In rabbits, intravenous DSIP at 30 nmol/kg caused no statistically significant change in slow sleep duration; there was a tendency toward a decrease at the second hour.
In plain wordsIn rabbits, DSIP did not significantly change slow sleep compared with before the injection and with a control substance.
- Outcome
- No significant changeDuration of slow sleep
- Study
rabbitn: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Saccharose (control substance) and pre-injection values
- Outcome group
- Sleep · Sleep
- Studied dose
- 30 nmol/kg · intravenousAs given in this study (rabbit).
Source sentences
No statistically significant differences were found. A tendency was observed towards a decrease in the duration of the slow sleep and increased motor activity of the animal at the second hour after peptide injection.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The influence of the delta sleep-inducing peptide on the rabbit slow sleep was studied in "blind" experiments following the intravenous injection of its 30 nmol/kg dose.
The results obtained after the injection of peptide and that of a control substance (saccharose) were compared with those obtained before the injection.