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Sex chromosomes regulate nighttime sleep propensity during recovery from sleep loss in mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Ehlen J Christopher, Hesse September, Pinckney Lennisha, Paul Ketema N
Abstract excerpt
Sex differences in spontaneous sleep amount are largely dependent on reproductive hormones; however, in mice some sex differences in sleep amount during the active phase are preserved after gonadectomy and may be driven by non-hormonal factors. In this study, we sought to determine whether or not these sex differences are driven by sex chromosome complement. Mice from the four core genotype (FCG) mouse model,...
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