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The propensity for paradoxical sleep (PS) during different maturational stages was investigated by depriving adolescent and adult rats of PS for 72 h. Despite more PS under baseline conditions, adolescent rats did not have significantly more PS than did older animals on two postdeprivation sessions. However, before any meaningful conclusion can be drawn about the differential need for PS following deprivation by different age groups, such variables as period of deprivation and stage of maturation must be considered with great care.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa.
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Holdstock, T.L., Verschoor, G.J. Propensity for paradoxical sleep following deprivation in rats of different age groups. Psychon Sci 29, 39–40 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336561
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