Here are a few articles on sleep assessment in Rodents:
Saré RM, Lemons A, Torossian A, Beebe Smith C. Noninvasive, High-throughput Determination of Sleep Duration in Rodents. J Vis Exp. 2018 Apr 18;(134):57420. doi: 10.3791/57420
Fisher SP, Godinho SI, Pothecary CA, Hankins MW, Foster RG, Peirson SN. Rapid assessment of sleep-wake behavior in mice. J Biol Rhythms. 2012 Feb;27(1):48-58. doi: 10.1177/0748730411431550
Conference Paper Rodent Sleep Assessment with a Trainable Video-based Approach