REM sleep deprivation and pain thresholds in rats.
The relationship between REM sleep deprivation and pain threshold was measured using 36 Sprague-Dawley female rats. Relative to that of the controls, a significant lowering of threshold to painful electrical stimulation was observed during each of the post-treatment tests, i.e., immediate, and after 3- and 24-hr. recovery periods, for the animals which had been REM deprived.
D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D008954:Models, Biological; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D012895:Sleep, REM