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Table 1 Studies evaluating the consequences of sleep deprivation on the brain

From: A review of sleep deprivation studies evaluating the brain transcriptome

Reference

SD method

Conditions

Species; sex

Age

Time of sacrifice*

Expression method

Brain area

Naidoo N. et al., 2005. (Naidoo et al. 2005)

Gentle handling

3 h, 6 h, 9 h and 12 h SD - beginning at lights-on

C57/B6 mouse; ♂

10 weeks

Immediately after SD

WB

CTX

Maret S. et al., 2007. (Maret et al. 2007)

Gentle handling

6 h SD - beginning at multiple time points

C57BL/6 J; AKR/J; DBA/2 J Mouse; ♂

12-13 weeks

During last 30 min of SD

MA, QPCR

Whole Brain

Conti B. et al., 2007. (Conti et al. 2007)

Gentle handling

24 hours SD

Sprague–Dawley rats; ♂

Adult (250-300 g)

Immediately after SD

MA

PFC, FCTX, AMY, HYPO, HIPP, DRN, LC

Thompson C. et al., 2010. (Thompson et al. 2010)

Gentle handling

6 h SD; 4 h RS after 6 h SD - beginning at lights-on

C57BL/6 J mouse; ♂

9-11 week

Immediately after SD or RS

MA, ISH

ORB, SCN, HCRT, TMN, PMCo, ENT, LC

Cirelli C. and Tononi G., 1999. (Cirelli and Tononi 1999b)

 

3 h SD; 3 h spontaneously asleep (S); 3 h spontaneously awake (W)

Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats; ♂

  

MA

CTX

Cirelli C. et al., 2004. (Cirelli et al. 2004)

Gentle handling

8 h SD - beginning at lights-on; spontaneously asleep (S); spontaneously awake (W)

WKY rats; ♂

 

Immediately after SD, 6 am for W rats

Microarray (pooled samples); real-time qPCR (pooled samples)

CTX

Cirelli C et al., 2006. (Cirelli et al. 2006)

Gentle handling for s-SD; DOW for l-SD

8 h SD (s-SD) - beginning at lights-on; 7d SD (l-SD)

WKY rats; ♂

Adult (300-450 g)

Immediately after SD

MA, QPCR

CTX

Mackiewicz M., et al., 2007. (Mackiewicz et al. 2007)

Gentle handling

3 h, 6 h, 9 h and 12 h SD - beginning at lights-on

C57BL/6 J mice; ♂

10-12 weeks

Immediately after SD

MA

CTX, HYPO

Nikonova E., et al., 2010. (Nikonova et al. 2010)

Gentle handling

h3 and 12 h SD - beginning at lights-on

C57BL/6 J mice; ♂

8-10 weeks

Immediately after SD

WB, QPCR

CTX

Terao A., et al., 2003. (Terao et al. 2003a)

Gentle handling

6 h SD; 4 h RS after 6 h SD - beginning at lights-on

C57BL/6 J mice; ♂

10-12 weeks

Immediately after SD or RS

WB, QPCR

BF, TH, HYPO, CTX, CB, P, MD

Cirelli C. and Tononi G., 2000. (Cirelli and Tononi 2000a)

Gentle handling

1-9 h SD – beginning at lights-on

WKY rats; ♂

Adult (300 g)

Immediately after SD

DD, RPA

Right CTX, Right HIPP

Cirelli C. and Tononi G., 2000. (Cirelli and Tononi 2000b)

Gentle handling

8 h SD; spontaneously asleep (S); spontaneously awake (W)

WKY rats; ♂

Adult (300-350 g)

Immediately after SD; end of light period for S; end of dark period for W

DD, RPA

CTX

Taishi P. et al., 2001. (Taishi et al. 2001)

Gentle handling

8 h SD; 2 h RS after 8 h SD

Spague-Dawley rats; ♂

Adult (320-350 g)

Immediately after SD or RS

RT-PCR, QPCR

CTX, HIPP

Terao A., et al., 2006. (Terao et al. 2006)

Gentle handling

6 h SD; 2 h RS after 6 h SD - beginning at light onset

Wistar rats ♂

2-3 months

Immediately after SD or RS

MA

CTX, BF, HYPO

Cirelle C. and Tononi G., 2004. (Cirelli and Tononi 2004)

Gentle handling for short-term SD; DOW for long-term SD

8 h SD (s-SD); 7d ( l-SD) - beginning at lights-on

WKY rats; ♂

Adult (300-450 g)

Immediately after SD

RPA, QPCR

Right CTX (also liver and muscle)

Cirelle C. and Tononi G., 1998. (Cirelli and Tononi 1998)

Gentle handling

3 h SD; 3 h spontaneously asleep (S); 3 h spontaneously awake (W)

WKY rats; ♂

Adult (300-350 g)

Immediately after SD; During dark phase for W rats

DD, RPA

Left CTX

Mackiewicz M., et al., 2003. (Mackiewicz et al. 2003)

Gentle handing

12 h SD beginning at lights-on (7 am)

Fischer rats ♂

2 months (180-200 g)

Multiple time points throughout day – all with time-matched controls

WB

CTX, LC, DRN, TMN, VDB, HDB, VLPO

  1. *Most of the studies had multiple times of sacrifice; therefore specific times were not listed. Instead, time of sacrifice in relation to when SD occurred is provided. All studies did include time-matched controls.