Table 1.

Vigilance state parameters recorded from MCH-tTA; TetO ChR2 bigenic mice, monogenic littermate mice, and MCH-tTA; TetO ArchT bigenic mice under basal conditions

	Wakefulness			REM sleep			NREM sleep
	Control	MCH-tTA; TetO ChR2	MCH-tTA; TetO ArchT	Control	MCH-tTA; TetO ChR2	MCH-tTA; TetO ArchT	Control	MCH-tTA; TetO ChR2	MCH-tTA; TetO ArchT
24 h
Total time (min)	792.5 ± 40.7	734.5 ± 30.3	755.9 ± 14.8	61.5 ± 6.8	81.2 ± 9.3	80.8 ± 10.6	586.0 ± 10.6	624.2 ± 25.1	603.2 ± 12.3
Episode duration (s)	479.1 ± 91.7	479.3 ± 81.9	546.7 ± 86.9	65.8 ± 4.8	75.1 ± 1.6	71.7 ± 4.7	281.6 ± 26.2	251.6 ± 12.1	251.2 ± 13.2
Number of episodes (counts)	118.0 ± 4.6	108.1 ± 8.1	131.4 ± 11.4	52.6 ± 3.4	48.7 ± 4.6	59.4 ± 6.6	133.3 ± 5.1	127.0 ± 6.8	148.2 ± 10.5
Light period
Total time (min)	232.4 ± 14.7	210.2 ± 9.2	204.9 ± 5.9	50.5 ± 8.1	62.5 ± 5.0	68.1 ± 8.1	437.1 ± 16.5	447.3 ± 12.2	446.9 ± 6.2
Episode duration (s)	212.3 ± 25.9	167.3 ± 13.7	169.8 ± 30.7	71.5 ± 7.6	83.7 ± 3.7	79.8 ± 3.1	344.8 ± 42.8	285.7 ± 33.9	269.0 ± 15.4
Number of episodes (counts)	79.4 ± 9.0	80.9 ± 10.4	95.2 ± 5.7	39.5 ± 4.3	41.3 ± 3.8	48.2 ± 5.1	90.4 ± 9.8	97.7 ± 8.9	108.6 ± 6.1
Dark period
Total time (min)	551.0 ± 43.9	524.4 ± 37.6	551.0 ± 16.8	12.7 ± 2.9	18.7 ± 5.7	12.7 ± 3.4	156.4 ± 41.3	176.9 ± 32.2	156.3 ± 14.9
Episode duration (s)	745.8 ± 204.8	791.3 ± 153.4	923.6 ± 147.3	60.2 ± 3.4	66.4 ± 2.9	63.6 ± 9.7	218.3 ± 12.6	217.4 ± 22.4	233.4 ± 24.6
Number of episodes (counts)	38.6 ± 8.2	27.3 ± 5.9	36.2 ± 7.2	13.1 ± 3.0	7.4 ± 2.0	11.2 ± 1.7	42.9 ± 9.4	29.3 ± 6.5	39.6 ± 6.4