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The electroencephalogram, electromyogram and cortical temperature (T CRT) were recorded in seven Djungarian hamsters adapted to a short photoperiod at 16°C ambient temperature (TA; SP16). A baseline day was followed by 4 h sleep deprivation (SD) and 20 h recovery. The analysis included data obtained in earlier experiments at 22°C TA in a long (LP22) and short photoperiod (SP22). In all three conditions the changes in T CRT during vigilance state episodes were a function of episode duration and, for waking and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, of T CRT at episode onset. The increase in T CRT during REM sleep became progressively larger from LP22 to SP22 to SP16. After SD the mean T CRT decreased below baseline in the LP22 and stayed above baseline in the SP22. This difference in the effect of SD on T CRT was reflected in its increase during REM sleep, which was attenuated during recovery in LP22, but was enhanced in SP22. The time course of T CRT during NREM sleep or waking episodes was unaffected by SD. Therefore, the overall difference in T CRT between baseline and recovery in the LP22 and SP22 is due to changes in the increase in T CRT during REM sleep.
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Received: 21 March 1996 / Received after revision: 16 September 1996 / Accepted 19 September 1996
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Deboer, T., Tobler, I. Vigilance state episodes and cortical temperature in the Djungarian hamster: the influence of photoperiod and ambient temperature. Pfluegers Arch 433, 230–237 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004240050272
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004240050272