Scoring sleep using respiration and movement-based features

Rules derived from standard Rechtschaffen and Kales criteria were developed to accurately score rodent sleep into wake, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and non-REM sleep using movements detected by non-contact electric field (EF) sensors.• Using this method, rodent sleep can be scored using only respiratory and gross body movements as a validated, non-invasive alternative to electrode techniques.• The methodology and rules established for EF sensor-based sleep scoring were easily learned and implemented.• Examples of expert-scored files are included here to help novice scorers self-train to score sleep.Though validated in mice, sleep scoring using respiratory movements has the potential for application in other species and through other movement-based technologies beyond EF sensors.

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