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. 2007 Nov 1;30(11):1417-1425, S1-S3. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.11.1417

Supplemental Table 1.

Effects of Running Wheels on Sleep/Wake Behavior.

DARK PHASE
% of hour
Mean bout duration (sec)
Number of bouts
WR WL WR WL WR WL
Wake
    WT 86.0 ± 1.5** 71.5 ± 1.9 1697 ± 267 ** 435 ± 26 26 ± 3** 76 ± 4
    KO 78.8 ± 1.0** 66.3 ± 1.3 366 ± 26 ** 210 ± 11 97 ± 6 ** 139 ± 6
NREM
    WT 12.7 ± 1.3** 25.4 ± 1.8 228 ± 21 * 162 ± 17 25 ± 3** 75.2 ± 5
    KO 15.2 ± 1.0** 26.6 ± 1.3 119 ± 7* 99 ± 5 57 ± 6** 121.2 ± 7
REM
    WT 1.2 ± 0.2** 3.1 ± 0.3 59 ± 5 59 ± 2 9 ± 1** 24.4 ± 3
    KO 1.3 ± 0.2** 4.1 ± 0.4 44 ± 4 ** 55 ± 3 13 ± 1 ** 31.5 ± 2.5
Cataplexy
    KO 4.7 ± 0.5** 2.9 ± 0.4 52 ± 4* 63 ± 6 40 ± 4** 18 ± 2
LIGHT PHASE
% of hour
Mean bout duration (sec)
Number of bouts
WR WL WR WL WR WL
Wake
    WT 34.9 ± 1.5 37.9 ± 1.4 123 ± 27 106 ± 12 128 ± 10 161 ± 15
    KO 35.3 ± 1.0 36.6 ± 0.9 90 ± 11 97 ± 10 170 ± 10 166 ± 6
NREM
    WT 57.0 ± 1.3 54.6 ± 0.9 196 ± 38 151 ± 30 130 ± 10 161 ± 15
    KO 56.3 ± 1.0 55.3 ± 0.8 145 ± 26 145 ± 18 173 ± 9 166 ± 7
REM
    WT 8.0 ± 0.3 7.4 ± 0.8 64 ± 5 72 ± 19 54 ± 2 47 ± 4
    KO 8.2 ± 0.4 7.6 ± 0.4 57 ± 57 69 ± 30 74 ± 4 64 ± 4
Cataplexy
    KO 0.3 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.1 56 ± 23 92 ± 60 2 ± 1 2 ± 1

Running wheels increased and consolidated wakefulness during the dark period but had no effects on behavior during the light period. The total amount of wakefulness increased in both WT and orexin KO mice, but KO mice continued to have relatively short bouts of wakefulness even with running wheels. In orexin KO mice, running wheels doubled the number of bouts of cataplexy. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01.