The Role of the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta in Regulating Sleep Patterns in Rats

Marcelo M.S. Lima; Monica L. Andersen; Angela B. Reksidler; Maria A.B.F. Vital; Sergio Tufik

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000513

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The Role of the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta in Regulating Sleep Patterns in Rats

Marcelo M.S. Lima ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mmeirasantoslima@psicobio.epm.br

Affiliation Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Monica L. Andersen,

Affiliation Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Angela B. Reksidler,

Affiliation Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Maria A.B.F. Vital,

Affiliation Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Sergio Tufik

Affiliation Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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The Role of the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta in Regulating Sleep Patterns in Rats

Marcelo M.S. Lima,
Monica L. Andersen,
Angela B. Reksidler,
Maria A.B.F. Vital,
Sergio Tufik

Published: June 6, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000513

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REM sleep without atonia

Posted by pablohenny on 13 Jun 2007 at 08:49 GMT

I enjoyed the article a lot. Two things I would like to ask/comment:

My guess is that to differentiate between W and REM sleep without atonia may not be easy. I wonder whether the decrease in REM was actually an increase in REM without atonia, which thus may have been classified as W.

I would have appreciated a figure showing episodes of W, SWS and REM sleep in both conditions

Regards,

Pablo

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