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Characteristics of sleep and wakefulness in wild-derived inbred mice.
Experimental animals - 1 Jan 2014
Hiyoshi Hideyuki, Terao Akira, Okamatsu-Ogura Yuko, Kimura Kazuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variations in the wild-derived inbred mouse strains are more diverse than that of classical laboratory inbred mouse strains, including C57BL/6J (B6). The sleep/wake and monoamine properties of six wild-derived inbred mouse strains (PGN2, NJL, BLG2, KJR, MSM, HMI) were characterized and compared with those of B6 mice. All examined mice were nocturnal and had a polyphasic sleep pattern with a "main sleep...
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