A moderate increase of physiological CO2 in a critical range during stable NREM sleep episode: A potential gateway to REM sleep
Sleep is characterized as rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Studies suggest that wake-related neurons in the basal forebrain, posterior hypothalamus and brainstem and NREM sleep-related neurons in the anterior-hypothalamic area inhibit each other, thus alternating sle...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2012.00019/full |