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Voluntary Sleep Loss in Rats
Author(s) -
Marcella Oonk,
James M. Krueger,
Christopher J. Davis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.5984
Subject(s) - non rapid eye movement sleep , electroencephalography , psychology , k complex , rapid eye movement sleep , sleep spindle , stimulation , sleep (system call) , slow wave sleep , eye movement , sleep stages , electromyography , anesthesia , neuroscience , audiology , medicine , polysomnography , computer science , operating system
Animal sleep deprivation (SDEP), in contrast to human SDEP, is involuntary and involves repeated exposure to aversive stimuli including the inability of the animal to control the waking stimulus. Therefore, we explored intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS), an operant behavior, as a method for voluntary SDEP in rodents.

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