Journal article
Development of REM and slow wave sleep in the rat
The American journal of physiology, Vol.272(6 Pt 2), pp.R1792-1799
06/1997
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114856
PMID: 9227592
Abstract
Active sleep (AS) in the neonate has been considered to be an immature form of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Quiet sleep (QS) has been thought to represent an immature form of slow wave sleep (SWS). To determine the relationship between the behaviorally determined states of AS and QS and electrographically determined REM sleep and SWS, we examined sleep ontogeny in the developing rat using an experimental routine that permitted long-term recordings and minimized the effects of maternal separation. Under these conditions, a transient state that included electroencephalographic slow wave activity and phasic motor activity was eventually replaced with the mature SWS pattern. Our work suggests that neonatal QS is not an immature form of SWS and that AS is best considered as an undifferentiated behavioral state from which both SWS and REM sleep develop.
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- Title
- Development of REM and slow wave sleep in the rat
- Creators
- M G Frank - Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco 94143-0444, USAH C Heller
- Publication Details
- The American journal of physiology, Vol.272(6 Pt 2), pp.R1792-1799
- Academic Unit
- Biomedical Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- 1P50 HD-29732-01 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900547561701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article