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Ulceration rate in rats was measured as a function of REM sleep deprivation and combinations of two stressors, i.e., fear conditioning and immobilization, as a test of the hypothesis that deprivation of REM sleep acts to produce stress-related change by increasing the salience of stressful environmental stimuli. The results supported this hypothesis.
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The data reported here were the basis for a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, April 1977. Requests for reprints should be sent to Robert A. Hicks, Department of Psychology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192.
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Hicks, R.A., Sawrey, J.M. Rem Sleep Deprivation and Stress Susceptibility in Rats. Psychol Rec 28, 187–191 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394526
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