Sleep deprivation impairs performance in the 5-choice continuous performance test: similarities between humans and mice.

ABSTRACT: Several groups undergo extended periods without sleep due to working conditions or mental illness. Such sleep deprivation (SD) can deleteriously affect attentional processes and disrupt work and family functioning. Understanding the biological underpinnings of SD effects may assist in developing sleep therapies and cognitive enhancers. Utilizing cross-species tests of attentional processing in humans and rodents would aid in mechanistic studies examining SD-induced inattention. We assessed the effects of 36h of: (1) Total SD (TSD) in healthy male and female humans (n=50); and (2) REM SD (RSD) in male C57BL/6 mice (n=26) on performance in the cross-species 5-choice continuous performance test (5C-CPT). The 5C-CPT includes target trials on which subjects were required to respond and non-targ

SUBMITTER: van Enkhuizen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3937379 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature