Rapid eye movements during sleep in mice: High trait-like stability qualifies rapid eye movement density for characterization of phenotypic variation in sleep patterns of rodents

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In humans, rapid eye movements (REM) density during REM sleep plays a prominent role in psychiatric diseases. Especially in depression, an increased REM density is a vulnerability marker for depression. In clinical practice and resea...

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Main Authors: Fulda Stephany, Romanowski Christoph PN, Becker Andreas, Wetter Thomas C, Kimura Mayumi, Fenzel Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/12/110