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. 2008 Jan 1;31(1):34–44. doi: 10.1093/sleep/31.1.34

Table 3.

Duration of NREM Sleep and Number of NREM Bouts Observed per Hour Following Treatment with MDL100907, RO4368554, Zolpidem, and Vehicle

ZT Vehicle MDL100907, mg/kg
RO4368554, mg/kg
Zolpidem, mg/kg
0.3 1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 10.0 10.0
NREM bout duration
    19 1.05 ± 0.20 1.81 ± 0.62 0.87 ± 0.18 0.78 ± 0.10 0.93 ± 0.19 0.60 ± 0.18 0.84 ± 0.20 1.63 ± 0.31
    20 1.01 ± 0.14 3.49 ± 0.58ab 3.63 ± 0.68ab 4.61 ± 1.08ab 1.81 ± 0.33 1.57 ± 0.13b 2.29 ± 0.31a 2.50 ± 0.41a
    21 1.26 ± 0.22 3.46 ± 0.54ab 2.93 ± 0.27a 2.67 ± 0.47a 1.26 ± 0.21 1.55 ± 0.15 1.87 ± 0.17 2.11 ± 0.42
    22 1.01 ± 0.09 1.94 ± 0.38a 1.72 ± 0.41 2.91 ± 0.47ab 1.14 ± 0.16 1.32 ± 0.22 1.32 ± 0.13 1.88 ± 0.33
    23 0.82 ± 0.08 1.30 ± 0.13 0.93 ± 0.15 2.55 ± 0.59ab 0.82 ± 0.11 0.96 ± 0.15 1.01 ± 0.09 1.19 ± 0.19
    24 1.09 ± 0.21 1.01 ± 0.22 1.49 ± 0.28 1.38 ± 0.30 1.07 ± 0.15 0.92 ± 0.14 0.76 ± 0.17 0.84 ± 0.15
Number of bouts
    19 7.33 ± 1.64 5.78 ± 1.15b 8.67 ± 0.85b 8.67 ± 1.81b 10.22 ± 1.27b 8.22 ± 2.43b 6.00 ± 1.17b 17.67 ± 2.07a
    20 18.89 ± 2.38 10.22 ± 1.37a 9.56 ± 1.51a 9.11 ± 1.57a 13.67 ± 1.86a 17.11 ± 0.92 14.44 ± 1.43 13.56 ± 1.31a
    21 19.11 ± 2.25 9.78 ± 0.81ab 11.22 ± 0.89a 11.78 ± 1.59a 17.33 ± 2.49 16.56 ± 1.94 14.33 ± 2.32 16.22 ± 2.31
    22 18.56 ± 2.25 12.33 ± 1.24a 12.11 ± 2.21a 11.44 ± 1.83a 16.11 ± 2.84 15.44 ± 3.18 17.22 ± 2.50 12.67 ± 1.38a
    23 14.78 ± 2.48 12.11 ± 1.33 11.44 ± 2.21 12.33 ± 1.15 13.22 ± 1.71 17.33 ± 2.58 15.00 ± 2.24 14.56 ± 2.27
    24 10.44 ± 1.23 13.11 ± 2.71 10.33 ± 1.36 11.89 ± 1.36 8.67 ± 2.01 11.00 ± 2.49 12.00 ± 3.09 10.67 ± 2.87

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM duration of non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM), in minutes, and mean number (± SEM) of bouts of NREM sleep. ZT refers to Zeitgeber time.

a

Different from vehicle P < 0.05

b

Different from zolpidem P < 0.05