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Cold exposure and sleep in the rat: REM sleep homeostasis and body size
Authors:Amici Roberto  Cerri Matteo  Ocampo-Garcés Adrian  Baracchi Francesca  Dentico Daniela  Jones Christine Ann  Luppi Marco  Perez Emanuele  Parmeggiani Pier Luigi  Zamboni Giovanni
Affiliation:Department of Human and General Physiology, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Italy. roberto.amici@unibo.it
Abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVES: Exposure to low ambient temperature (Ta) depresses REM sleep (REMS) occurrence. In this study, both short and long-term homeostatic aspects of REMS regulation were analyzed during cold exposure and during subsequent recovery at Ta 24 degrees C. DESIGN: EEG activity, hypothalamic temperature, and motor activity were studied during a 24-h exposure to Tas ranging from 10 degrees C to -10 degrees C and for 4 days during recovery. SETTING: Laboratory of Physiological Regulation during the Wake-Sleep Cycle, Department of Human and General Physiology, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna. SUBJECTS: 24 male albino rats. INTERVENTIONS: Animals were implanted with electrodes for EEG recording and a thermistor to measure hypothalamic temperature. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: REMS occurrence decreased proportionally with cold exposure, but a fast compensatory REMS rebound occurred during the first day of recovery when the previous loss went beyond a "fast rebound" threshold corresponding to 22% of the daily REMS need. A slow REMS rebound apparently allowed the animals to fully restore the previous REMS loss during the following 3 days of recovery. CONCLUSION: Comparing the present data on rats with data from earlier studies on cats and humans, it appears that small mammals have less tolerance for REMS loss than large ones. In small mammals, this low tolerance may be responsible on a short-term basis for the shorter wake-sleep cycle, and on long-term basis, for the higher percentage of REMS that is quickly recovered following REMS deprivation.
Keywords:REM sleep   low ambient temperature   REM sleep homeostasis   REM sleep rebound   body size   theta power density
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