Sleep deprivation in the rat: XV. Ambient temperature choice in paradoxical sleep-deprived rats.
Sleep deprivation in the rat: XV. Ambient temperature choice in paradoxical sleep-deprived rats.
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大鼠睡眠剥夺:XV。
DOI:
10.1093/sleep/15.1.13
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Rechtschaffen,A
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作者:
Landis,CA;Bergmann,BM;Ismail,MM;Rechtschaffen,A
Previous studies of total sleep deprivation (TSD) and paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) in the rat by the disk-over-water method have indicated that both produce changes in thermoregulation. In both kinds of deprivation, there was a progressive, large increase in heat production as indicated by measures of energy expenditure (EE). In TSD there was an initial increase in waking body temperature (Tb) followed by a later decrease; in PSD there was only a progressive decrease. The increases in heat production far in excess of heat storage indicated increased heat loss in both groups. Because the increase in Tbin TSD rats was supported by ambient temperature choices (Tch) in a thermal gradient that became progressively higher during deprivation, an increase in waking temperature setpoint (TSET) was indicated. Because the rats resorted to behavioral wanning in spite of greatly increased thermogenesis, they must have had some failure to retain body heat. Prior to the present study, changes in TSET, had not been evaluated in PSD rats. Because they had not shown increases in Tb, PSD rats might not have an elevated TSET, which would indicate a functional difference between PS and nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Also, an evaluation of behavioral thermoregulation in PSD rats would clarify whether their Tbdecline resulted from excessive heat loss or from a lowered TSET-To evaluate changes in heat flow and TSET, EE, Tband Tchwere measured in five PSD rats and their yoked control (PSC) rats. PSD rats showed progressive increases in EE and decreases in Tbas in the earlier PSD study; Tchrose progressively. PSC rats showed minimal changes in all three parameters. Because PSD rats showed increased EE and Tch, which oppose Tbdecline, their decline in Tbmust be ascribed to excessive heat loss rather than to decreased thermogenesis or a lowered TSET.Heat loss deficits and TSETchange in PSD rats were compared to those of previously studied TSD rats. A positive correlation between EE and Tchin both groups was consistent with an elevation of thermogenesis and behavioral warming in response to a heat retention deficit. At Tchnear baseline, where Tbwas assumed to be near TSET, Tbwas increased in TSD rats but not in PSD rats, indicating that TSETwas increased by TSD and not by PSD. Therefore, in TSD rats the increased Tchand EE may be viewed as attempts to reach an elevated TSETin the face of excessive heat loss. In PSD rats, elevated Tcband EE are also responses to excessive heat loss, but the apparent target is to maintain baseline Tbrather than an elevated TSET. Because both TSD and PSD rats lost PS, but NREM sleep was well preserved in PSD, the elevation of TSETin TSD rats was more closely associated with the loss of NREM sleep, whereas the difficulty in retaining body heat can be ascribed to the loss of PS.