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Effects of adolescent ethanol exposure on sleep in adult rats

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authors

  • Criado, J. R.
  • Wills, D. N.
  • Walker, B. A.
  • Ehlers, Cindy

publication date

  • December 2008

journal

  • Alcohol  Journal

abstract

  • Although adolescent ethanol (EtOH) exposure has been associated with long-lasting changes in brain function, little is known as to whether EtOH exposure during adolescence alters sleep and cortical arousal. This study examined protracted alterations in sleep in adult rats exposed to EtOH during adolescence. Adolescent male Wistar rats were exposed to EtOH vapor for 12 h/day for 5 weeks. Cortical electroencephalograms were obtained during 4-h recording sessions after 5 weeks of withdrawal from EtOH. Adolescent EtOH exposure significantly reduced the mean duration of slow-wave sleep (SWS) episodes and the total amount of time spent in SWS in EtOH-exposed rats, compared to controls. Spectral analysis revealed that adolescent EtOH exposure significantly increased cortical peak frequencies during SWS in the 2-4, 4-6, and 6-8 Hz bands. Taken together, our findings suggest that chronic EtOH exposure in adolescent rats reduces measures of SWS, an effect also seen as part of normal aging. Although the cellular and molecular mechanisms mediating the consequences of EtOH exposure on the aging process are not known, the similarities between adolescent EtOH exposure and aging merits further investigation.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Body Weight
  • Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Electroencephalography
  • Ethanol
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
  • Sleep
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Research

keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Cortex
  • EEG
  • Ethanol
  • Sleep
  • Slow-wave sleep
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2858580

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0741-8329

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.001

PubMed ID

  • 18922666
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 631

end page

  • 639

volume

  • 42

issue

  • 8

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