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Sleep EEG spectral analysis in a diurnal rodent:Eutamias sibiricus

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    Sleep was studied in the diurnal rodentEutamias sibiricus, chronically implanted with EEG and EMG electrodes. Analysis of the distribution of wakefulness, nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep over the 24 h period (LD 12∶12) showed that total sleep time was 27.5% of recording time during the 12 h light period and 74.4% during the 12 h dark period. Spectral analysis of the sleep EEG revealed a progressive decay in delta power density in NREM sleep during darkness. Power density of the higher frequencies increased at the end of darkness. Power density of the higher frequencies decreased and that of the lower frequencies increased during light.

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    Analysis of the distribution of vigilance states under three different photoperiods (LD 18∶6; 12∶12; 6∶18) revealed that changes in daylength mainly resulted in a redistribution of sleep and wakefulness over light and darkness. Under long days the percentage of sleep during light was enhanced. The time course of delta power density in NREM sleep was characterized by a long rising part and a short falling part under long days, while a reversed picture emerged under short days. As a consequence, the power density during light was relatively high under long days.

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    After 24 h sleep deprivation by forced activity, no significant changes in the percentage of wakefulness and NREM were observed, whereas REM sleep was slightly enhanced. EEG power density, however, was significantly increased by ca. 50% in the 1.25–10.0 Hz range in the first 3 h of recovery sleep. This increase gradually decayed over the recovery night.

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    The same 24 h sleep deprivation technique led to a ca. 25% increase in oxygen consumption during recovery nights. While the results of the EEG spectral analysis are compatible with the hypothesis that delta power density reflects the ‘intensity’ of NREM sleep as enhanced by prior wakefulness and reduced by prior sleep, such enhanced sleep depth after sleep deprivation is not associated with reduced energy expenditure as might be anticipated by some energy conservation hypotheses on sleep function.

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Abbreviations

EEG :

electroencephalogram

EMG :

electromyogram

MUA :

multiple unit activity

NREM :

non-rapid eye movement

REM :

rapid eye movement

SCN :

suprachiasmatic nucleus

SWA :

slow wave activity

TST :

total sleep time

W :

wakefulness

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Groningen, NL-9750, AA Groningen, The Netherlands

    Derk Jan Dijk & Serge Daan

  2. Department of Biological Psychiatry, University of Groningen, NL-9750, AA Groningen, The Netherlands

    Derk Jan Dijk

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Dijk, D.J., Daan, S. Sleep EEG spectral analysis in a diurnal rodent:Eutamias sibiricus . J. Comp. Physiol. 165, 205–215 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619195

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