Pontine and forebrain cholinergic nuclei contribute to the regulation of breathing and
arousal. This report summarizes experiments in rat (n= 20) concerning the cholinergic …

Recent neuropsychological data indicating that an absence of dreaming follows lesions of
frontal subcortical white matter have been interpreted by Solms as supportive of Freud's …

Background Various medications of natural origin have effectively treated stress-related
disorders, such as sleep disturbances and agitated conditions. The efficacy of Neurexan, a …

In rats, rapid eye movement sleep can be induced by microinjection of either the cholinergic
agonist carbachol or the neuropeptide vasoactive intestinal peptide into the oral pontine …

Carbachol, a cholinergic agonist, and GABAA receptor antagonists injected into the pontine
dorsomedial reticular formation can trigger rapid eye movement (REM) sleep‐like state …

Whereas many researchers see a heuristic potential in the covert REM sleep model for
explaining NREM sleep mentation and associated phenomena, many others are …

Release of acetylcholine within the pontine reticular formation (PRF) from the axon terminals
of mesopontine cholinergic neurons has long been hypothesized to play an important role in …

That PTSD nightmares are highly realistic threat simulations triggered by trauma is difficult to
reconcile with the disturbed, sometimes debilitating sleep and waking functioning of PTSD …

Studies using various methodologies have implicated n. reticularis pontis oralis (RPO) and
n. subcoeruleus (SubC) in the generation of rapid eye movement sleep (REM). In rats …

This paper is dedicated to our mentor, Michel Jouvet who inspired our career and
transmitted to us his passion for the study of the mechanisms responsible for paradoxical …