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The Disk-over-water method is a technique for causing sleep deprivation in laboratory animals.

The subject - for example, a rat[1] or pigeon[2] - is placed on a disk. When the subject shows signs of falling asleep, the disk begins to slowly rotate, at a few revolutions per minute. The subject must walk to keep pace with the disk, or it will be carried into a pool of water.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rechtschaffen, A.; Bergmann, B. M. (1995), "Sleep deprivation in the rat by the disk-over-water method", Behavioural Brain Research 69 (1-2): 55–63, doi:10.1016/0166-4328(95)00020-T, http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/016643289500020T  
  2. ^ Newman, S. M.; Paletz, E. M.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Obermeyer, W. H.; Benca, R. M. (2008), "Sleep deprivation in the pigeon using the Disk-Over-Water method", Physiology & Behavior 93 (1-2): 50–58, doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.07.012, http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031938407002934  
  3. ^ Kushida, Clete Anthony (2004), Sleep Deprivation: Basic Science, Physiology, and Behavior, Informa Health Care, pp. p.90, ISBN 0824759494, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EaGWMXsR5XYC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&ots=nUynlcp7wR&sig=LB-7OcpCl3X6jCDuq7ctmbyLrSo  







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