Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Mammalian-like features of sleep structure in zebra finches.


ABSTRACT: A suite of complex electroencephalographic patterns of sleep occurs in mammals. In sleeping zebra finches, we observed slow wave sleep (SWS), rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, an intermediate sleep (IS) stage commonly occurring in, but not limited to, transitions between other stages, and high amplitude transients reminiscent of K-complexes. SWS density decreased whereas REM density increased throughout the night, with late-night characterized by substantially more REM than SWS, and relatively long bouts of REM. Birds share many features of sleep in common with mammals, but this collective suite of characteristics had not been known in any one species outside of mammals. We hypothesize that shared, ancestral characteristics of sleep in amniotes evolved under selective pressures common to songbirds and mammals, resulting in convergent characteristics of sleep.

SUBMITTER: Low PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2440357 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Mammalian-like features of sleep structure in zebra finches.

Low Philip Steven PS   Shank Sylvan S SS   Sejnowski Terrence J TJ   Margoliash Daniel D  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080625 26


A suite of complex electroencephalographic patterns of sleep occurs in mammals. In sleeping zebra finches, we observed slow wave sleep (SWS), rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, an intermediate sleep (IS) stage commonly occurring in, but not limited to, transitions between other stages, and high amplitude transients reminiscent of K-complexes. SWS density decreased whereas REM density increased throughout the night, with late-night characterized by substantially more REM than SWS, and relatively lon  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC5694654 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4071541 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5906677 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC11755880 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2912855 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7341939 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10224955 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4938051 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8105409 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4680624 | biostudies-literature