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. 2011 Sep 26;78(2):162–183. doi: 10.1159/000330360

Table 3.

Results from rhythmic and arrhythmic mole rats of the current study for TST, percentage REM sleep of TST, average duration of an episode of NREM, and average duration of episode of REM compared to other rodents

TST, h % REM of TST Duration NREM episode, min Duration REM episode, min Source
Cryptomys mechowii, rhythmic 5-second epoch scored data 7 16 0.5 2.5 current study
Cryptomys mechowii, arrhythmic 5-second epoch scored data 5.3 21 0.4 2.4 current study
Cryptomys mechowii, rhythmic 1-min epoch scored data 6.2 19 2.5 3.2 current study
Cryptomys mechowii, arrhythmic 1-min epoch scored data 4.3 23 2.0 3.3 current study
Rattus norwegicus, Long-Evans rat 13.2 18 5.2 1.7 1, 2, 6, 7
Rattus norwegicus, Sprague-Dawley rat 13.7 18 5.2 1.7 1, 2, 6, 7
Mus musculus, laboratory mouse 12.8 13–20 4.7–7.1 0.7–0.9 3, 9
Mesocricetus auratus, golden hamster 14.4 2
Meriones unguiculatus, Mongolian gerbil 15.3 4
Chinchilla laniger, chinchilla 12.5 2
Spalax ehrenbergi, blind mole rat 12.4 15.1 9.7 2.5 5
Djungarian hamster 15 7 1.8 8

1 = Mistlberger et al. [1983]; 2 = Van Twyver [1969]; 3 = Valatx and Bugat [1974]; 4 = Kastaniotis and Kaplan [1976]; 5 = Tobler and Deboer [2001]; 6 = Borbély and Neuhaus [1979]; 7 = Franken et al. [1992]; 8 = Deboer et al. [1994]; 9 = Huber et al. [2000].