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

Table 4.

Duration of REM Sleep and Number of REM 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
REM Bout Duration
    19 0.32 ± 0.16 0.06 ± 0.06 0.19 ± 0.10 0.02 ± 0.02 0.28 ± 0.21 0.06 ± 0.06 0.30 ± 0.16 0.18 ± 0.08
    20 0.67 ± 0.16 0.96 ± 0.24b 1.06 ± 0.24b 0.47 ± 0.19 0.71 ± 0.20b 0.90 ± 0.16b 0.83 ± 0.19b 0.13 ± 0.10a
    21 0.83 ± 0.20 1.36 ± 0.20ab 1.40 ± 0.25ab 0.80 ± 0.22b 0.56 ± 0.18 0.83 ± 0.16 0.77 ± 0.16 0.42 ± 0.09
    22 0.94 ± 0.18 0.96 ± 0.22b 0.80 ± 0.20 1.00 ± 0.28b 0.53 ± 0.15 0.57 ± 0.24 0.87 ± 0.18 0.53 ± 0.14
    23 0.25 ± 0.08 0.64 ± 0.26b 0.92 ± 0.31ab 0.69 ± 0.15b 0.21 ± 0.14 0.44 ± 0.21 0.24 ± 0.14 0.16 ± 0.11
    24 0.32 ± 0.20 0.33 ± 0.21 0.47 ± 0.24 0.54 ± 0.31b 0.07 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.04 0.19 ± 0.10 0.02 ± 0.02
Number of REM Bouts
    19 0.44 ± 0.24 0.11 ± 0.11 0.33 ± 0.17 0.11 ± 0.11 0.22 ± 0.15 0.22 ± 0.22 0.56 ± 0.34 0.78 ± 0.36
    20 2.22 ± 0.70 1.22 ± 0.28 1.33 ± 0.29 1.22 ± 0.55 2.44 ± 0.69 2.78 ± 0.70 2.11 ± 0.56 0.56 ± 0.44
    21 2.78 ± 0.66 3.22 ± 0.62 2.78 ± 0.78 1.89 ± 0.56 2.78 ± 0.83 3.67 ± 0.73 2.89 ± 0.79 2.22 ± 0.46
    22 3.56 ± 1.25 2.89 ± 0.79 3.11 ± 0.86 2.00 ± 0.50 2.33 ± 0.78 1.44 ± 0.50 3.89 ± 1.12 1.89 ± 0.65
    23 1.44 ± 0.85 1.33 ± 0.55 1.11 ± 0.48 2.56 ± 0.69 0.67 ± 0.37 0.78 ± 0.32 1.44 ± 0.82 0.44 ± 0.34
    24 0.44 ± 0.24 0.44 ± 0.24 0.78 ± 0.36 1.11 ± 0.51 0.44 ± 0.24 0.56 ± 0.56 0.44 ± 0.24 0.11 ± 0.11

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

a

Different from vehicle P < 0.05

b

Different from zolpidem P < 0.05