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. 1989 Feb;12(1):5-12.
doi: 10.1093/sleep/12.1.5.

Sleep deprivation in the rat: II. Methodology

B M Bergmann  1 , C A Kushida, C A Everson, M A Gilliland, W Obermeyer, A Rechtschaffen
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Sleep deprivation in the rat: II. Methodology

B M Bergmann et al. Sleep. 1989 Feb.

Abstract

Methods common to several studies in this series are described. A key feature is a sleep deprivation apparatus in which an experimental and a yoked control rat are housed on opposite sides of a divided disk suspended over shallow water. When the experimental rat enters a "forbidden" sleep stage, the disk is automatically rotated, forcing the experimental rat to walk to avoid being carried into the water. The control rat receives the same physical stimulation but can sleep ad lib when the disk is stationary.

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