Table 2. Mean bout lengths under different mutual inhibition strengths.

Mutual Inhibition Strength; N = 5 Case	Mean sleep bout length (ms)	Mean wake bout length (ms)
Weak (75% strength)	154.78	147.44
Moderate (100% strength)	393.57	382.21
Strong (125% strength)	784.86	794.84

By simply changing the strength of the mutual inhibition between WA and SA neuron populations, we can change the mean bout length. Increasing mutual inhibitory synaptic strength increases both the mean wake and sleep bout lengths, and decreasing the mutual inhibitory synaptic strength decreases both the mean wake and sleep bout lengths. See Table 3 for further details of how these synaptic strengths compare to other synaptic connectivity values.