Topic: estrous stages

Sleep deprivation represents a significant public health problem in countries around the world, resulting in significant impairments in memory and performance. The hippocampus is particularly susceptible to the effects of sleep deprivation. Increasingly, studies suggest sex-specific behavioral differences occur following acute sleep deprivation, but almost all molecular studies have examined changes in males. Consequently, we investigated changes in gene expression following acute sleep deprivation in female mice at different estrous stages. Following one week of individual housing and pre-han