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Effect of REM sleep deprivation on sleep apneas in rats
D W Carley1, S Trbovic, M Radulovacki
1Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Experimental Neurology
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
We studied the effects of 48 h of REM sleep deprivation on spontaneous and post-sigh central apneas in Sprague-Dawley rates by simultaneously monitoring sleep by the EEG and respiration for 6 h. During the recovery sleep following REM deprivation a decrease in post-sigh apneas occurred in total sleep. There was no change in spontaneous apneas. The results suggest the existence of partially distinct mechanisms for the two types of apneas.