was most strongly correlated to maze performance. Transcriptional profiles were strongly associated with behavior and age, and were validated against prior studies. Bioinformatic analysis revealed increased translation and decreased myelin/neuronal pathways. CONCLUSIONS The F344 rat appears to serve as a reasonable model for some common sleep architecture and cognitive changes seen with age in humans, including the cognitively disrupting influence of active period deep sleep. Microarray analysis suggests that the processes engaged by this sleep are consistent with its function. Thus, active period deep sleep appears temporally misaligned but mechanistically intact, leading to the following: first, aged brain tissue appears capable of generating the slow waves necessary for deep sleep, albeit at a weaker intensity than in young. Second, this activity, presented during the active period, seems disruptive rather than beneficial to cognition. Third, this active period deep sleep may be a cognitively pathologic attempt to recover age-related loss of inactive period deep sleep. Finally, therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing active period deep sleep (e.g., by promoting active period wakefulness and/or inactive period deep sleep) may be highly relevant to cognitive function in the aging community.
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- Heather M. Buechel
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Laitman BM, Dasilva JK, Ross RJ, Tejani-Butt S, Morrison AR. Reduced γ range activity at REM sleep onset and termination in fear-conditioned Wistar-Kyoto rats. Neurosci Lett 2011; 493:14-7. [PMID: 21316420 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Recent investigations of rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) continuity have emphasized the importance of transitions both into and out of REMS. We have previously reported that, compared to Wistar rats (WIS), Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) responded to fear conditioning (FC) with more fragmented REMS. Gamma oscillations in the electroencephalogram (EEG) are synchronized throughout the brain in periods of focused attention, and such synchronization of cell assemblies in the brain may represent a temporal binding mechanism. Therefore, we examined the effects of FC on EEG gamma range activity (30-50Hz) at REMS transitions in WKY compared to WIS. Relative power in the gamma range (measured as a percent of total power) at Baseline and upon re-exposure to the fear-inducing conditioning stimulus was measured 35s before REMS onset to 105s after REMS onset (ARO) and 85s before REMS termination (BRT) to 35s after REMS termination. After baseline recording, rats received 10 tones, each co-terminating with an electric foot shock. On Days 1 and 14 post-conditioning, rats were re-exposed to three tones. Fast-Fourier transforms created power spectral data in the gamma frequency domain. Relative power was extracted from an average of 4-5 REMS transitions. Relative gamma power was always higher in WIS. On Day 14, at 15s and 25s ARO, WKY had significant increases in relative gamma power from Baseline. WIS had a significant increase on Day 1 at 25s ARO. Despite the increases in relative gamma power, WKY never achieved levels attained by WIS. Moreover, at 5s BRT, only WKY had a significant decrease in relative gamma power from Baseline to Day 14. Gamma range activity may indicate neural activity underlying maintenance of REMS continuity. Low relative gamma power at REMS transitions may be associated with increased REMS fragmentation in WKY after FC.
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- Benjamin M Laitman
- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Biology, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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DaSilva JK, Lei Y, Madan V, Mann GL, Ross RJ, Tejani-Butt S, Morrison AR. Fear conditioning fragments REM sleep in stress-sensitive Wistar-Kyoto, but not Wistar, rats. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2011; 35:67-73. [PMID: 20832443 PMCID: PMC3019280 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Revised: 07/29/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Pavlovian conditioning is commonly used to investigate the mechanisms of fear learning. Because the Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat strain is particularly stress-sensitive, we investigated the effects of a psychological stressor on sleep in WKY compared to Wistar (WIS) rats. Male WKY and WIS rats were either fear-conditioned to tone cues or received electric foot shocks alone. In the fear-conditioning procedure, animals were exposed to 10 tones (800 Hz, 90 dB, 5s), each co-terminating with a foot shock (1.0 mA, 0.5s), at 30-s intervals. In the shock stress procedure, animals received 10 foot shocks at 30-s intervals, without tones. All subjects underwent a tone-only test both 24h (Day 1) and again two weeks (Day 14) later. Rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) continuity was investigated by partitioning REMS episodes into single (inter-REMS episode interval >3 min) and sequential (interval ≤ 3 min) episodes. In the fear-conditioned group, freezing increased from baseline in both strains, but the increase was maintained on Day 14 in WKY rats only. In fear-conditioned WKY rats, total REMS amount increased on Day 1, sequential REMS amount increased on Day 1 and Day 14, and single REMS amount decreased on Day 14. Alterations were due to changes in the number of sequential and single REMS episodes. Shock stress had no significant effect on REMS microarchitecture in either strain. The shift toward sequential REMS in fear-conditioned WKY rats may represent REMS fragmentation, and may provide a model for investigating the neurobiological mechanisms of sleep disturbances reported in posttraumatic stress disorder.
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- Jamie K. DaSilva
- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Box 80), 600 South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA,Corresponding Author: Jamie K. DaSilva, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 600 South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104,
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- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Box 80), 600 South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Biology, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Biology, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Biology, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA,Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Behavioral Health Service, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA,University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Box 80), 600 South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Biology, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Castanon-Cervantes O, Wu M, Ehlen JC, Paul K, Gamble KL, Johnson RL, Besing RC, Menaker M, Gewirtz AT, Davidson AJ. Dysregulation of inflammatory responses by chronic circadian disruption. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2010; 185:5796-805. [PMID: 20944004 PMCID: PMC2974025 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Circadian rhythms modulate nearly every mammalian physiological process. Chronic disruption of circadian timing in shift work or during chronic jet lag in animal models leads to a higher risk of several pathologies. Many of these conditions in both shift workers and experimental models share the common risk factor of inflammation. In this study, we show that experimentally induced circadian disruption altered innate immune responses. Endotoxemic shock induced by LPS was magnified, leading to hypothermia and death after four consecutive weekly 6-h phase advances of the light/dark schedule, with 89% mortality compared with 21% in unshifted control mice. This may be due to a heightened release of proinflammatory cytokines in response to LPS treatment in shifted animals. Isolated peritoneal macrophages harvested from shifted mice exhibited a similarly heightened response to LPS in vitro, indicating that these cells are a target for jet lag. Sleep deprivation and stress are known to alter immune function and are potential mediators of the effects we describe. However, polysomnographic recording in mice exposed to the shifting schedule revealed no sleep loss, and stress measures were not altered in shifted mice. In contrast, we observed altered or abolished rhythms in the expression of clock genes in the central clock, liver, thymus, and peritoneal macrophages in mice after chronic jet lag. We conclude that circadian disruption, but not sleep loss or stress, are associated with jet lag-related dysregulation of the innate immune system. Such immune changes might be a common mechanism for the myriad negative health effects of shift work.
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Is sleep in animals affected by prior waking experiences? Anim Welf 2010. [DOI: 10.1017/s0962728600001597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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AbstractMethods to assess changes in the mental state of animals in response to their environment can be used to provide information to enhance animal welfare. One of the most profound changes of mental state observable in mammals is the change between wakefulness and sleep. Sleeping mammals have characteristics that are similar to one another and are measurable, such as specific behaviours, changes in responsiveness to external stimuli and changes in electrophysiology and neurochemistry. Although sleep is a ubiquitous behaviour in the life of mammals, there has been relatively little research on this topic in domesticated animals. All animals are motivated to sleep and this motivation increases after a prolonged period of wakefulness. In humans, sleep can be affected by what has occurred in the prior period of wakefulness and this has also been demonstrated in some non-human mammals. An important aspect of human sleep medicine is the association between stress and subsequent sleep disturbances. Studying changes in amount, bout length, distribution or type of sleep after exposure to potentially stressful events, could help us understand how animals respond to changes in their environment. It is possible that different types of stressors could affect sleep characteristics in different ways and that monitoring and identifying these changes could be useful in providing an additional way of identifying management procedures that have the potential to affect welfare. Sleep measurement is a potentially valuable tool in studies to assess animal welfare.
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Descamps A, Cespuglio R. Influence of aging on the sleep rebound induced by immobilization stress in the rat. Brain Res 2010; 1335:14-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Revised: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Effects of Factors Inducing Diffuse Damage to Brain Tissue on Sleep Structure in Laboratory Rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 40:507-12. [DOI: 10.1007/s11055-010-9289-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 10/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nelson AM, Demartini KS, Heinrichs SC. Heightened muscle tension and diurnal hyper-vigilance following exposure to a social defeat-conditioned odor cue in rats. Stress 2010; 13:106-13. [PMID: 19929310 DOI: 10.3109/10253890903067400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exhibit exaggerated daytime muscle tension as well as nocturnal sleep disturbances. Yet, these physiological and behavioral features of the disorder are little studied in animal models of PTSD. Accordingly, the present studies were designed to assess alterations in muscle tension and diurnal hyper-vigilance resulting from exposure to a social defeat stressor paired with an olfactory stimulus, which was then used as a reminder of stressor exposure. In the first series of experiments, rats presented with an olfactory cue paired previously with a single social defeat exhibited a significant increase in muscle tension 4 weeks following defeat. In the second series of experiments, an olfactory cue paired previously with a single social defeat induced a significant increase in locomotor activity among quiescent rats 4 weeks following stressor exposure. The present results thus support the a priori hypotheses that novel physiological and behavioral hallmarks of PTSD can be documented in an animal model of the disorder and that the present overt signs of reactive hyper-vigilance can be triggered by reintroduction of an olfactory stimulus present at the time of initial trauma exposure.
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- Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
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Kinkead R, Montandon G, Bairam A, Lajeunesse Y, Horner R. Neonatal maternal separation disrupts regulation of sleep and breathing in adult male rats. Sleep 2010; 32:1611-20. [PMID: 20041597 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.12.1611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Neonatal maternal separation (NMS) disrupts development of cardiorespiratory regulation. Adult male rats previously subjected to NMS are hypertensive and show a hypoxic ventilatory response greater than that of controls. These results have been obtained in awake or anesthetised animals, and the consequences of NMS on respiratory control during normal sleep are unknown. This study tested the following. HYPOTHESES NMS augments respiratory variability across sleep-wake states, and NMS-related enhancement of the hypoxic ventilatory response occurs during sleep. METHODS Two groups of adult rats were used: controls (no treatment) and rats subjected to NMS. Ventilatory activity, coefficient of variation, and hypoxic ventilatory response were compared between groups and across sleep-wake states. SUBJECTS Male Sprague Dawley rats-NMS: n=11; controls: n=10. Pups subjected to NMS were isolated from their mother for 3 hours per day from postnatal days 3 to 12. Controls were undisturbed. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS At adulthood, sleep-wake states were monitored by telemetry, and ventilatory activity was measured using whole-body plethysmography. Sleep and breathing were measured for 2.5 hours (in the morning) while the rats were breathing room air. Data were analysed in 20-second epochs. Rats were then exposed to a brief (90-sec) hypoxic episode (nadir = 12% O2) to measure the hypoxic ventilatory response. The coefficient of variability for tidal volume and breathing frequency decreased during sleep but remained more elevated in NMS rats than in controls. During non-rapid eye movement sleep, the breathing-frequency response to hypoxia of NMS rats was significantly greater than that of controls. CONCLUSION Neonatal maternal separation results in persistent disruption of respiratory control during sleep.
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- Richard Kinkead
- Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Hôpital St-François d'Assise, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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Paul KN, Losee-Olson S, Pinckney L, Turek FW. The ability of stress to alter sleep in mice is sensitive to reproductive hormones. Brain Res 2009; 1305:74-85. [PMID: 19769952 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Though stress causes complex sleep disruptions that are different in females and males, little is known about how sex influences the ability of stress to alter sleep. To date there have been no comprehensive examinations of whether effects of stress on sleep are sensitive to determinants of sex, such as reproductive hormones. Since restraint stress produces a sexually dimorphic increase in rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) amount in mice that is greater in males than females, in the current study we sought to determine whether estrogens and androgens influence the ability of restraint stress to alter sleep states. We removed the gonads from adult female and male C57BL/6J mice and implanted the mice with recording electrodes to monitor sleep-wake states. Gonadectomized females and males exhibited similar amounts of REMS in response to restraint stress. Mice were then implanted with continuous release hormone pellets. Females received 17beta-estradiol and males received testosterone. Hormone replacement (HR) in females decreased the REMS response to restraint stress while HR in males increased the REMS response to restraint stress. The combined effects of HR in females and males restored the sex difference in the ability of restraint stress to alter REMS. These results demonstrate that sex differences in the effects of stress on REMS are dependent on reproductive hormones and support the view that endogenous or exogenous changes in the reproductive hormone environment influence sleep responses to stress.
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- Ketema N Paul
- Neuroscience Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310-1495, USA.
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Revel FG, Gottowik J, Gatti S, Wettstein JG, Moreau JL. Rodent models of insomnia: A review of experimental procedures that induce sleep disturbances. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2009; 33:874-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2008] [Revised: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/04/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Paul KN, Turek FW, Kryger MH. Influence of sex on sleep regulatory mechanisms. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2009; 17:1201-8. [PMID: 18710368 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The ability of biological sex and sex-driven characteristics to alter sleep states may contribute to gender disparities in sleep disorders. Sex influences sleep-wake amount, the daily timing of the sleep-wake cycle, and the ability to restore sleep after extended wakefulness. Several lines of evidence suggest that in mammals, reproductive hormones are responsible for the effects of sex on sleep and may have organizational and activational influences on sleep regulatory mechanisms. In humans, exogenously administered estrogens and progestins generally enhance sleep amount and continuity, whereas androgens appear to have a positive impact on rapid eye movement (REM) sleep but disrupt sleep consolidation. In rodent studies, however, female reproductive hormones appear to enhance wakefulness, and male gonadal hormones reinforce sleep. Rodent studies have also revealed that neonatal exposure to reproductive hormones organizes adult sleep-wake architecture. This paper reviews how sex and reproductive hormones interact with circadian and homeostatic sleep regulatory mechanisms in humans and animal models. We examine the organizational and activational nature of these interactions and also review how these interactions change with advancing age. Finally, we discuss the potential for genetic sex to influence sleep states. It is our hope that a better understanding of the mechanisms through which sex influences sleep-wake states will lead to improvements in the design of studies that examine gender disparities in sleep-wake disorders.
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- Ketema N Paul
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310-1495, USA.
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Touma C, Fenzl T, Ruschel J, Palme R, Holsboer F, Kimura M, Landgraf R. Rhythmicity in mice selected for extremes in stress reactivity: behavioural, endocrine and sleep changes resembling endophenotypes of major depression. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4325. [PMID: 19177162 PMCID: PMC2627900 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, including hyper- or hypo-activity of the stress hormone system, plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of mood disorders such as major depression (MD). Further biological hallmarks of MD are disturbances in circadian rhythms and sleep architecture. Applying a translational approach, an animal model has recently been developed, focusing on the deviation in sensitivity to stressful encounters. This so-called 'stress reactivity' (SR) mouse model consists of three separate breeding lines selected for either high (HR), intermediate (IR), or low (LR) corticosterone increase in response to stressors. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPLE FINDINGS In order to contribute to the validation of the SR mouse model, our study combined the analysis of behavioural and HPA axis rhythmicity with sleep-EEG recordings in the HR/IR/LR mouse lines. We found that hyper-responsiveness to stressors was associated with psychomotor alterations (increased locomotor activity and exploration towards the end of the resting period), resembling symptoms like restlessness, sleep continuity disturbances and early awakenings that are commonly observed in melancholic depression. Additionally, HR mice also showed neuroendocrine abnormalities similar to symptoms of MD patients such as reduced amplitude of the circadian glucocorticoid rhythm and elevated trough levels. The sleep-EEG analyses, furthermore, revealed changes in rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM sleep as well as slow wave activity, indicative of reduced sleep efficacy and REM sleep disinhibition in HR mice. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE Thus, we could show that by selectively breeding mice for extremes in stress reactivity, clinically relevant endophenotypes of MD can be modelled. Given the importance of rhythmicity and sleep disturbances as biomarkers of MD, both animal and clinical studies on the interaction of behavioural, neuroendocrine and sleep parameters may reveal molecular pathways that ultimately lead to the discovery of new targets for antidepressant drugs tailored to match specific pathologies within MD.
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- Chadi Touma
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
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Pace-Schott EF, Milad MR, Orr SP, Rauch SL, Stickgold R, Pitman RK. Sleep promotes generalization of extinction of conditioned fear. Sleep 2009; 32:19-26. [PMID: 19189775 PMCID: PMC2625320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of sleep on fear conditioning, extinction, extinction recall, and generalization of extinction recall in healthy humans. DESIGN During the Conditioning phase, a mild, 0.5-sec shock followed conditioned stimuli (CS+s), which consisted of 2 differently colored lamps. A third lamp color was interspersed but never reinforced (CS-). Immediately after Conditioning, one CS+ was extinguished (CS+E) by presentation without shocks (Extinction phase). The other CS+ went unextinguished (CS+U). Twelve hours later, following continuous normal daytime waking (Wake group, N=27) or an equal interval containing a normal night's sleep (Sleep group, N=26), conditioned responses (CRs) to all CSs were measured (Extinction Recall phase). It was hypothesized that the Sleep versus Wake group would show greater extinction recall and/or generalization of extinction recall from the CS+E to the CS+U. SETTING Academic medical center. SUBJECTS Paid normal volunteers. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Square-root transformed skin conductance response (SCR) measured conditioned responding. During Extinction Recall, the Group (Wake or Sleep) x CS+ Type (CS+E or CS+U) interaction was significant (P = 0.04). SCRs to the CS+E did not differ between groups, whereas SCRs to the CS+U were significantly smaller in the Sleep group. Additionally, SCRs were significantly larger to the CS+U than CS+E in the Wake but not the Sleep group. CONCLUSIONS After sleep, extinction memory generalized from an extinguished conditioned stimulus to a similarly conditioned but unextinguished stimulus. Clinically, adequate sleep may promote generalization of extinction memory from specific stimuli treated during exposure therapy to similar stimuli later encountered in vivo.
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- Edward F Pace-Schott
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Sleep & Cognition, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Current World Literature. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2008; 14:600-2. [DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0b013e328316ea6b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Qu WM, Huang ZL, Matsumoto N, Xu XH, Urade Y. Drug delivery through a chronically implanted stomach catheter improves efficiency of evaluating wake-promoting components. J Neurosci Methods 2008; 175:58-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 07/10/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cano G, Mochizuki T, Saper CB. Neural circuitry of stress-induced insomnia in rats. J Neurosci 2008; 28:10167-84. [PMID: 18829974 PMCID: PMC2693213 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1809-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Revised: 07/16/2008] [Accepted: 08/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Sleep architecture is often disturbed after a stressful event; nevertheless, little is known about the brain circuitry responsible for the sleep perturbations induced by stress. We exposed rats to a psychological stressor (cage exchange) that initially causes an acute stress response, but several hours later generates a pattern of sleep disturbances similar to that observed in stress-induced insomnia in humans: increased sleep latency, decreased non-REM (nREM) and REM sleep, increased fragmentation, and high-frequency EEG activity during nREM sleep. We examined the pattern of Fos expression to identify the brain circuitry activated, and found increased Fos in the cerebral cortex, limbic system, and parts of the arousal and autonomic systems. Surprisingly, there was simultaneous activation of the sleep-promoting areas, most likely driven by ongoing circadian and homeostatic pressure. The activity in the cerebral cortex and arousal system while sleeping generates a novel intermediate state characterized by EEG high-frequency activity, distinctive of waking, during nREM sleep. Inactivation of discrete limbic and arousal regions allowed the recovery of specific sleep components and altered the Fos pattern, suggesting a hierarchical organization of limbic areas that in turn activate the arousal system and subsequently the cerebral cortex, generating the high-frequency activity. This high-frequency activity during nREM was eliminated in the stressed rats after inactivating parts of the arousal system. These results suggest that shutting down the residual activity of the limbic-arousal system might be a better approach to treat stress-induced insomnia, rather than potentiation of the sleep system, which remains fully active.
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- Georgina Cano
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Sleep Medicine and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Sleep Medicine and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Sleep Medicine and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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Lesku JA, Bark RJ, Martinez-Gonzalez D, Rattenborg NC, Amlaner CJ, Lima SL. Predator-induced plasticity in sleep architecture in wild-caught Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Behav Brain Res 2008; 189:298-305. [PMID: 18313152 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2007] [Revised: 01/08/2008] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sleep is a prominent behaviour in the lives of animals, but the unresponsiveness that characterizes sleep makes it dangerous. Mammalian sleep is composed of two neurophysiological states: slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. Given that the intensity of stimuli required to induce an arousal to wakefulness is highest during deep SWS or REM sleep, mammals may be most vulnerable during these states. If true, then animals should selectively reduce deep SWS and REM sleep following an increase in the risk of predation. To test this prediction, we simulated a predatory encounter with 10 wild-caught Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus), which are perhaps more likely to exhibit natural anti-predator responses than laboratory strains. Immediately following the encounter, rats spent more time awake and less time in SWS and REM sleep. The reduction of SWS was due to the shorter duration of SWS episodes, whereas the reduction of REM sleep was due to a lower number of REM sleep episodes. The onset of SWS and REM sleep was delayed post-encounter by about 20 and 100 min, respectively. The reduction of REM sleep was disproportionately large during the first quarter of the sleep phase, and slow wave activity (SWA) (0.5-4.5 Hz power density) was lower during the first 10 min of SWS post-encounter. An increase in SWA and REM sleep was observed later in the sleep phase, which may reflect sleep homeostasis. These results suggest that aspects of sleep architecture can be adjusted to the prevailing risk of predation.
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- John A Lesku
- Department of Ecology and Organismal Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA
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