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The wake-sleep cycle in poikilothermic vertebrates according to data of continuous, noncontact recording of heart rate and motor activity

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A study was made of the wake-sleep cycle stages in poikilothermic vertebrates (catfish,Ictalurus nebulosus: grass frogs,Rana temporaria; and turtles,Emys orbicularis) by continuous recording at regular intervals of heart rhythm and motor activity. The use of this method made it possible to classify motor automatisms observed earlier in sleeplike forms of rest in poikilothermic animals and to identify two basic types of these automatisms. By comparing data obtained on poikilothermic vertebrates with results both in the literature and our data on homoiothermic animals (Arctic ground squirrel,Citetllus parryi), we demonstrated the possibility of using heart rhythm and motor automatisms as an informative index for the detection of the wake-sleep cycle.

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Translated from Zhurnal Évolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 371–379, July–August, 1980.

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Belich, A.I. The wake-sleep cycle in poikilothermic vertebrates according to data of continuous, noncontact recording of heart rate and motor activity. Neurosci Behav Physiol 14, 159–166 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01185224

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