Psychomotor Vigilance Task Performance During and Following Chronic Sleep Restriction in Rats
Author(s) -
Samüel Deurveilher,
Jacquelyn E. Bush,
Benjamin Rusak,
Gail A. Eskes,
Kazue Semba
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.4562
Subject(s) - vigilance (psychology) , sleep restriction , psychomotor vigilance task , psychomotor learning , sleep deprivation , sleep loss , psychology , audiology , arousal , medicine , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , neuroscience
Chronic sleep restriction (CSR) impairs sustained attention in humans, as commonly assessed with the psychomotor vigilance task (PVT). To further investigate the mechanisms underlying performance deficits during CSR, we examined the effect of CSR on performance on a rat version of PVT (rPVT).
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