Cortical plasticity and olfactory function in early blindness
Commentary: Cortical plasticity and olfactory function in early blindness
motor activity
Paradoxical sleep deprivation in rats causes a selective reduction in the expression of type-2 metabotropic glutamate receptors in the hippocampus
Paradoxical sleep deprivation in rats is considered as an experimental animal model of mania endowed
with face, construct, and pharmacological validity. We induced paradoxical sleep deprivation by placing
rats onto a small platform surrounded by water. This procedure caused the animal to fall in the water at
the onset of REM phase of sleep. Control rats were either placed onto a larger platform (which allowed
them to sleep) or maintained in their home cage. Sleep deprived rats showed a substantial reduction in