REM Sleep
Found in 12 chapters across our textbook library
Top explanations for REM Sleep
States of Consciousness — Myers' Psychology for AP▶ 13:58But, and here's the trick, you don't wake upInstead, you enter the most fascinating state of all, REM sleepWhich is often called paradoxical sleepElectrical Brain Activity, Sleep–Wake States, & Circadian Rhythms — Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology▶ 13:49It's primarily from the pontine and midbrain pedunculopontine and lateral dorsal tegmental nucleiIt's heavily involved in memory, but also critical for REM sleepAnd finally, histamine, which is released from the hypothalamic tuberomammillary nucleusSleep-Wake Disorders — Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry▶ 13:11What does that do normallyIt's a neuropeptide produced in the hypothalamus, and it plays a critical role in stabilizing wakefulness and suppressing REM sleepWhen you lose the neurons that make it possibly due to an autoimmune process, your sleep -wake states become unstable