@article{85fd61b9e7c74ae2871bff4e87e9c4c6,
title = "Social context and dominance status contribute to sleep patterns and quality in groups of freely-moving mice",
abstract = "In socially-living species, sleep patterns are often subject to group influences, as individuals adjust to the presence, daily rhythms, and social pressures of cohabitation. However, sleep studies in mice are typically conducted in single-housed individuals. Here, we investigated sleep in a semi-naturalistic environment with freely-moving, group-housed mice using wireless electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring and video tracking. We found evidence of in-group synchrony of sleep state patterns and effects of social dominance status on sleep quality. These findings highlight the importance of exploring sleep in a social context and are a step toward more informative research on the interplay between social functioning and sleep.",
author = "Stoyo Karamihalev and Cornelia Flachskamm and Noa Eren and Mayumi Kimura and Alon Chen",
note = "Special thanks go to Yair Shemesh, Oren Forkosh, Chadi Touma, and Markus Nussbaumer for their efforts in establishing the Social Box system. Thanks to Jessica Keverne for English writing support and advice. A.C. is the incumbent of the Vera and John Schwartz Family Professorial Chair at the Weizmann Institute and is the head of the Max Planck Society–Weizmann Institute of Science Laboratory for Experimental Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurogenetics. This work is supported by: an FP7 Grant from the European Research Council (260463, A.C.); a research grant from the Israel Science Foundation (1565/15, A.C.); the ERANET Program, supported by the Chief Scientist Office of the Israeli Ministry of Health (3-11389, A.C.); the project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research under the funding code 01KU1501A (A.C.); research support from Roberto and Renata Ruhman (A.C.); research support from Bruno and Simone Licht; I-CORE Program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee and The Israel Science Foundation (grant no. 1916/12 to A.C.); the Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases (A.C.); the Henry Chanoch Krenter Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Genomics (A.C.); the Perlman Family Foundation, founded by Louis L. and Anita M. Perlman (A.C.); the Adelis Foundation (A.C.); the Marc Besen and the Pratt Foundation (A.C.); and the Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation (A.C.). Conceptualization, S.K. and A.C.; Methodology, C.F., M.K. and S.K.; Data analysis, S.K. and C.F.; Writing – Original Draft, S.K.; Writing – Review & Editing, S.K., N.E., M.K. and A.C.; Funding Acquisition, A.C.; Supervision, A.C.",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1038/s41598-019-51375-7",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
volume = "9",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
issn = "2045-2322",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}