In rats, a nocturnal intracerebroventricular infusion of DSIP rapidly increased slow-wave sleep.
In plain wordsIn rats, DSIP infused into the brain ventricles at night quickly increased slow-wave sleep.
- Outcome
- IncreaseSlow-wave sleep
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
freely moving male rats, nocturnal infusion- Outcome group
- Sleep · Sleep
- Studied dose
- 2.5 nmol · intracerebroventricular · 10 hrAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Delta-sleep-inducing peptide (2.5 nmol), which induces electroencephalogram delta (slow)-wave patterns, was rapidly effective in increasing both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep but the effects were not long-lasting.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sleep-inducing and sleep-maintaining effects of five different putative sleep substances were compared by the same nocturnal 10-hr intracerebroventricular infusion technique in otherwise saline-infused, freely moving male rats.