Effect of REM sleep deprivation on sleep apneas in rats.
We studied the effects of 48 h of REM sleep deprivation on spontaneous and post-sigh central apneas in Sprague-Dawley rates by simultaneously monitoring sleep by the EEG and respiration for 6 h. During the recovery sleep following REM deprivation a decrease in post-sigh apneas occurred in total sleep. There was no change in spontaneous apneas. The results suggest the existence of partially distinct mechanisms for the two types of apneas.
Carley
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Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Trbovic
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Radulovacki
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D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D017286:Polysomnography; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*