Why does REM sleep occur? A wake-up hypothesis

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER 2011, 2011, Pages

  Klemm, W R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Ascending reticular activating system; Consciousness; Dreaming; REM; Sleep; Stage IV sleep; Stage N3 sleep

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DREAM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; REM SLEEP; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP STAGE N3; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORY VALIDATION;

EID: 84856168005     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00073     Document Type: Article

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