title: A simple sleep stage detector for the rat.
abstract: A simple sleep stage detector for the rat is described, which uses as its sources of input the signal from a single hippocampal recording electrode and the signal generated by a motion indicator. The device is suitable for use in sleep studies and in experiments on REM sleep deprivation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D013826:Theta Rhythm