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CURRENT BIOLOGY
卷 29, 期 3, 页码 392-+出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.007
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [SNF CR31I3_149731]
- state of Vaud
- state of Geneva
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [CR31I3_149731] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Rocking has long been known to promote sleep in infants and, more recently, also in adults, increasing NREMsleep stageN2and enhancingEEGslowwaves and spindles. Nevertheless, whether rocking also promotes sleep in other species, and what the underlying mechanismsare, has yet to be explored. In the current study, C57BL/6J mice equipped with EEG and EMG electrodes were rocked laterally during their main sleep period, i. e., the 12-h light phase. We observed that rocking affected sleep in mice with a faster optimal rate than in humans (1.0 versus 0.25 Hz). Specifically, rocking miceat 1.0Hzincreased time spent in NREMsleep through the shortening of wake episodes and accelerated sleep onset. Although rocking did not increase EEG activity in the slow-wave and spindle-frequency ranges in mice, EEG theta activity (6-10 Hz) during active wakefulness shifted toward slower frequencies. To test the hypothesis that the rocking effects are mediated through the vestibular system, we used the otoconia-deficient tilted (tlt) mouse, which cannot encode linear acceleration. Mice homozygous for the tlt mutation were insensitive to rocking at 1.0 Hz, while the sleep andEEGresponse of their heterozygous and wild-type littermates resembled those of C57BL/6J mice. Our findings demonstrate that rocking also promotes sleep in the mouse and that this effect requires input from functional otolithic organs of the vestibule. Our observations also demonstrate that the maximum linear acceleration applied, and not the rocking rate per se, is key in mediating the effects of rocking on sleep.
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