The intermediate stage of sleep in mice
Physiology & BehaviorPublished 1 November 1991
Léon Glin, Christian Arnaud, Daniel Berracochea, Daniel Galey, Robert Jaffard, Claude Gottesmann
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The intermediate stage of sleep characterized by high-amplitude cortical spindles interspersed with slow waves and low-frequency theta rhythm in the dorsal hippocampus does exist in the rat, cat and mouse and seems to correspond to a transient functional isolated forebrain.
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Seven mice of Balb/C strain were implanted with electrodes to perform sleep-waking recordings. In 100% of the cases, the mice showed, prior to paradoxical sleep, the intermediate stage of sleep characterized by high-amplitude cortical spindles interspersed with slow waves and low-frequency theta rhythm in the dorsal hippocampus. Consequently, the intermediate stage which seems to correspond to a transient functional isolated forebrain does exist in the rat, cat and mouse. in the rat, cat and mouse.
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