Do predators shape the sleep of their prey?

捕食者会影响猎物的睡眠吗？

• 批准号: DE230100889
• 负责人: Dr Paul-Antoine Libourel
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: La Trobe University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2023-01-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE230100889
• 关键词: Do; predators; shape; sleep; their

This project aims to investigate how sleep is affected by fear/stress by studying invasive and native rat species, historically exposed to different predation pressures. It expects to generate new knowledge in biological and health sciences, also helping controlling pests. This unprecedented approach to studying sleep will provide key insights on the environmental and genetic determinants of sleep, allowing us to better understand sleep, its expression and flexibility, and response to stress. More than providing fundamental answers on the evolution of sleep, this project will provide significant benefits such as new perspectives on invasive species management, and may also reveal new targets for treatments to stress related sleep disorders.

该项目旨在通过研究入侵性和本地大鼠物种，研究睡眠如何受到恐惧/压力的影响，这些物种在历史上暴露于不同的捕食压力。 它有望产生生物和健康科学方面的新知识，也有助于控制害虫。 这种前所未有的研究睡眠的方法将为睡眠的环境和遗传决定因素提供关键见解，使我们能够更好地了解睡眠、其表达和灵活性以及对压力的反应。 除了提供关于睡眠进化的基本答案外，该项目还将提供重大益处，例如入侵物种管理的新视角，还可能揭示与压力相关的睡眠障碍治疗的新目标。