Florencia Peña, Diego Serantes, Mayda Rivas, Juan Pedro Castro, Pablo Torterolo, Claudio Rodríguez-Camejo, Ana Hernández, Luciana Benedetto
BACKGROUNDS: Sleep restriction is considered a stressful condition itself, causing a wide variety of physiological alterations, from cognitive and hormonal to immunological status. In addition, it is established that stress in mother rats can modify milk ejection, milk composition, and maternal care of the pups. Also, sleep disturbances during the early stages of motherhood are a common feature of all studied species. In this context, while the impacts of sleep disruption in non-lactating animals were extensively investigated, its repercussions during the initial phases of motherhood have been poorly explored...
March 14, 2024: Physiology & Behavior