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Automated home cage monitoring of an aging colony of mice—Implications for welfare monitoring and experimentation
IntroductionOur understanding of laboratory animal behavior and the implications of husbandry activities on their wellbeing remains incomplete. This is especially relevant with an aging colony as their activity patterns may change as they mature. ...
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A randomized study on the effect of a wearable device using 0.75 Hz transcranial electrical stimulation on sleep onset insomnia
IntroductionThe normal transition to sleep is characterized by a reduction in higher frequency activity and an increase in lower frequency activity in frontal brain regions. In sleep onset insomnia these changes in activity are weaker and may prol...
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Effect of closed-loop vibration stimulation on sleep quality for poor sleepers
IntroductionRecent studies have investigated the autonomic modulation method using closed-loop vibration stimulation (CLVS) as a novel strategy for enhancing sleep quality. This study aimed to explore the effects of CLVS on sleep quality, autonomi...
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Corrigendum: Preventing sleep disruption with bright light therapy during chemotherapy for breast cancer: a phase II randomized controlled trial
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Impact of mini-dose dexmedetomidine supplemented analgesia on sleep structure in patients at high risk of obstructive sleep apnea: a pilot trial
BackgroundObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in surgical patients and associated with worse perioperative outcomes.ObjectivesTo investigate the effect of mini-dose dexmedetomidine supplemented analgesia on postoperative sleep quality pattern ...
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Accurate locomotor activity profiles of group-housed mice derived from home cage monitoring data
IntroductionHolistic phenotyping of rodent models is increasing, with a growing awareness of the 3Rs and the fact that specialized experimental setups can also impose artificial restrictions. Activity is an important parameter for almost all basic...
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Inclusion, reporting and analysis of demographic variables in chronobiology and sleep research
Many aspects of sleep and circadian physiology are sensitive to participant-level characteristics. While recent research robustly highlights the importance of considering participant-level demographic information, the extent to which this informat...
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A predictive propensity measure to enter REM sleep
IntroductionDuring sleep periods, most mammals alternate multiple times between rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep and non-REM (NREM) sleep. A common theory proposes that these transitions are governed by an “hourglass-like” homeostatic need to enter ...
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