Control of sleep and wakefulness

RE Brown, R Basheer, JT McKenna… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
This review summarizes the brain mechanisms controlling sleep and wakefulness.
Wakefulness promoting systems cause low-voltage, fast activity in the …

A motor theory of sleep-wake control: arousal-action circuit

D Liu, Y Dan - Annual review of neuroscience, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Wakefulness, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and non–rapid eye movement (NREM)
sleep are characterized by distinct electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyogram (EMG) …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of REM and non-REM sleep by periaqueductal GABAergic neurons

F Weber, JP Hoang Do, S Chung, KT Beier… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Mammalian sleep consists of distinct rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM)
states. The midbrain region ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG) is known to be …

NREM and REM sleep: complementary roles in recovery after wakefulness

VV Vyazovskiy, A Delogu - The Neuroscientist, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The overall function of sleep is hypothesized to provide “recovery” after preceding waking
activities, thereby ensuring optimal functioning during subsequent wakefulness. However …

[HTML][HTML] Localization of the brainstem GABAergic neurons controlling paradoxical (REM) sleep

E Sapin, D Lapray, A Bérod, R Goutagny, L Léger… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Paradoxical sleep (PS) is a state characterized by cortical activation, rapid eye movements
and muscle atonia. Fifty years after its discovery, the neuronal network responsible for the …

Paradoxical (REM) sleep genesis: the switch from an aminergic–cholinergic to a GABAergic–glutamatergic hypothesis

PH Luppi, D Gervasoni, L Verret, R Goutagny… - Journal of Physiology …, 2006 - Elsevier
In the middle of the last century, Michel Jouvet discovered paradoxical sleep (PS), a sleep
phase paradoxically characterized by cortical activation and rapid eye movements and a …

The pontine REM switch: past and present

PM Fuller, CB Saper, J Lu - The Journal of physiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a behavioural state characterized by activation of the
cortical and hippocampal EEG, rapid eye movements and muscle atonia. For the past 30 …

[PDF][PDF] REM sleep

JM Siegel - Principles and practice of sleep medicine, 2005 - semel.ucla.edu
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was first identified by its most obvious behavior: rapid
eye movements during sleep. In most adult mammals, the electroencephalogram (EEG) of …

[HTML][HTML] Brainstem and spinal cord circuitry regulating REM sleep and muscle atonia

M Krenzer, C Anaclet, R Vetrivelan, N Wang, L Vong… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Previous work has suggested, but not demonstrated directly, a critical role for
both glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons of the pontine tegmentum in the regulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Neural and homeostatic regulation of REM sleep

SH Park, F Weber - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a distinct, homeostatically controlled brain state
characterized by an activated electroencephalogram (EEG) in combination with paralysis of …