Assessing accelerometry as an alternative to electromyography for mouse sleep scoring
Dawson Green, Justine Fortin‐Houde, Elsa Lalot, Nicolas Lemmetti, Tanya Leduc, Alice Gravel-Chouinard, Guillaume Ducharme, Valérie Mongrain, Bénédicte Amilhon
This study evaluates the agreement between electromyography (EMG) and accelerometry (Acc) for sleep scoring in mice, finding high overall accuracy but some bias in Wake and NREM classification.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience