Mechanisms of Sleep Control
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal Of Clinical Neurophysiology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 49-66
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004691-199001000-00005
Abstract
Neurons in the dorsolateral pontine reticular formation, in interaction with other brainstem and forebrain regions, generate the basic phenomena of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. Non-REM sleep is the product of multiple control mechanisms in the forebrain and brainstem. Despite considerable progress in the identification of generation mechanisms, the functions of sleep remain a mystery. I hypothesize that REM sleep has a role in the regulation of receptor sensitivity in the central and peripheral nervous systems.Keywords
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