Sleeping through anything: The effects of unpredictable disruptions on mouse sleep, healing, and affect.

Many aspects of the laboratory environment are not tailored to the needs of rodents, which may cause stress. Unpredictable stressors can cause ulcers, prolonged pituitary-adrenal activation, and anhedonia. Similarly, pain has been demonstrated to slow wound healing, and mice experiencing pain exhibi...

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Main Authors: Amy Robinson-Junker, Bruce O'Hara, Abigail Durkes, Brianna Gaskill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210620