Morvan's syndrome: peripheral and central nervous system and cardiac involvement with antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channels. by Liguori, R, Vincent, A, Clover, L, Avoni, P, Plazzi, G, Cortelli, P, Baruzzi, A, Carey, T, Gambetti, P, Lugaresi, E, Montagna, P

“…We describe a man aged 76 years with NMT, dysautonomia, cardiac arrhythmia, lack of slow-wave sleep and abnormal rapid eye movement sleep. He had raised serum antibodies to voltage-gated K(+) channels (VGKC), oligoclonal bands in his CSF, markedly increased serum norepinephrine, increased serum cortisol and reduced levels and absent circadian rhythms of prolactin and melatonin. …”

Sleep and rest regulation in young and old oestrogen-deficient female mice. by Vyazovskiy, V, Kopp, C, Wigger, E, Jones, M, Simpson, E, Tobler, I

“…This redistribution of sleep resulted in a damped amplitude of slow-wave activity (SWA; power between 0.75-4.0 Hz) in non-rapid eye movement sleep across 24 h. After SD, the rebound of sleep and SWA was similar between the genotypes, suggesting that oestrogen deficiency does not affect the mechanisms maintaining the homeostatic balance between the amount of sleep and its intensity. …”

Phenotyping REM OSA by means of peripheral arterial tone-based home sleep apnea testing and polysomnography: a critical assessment the sensitivity and specificity of both methods by Massie, F, van Pee, B, Vits, S, Verbraecken, J, Bergmann, J

“…The clinical relevance of rapid eye movement sleep-related obstructive sleep apnea (REM OSA) is supported by its associated adverse health outcomes and impact on optimal treatment strategies. …”

Interhemispheric coherence of the sleep electroencephalogram in mice with congenital callosal dysgenesis. by Vyazovskiy, V, Achermann, P, Borbély, A, Tobler, I

“…The difference between B1 and control mice was present over the entire 0.5-25 Hz frequency range in non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM sleep), and in all frequencies except for the high delta and low theta band (3-7 Hz) in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and waking. …”

Imagining the impossible before breakfast: the relation between creativity, dissociation, and sleep by van Heugten-van der Kloet, D, Cosgrave, J, Merckelbach, H, Haines, R, Golodetz, S, Lynn, S

“…Dissociative symptoms have been related to higher rapid eye movement sleep density, a sleep phase during which hyperassociativity may occur. …”

Gamma activity and reactivity in human thalamic local field potentials. by Kempf, F, Brücke, C, Salih, F, Trottenberg, T, Kupsch, A, Schneider, G, Doyle Gaynor, L, Hoffmann, K, Vesper, J, Wöhrle, J, Altenmüller, D, Krauss, J, Mazzone, P, Di Lazzaro, V, Yelnik, J, Kühn, A, Brown, P

“…This activity was modulated by movement and, critically, varied over the sleep-wake cycle, being suppressed during slow wave sleep and re-emergent during rapid eye movement sleep, which physiologically bears strong similarities with the waking state. …”

Regional pattern of metabolic activation is reflected in the sleep EEG after sleep deprivation combined with unilateral whisker stimulation in mice. by Vyazovskiy, V, Welker, E, Fritschy, J, Tobler, I

“…Whisker stimulation elicited a greater increase in EEG SWA during non rapid eye movement sleep in the stimulated hemisphere than in the control hemisphere; this increase lasted for 10 h. …”

Automated analysis of a large-scale paediatric dataset illustrates the interdependent relationship between epilepsy and sleep by Jelena Skorucak, Bigna K. Bölsterli, Sarah Storz, Sven Leach, Bernhard Schmitt, Georgia Ramantani, Reto Huber

“…Abstract Slow waves are an electrophysiological characteristic of non-rapid eye movement sleep and a marker of the restorative function of sleep. …”
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More than just immaturity: evidence supporting the hypothesis that sleep spindle characteristics reflect GABAergic depolarization in infancy by Dmitry Chegodaev, Polina Pavlova, Sergey Kiselev

“…Sleep spindles are thalamocortical oscillations with waxing-waning morphology, which comprise the key electroencephalographic (EEG) hallmark of stage 2 non-rapid eye movement sleep. The functional role of sleep spindles is not sufficiently clear, but there is a large body of literature that indicates the relationship between spindle activity and neural plasticity. …”
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Sleep Disorders Associated with Neurodegenerative Diseases by Lucreția Anghel, Anamaria Ciubară, Aurel Nechita, Luiza Nechita, Corina Manole, Liliana Baroiu, Alexandru Bogdan Ciubară, Carmina Liana Mușat

“…Sleep-related breathing disorders, insomnia, restless legs syndrome (RLS), periodic limb movement syndrome (PLMS), and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) are among the common sleep disturbances reported. …”
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Evaluation of Sleep Structure in Patients with Epilepsy by Gülin SÜNTER, Kadriye AĞAN

“…Lower sleep efficiency (p=0.046), decreased N1 sleep stage percentage (p=0.001), decreased rapid eye movement sleep stage percentage (p=0.001), and an increased N3 sleep stage percentage (p=0.012) were observed in patients with epilepsy. …”
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Can the Brain’s Thermostatic Mechanism Generate Sleep-Wake and NREM-REM Sleep Cycles? A Nested Doll Model of Sleep-Regulating Processes by Arcady A. Putilov

“…Evidence is gradually accumulating in support of the hypothesis that a process of thermostatic brain cooling and warming underlies sleep cycles, i.e., the alternations between non-rapid-eye-movement and rapid-eye-movement sleep throughout the sleep phase of the sleep-wake cycle. …”
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Effects of chronic administration and withdrawal of phlorotannin supplement on sleep-wake profiles in mice: A comparative study with the hypnotic drug diazepam by Minseok Yoon, Duhyeon Kim, Seonghui Kim, Min Young Um, Yung Hyun Choi, Suengmok Cho

“…DZP significantly decreased sleep latency and increased non-rapid eye movement sleep amount on day 1 of administration compared with those at baseline; however, its effects diminished over the administration period. …”
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REM Sleep Loss-Induced Elevated Noradrenaline Plays a Significant Role in Neurodegeneration: Synthesis of Findings to Propose a Possible Mechanism of Action from Molecule to Patho-... by Shatrunjai Giri, Rachna Mehta, Birendra Nath Mallick

“…It is known that rapid eye movement sleep (REMS), an autonomic instinct behavior, maintains brain functioning including learning and memory and its loss causes dysfunctions. …”
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Parasomnias: Diagnosis, Classification and Clinical Features by Fatma Ozlem Orhan, Deniz Tuncel

“…Parasomnias are classified as: 1) disorders of arousal (from non-rapid eye movement, or NREM, sleep); 2) parasomnias usually associated with REM (rapid eye movement) sleep; and 3) other parasomnias. This sleep disorders in childhood are common, and often more frequent than in adults. …”
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EFFECT OF FLUOXETINE ON SLEEP ARCHITECTURE IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME by O. V. Lyubshina, A. L. Vertkin, M. Yu. Maksimova

“…Improvement of the sleep architecture (reduction in the 2nd phase of slow wave sleep by 15%, increase in delta-sleep (Δ71%) and rapid eye movement sleep (Δ25%; р<0.05) was also observed. …”
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The twitcing eye : REM sleep and the emotional brain by Beck, Taylor McGowin

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The psychosocial problems of children with narcolepsy and those with excessive daytime sleepiness of uncertain origin. by Stores, G, Montgomery, P, Wiggs, L

“… BACKGROUND: Narcolepsy is a predominantly rapid eye movement sleep disorder with onset usually in the second decade but often in earlier childhood. …”

A causal role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the homeostatic regulation of sleep. by Faraguna, U, Vyazovskiy, V, Nelson, AB, Tononi, G, Cirelli, C

“…The effect was reversible within 2 h, and did not occur during wakefulness or rapid eye movement sleep. Asymmetries in NREM SWA did not occur after vehicle injections. …”

Alteration of behavior in mice by muscimol is associated with regional electroencephalogram synchronization. by Vyazovskiy, V, Tobler, I, Winsky-Sommerer, R

“…In contrast, during hyperactivity the parietal EEG was dominated by theta-activity (7-9 Hz), which is typical for running behavior, while high amplitude slow waves, resembling the normal non-rapid eye movement sleep EEG pattern, predominated in the frontal EEG. …”