A method for sleep depriving rats.
A method is described for sleep depriving up to 12 rats at a time by placing them in two large rotating cylinders. EEG data, previously unavailable for rats treated in this manner, show that total sleep time was significantly reduced from 47.0% to 3.8% of a 24-hr period. There was no selective reduction of REM or non-REM sleep.
D000818:Animals; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D012892:Sleep Deprivation