Effects of sleep deprivation on maternal behaviour in animal models: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Effects of sleep deprivation on maternal behaviour in animal models: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Summary Pregnancy is a period of numerous physical and emotional changes in women’s lives, including alterations in sleep patterns and worsening of pre‐existing sleep disturbances, which possibly lead to impaired postpartum maternal behaviour and mother–infant relationship. The effects of sleep depr...

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Published in:Journal of sleep research Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. e13333 - n/a
Main Authors: Pires, Gabriel N., Oliveira, Thainá B., Mello, Victoria F. F., Bezerra, Andréia G., Leenaars, Cathalijn H. C., Ritskes‐Hoitinga, Merel, Tufik, Sergio, Andersen, Monica L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England 01-10-2021
Subjects:
animal behaviour
maternal care
postpartum depression
pregnancy
sleep
sleep
postpartum depression
maternal care
animal behaviour
pregnancy
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Summary:Summary Pregnancy is a period of numerous physical and emotional changes in women’s lives, including alterations in sleep patterns and worsening of pre‐existing sleep disturbances, which possibly lead to impaired postpartum maternal behaviour and mother–infant relationship. The effects of sleep deprivation during pregnancy in maternal behaviour have been evaluated in preclinical studies, but have provided inconsistent results. Thus, in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of sleep deprivation during pregnancy on maternal behaviour of animals through a systematic review and meta‐analyses. After a two‐step selection process, six articles were included, all of them describing rat studies. The most frequently used method of sleep deprivation was rapid eye movement sleep restriction, using the multiple‐platform method. Four meta‐analyses were performed, none of them presenting significant impact of sleep deprivation on maternal behaviour, failing to reproduce the results observed in previous clinical studies. In conclusion, our results show a lack of translational applicability of animal models to evaluate the effects of sleep deprivation during pregnancy on maternal behaviour.
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ISSN:0962-1105
1365-2869
DOI:10.1111/jsr.13333