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. 2008 Sep 1;31(9):1239–1250.

Table 1.

Percentages of Wakefulness and Sleep Stages by Visual Scoring of a 48-h Period in 5 Animals. Undisturbed Animals Slept for 46% of the 24 h, Including 89% of the Dark Period and One-Fourth of the Light Period.

Total time (100%) Time in sleep (100%)
Asleep S1 S2 S3 S4 REM
24-h
        Mean 46.4 15.8 40.2 11.3 9.7 23.0
        SD 3.6 6.7 5.9 2.0 4.5 7.6
Light
        Mean 25.2 26.5 34.5 8.3 5.5 25.2
        SD 5.2 15.7 9.4 5.1 6.5 14.1
Dark
        Mean 89.2 10.3 43.6 13.0 11.8 21.4
        SD 1.3 4.4 8.0 4.3 5.7 6.2