Keywords:
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This volume provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of topics in REM sleep biology. World renowned researchers are brought together to discuss past and current research developments and to build the foundation for future studies. An invaluable resource, essential reading for all involved in sleep research and clinical practice.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (530 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781139141543
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=802926
DDC:
612.8/21
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Organization -- Section 1 Historical context -- 1 The sleep-dream state: historic andphilosophic perspectives -- Summary -- Introduction -- Dreams and narrative story -- Dreams in religion and philosophy -- Dreams and science -- Contemporary dream use in story, religion, and science -- References -- 2 REM sleep and dreaming -- Summary -- Dreaming and REM sleep -- Dreaming and the sleep EEG -- Dreaming and cortical connectivity in sleep -- The PGO wave, phasic activity in sleep, and its relation to dreaming -- The human PGO wave -- Limbic activation in association with REM saccades -- Neuroimaging of REM sleep -- REM neuromodulation and dreaming -- Neuronal networks generating dream phenomenology -- Dynamic interactions of brain networks during REM sleep dreaming -- Future directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 REM sleep and dream sleep: are they identical? -- Summary -- Background and introduction -- Rapid eye movement sleep and dream sleep -- What are the Upanishads? -- Upanishads on dreams -- Where does the Vedic and Upanishadic knowledge lead us? -- Ancient wisdom and present objective knowledge: can they meet? -- Can the Turiya state provide some explanation? -- Masking and unmasking of expressions defining various states -- The Turiya state is a non-local expression -- Necessity of REMS with or without associated dream -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 The discovery of REM sleep: the death knell of the passive theory of sleep -- Summary -- Early intimations of REM sleep -- The passive theory of sleep -- The earliest neurophysiological studies -- The ascending reticular activating system -- The beginning of the end of the passive theory -- Rhombencephalic sleep -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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5 REM sleep and dreaming: the nature of the relationship -- Summary -- Introduction -- Group differences -- Demographic variables -- Sex -- Age -- Socioeconomic class -- Race and marital status -- Psychiatric illness -- Individual differences -- Between individuals, and between and across nights of the same individual -- Dreams across a night -- Dream content across an REM period -- Conclusion -- References -- Section II General biology -- 6 Ontogenesis of mammalian sleep and sleep regulation -- Summary -- Ontogenesis of mammalian sleep andsleep regulation -- Dissociation -- Concordance -- Maturation -- REM sleep function in early life -- REM sleep and LGN development -- REM sleep and the critical period for visual development: LGN -- REM sleep and developmentally regulated cortical plasticity -- Theories of sleep function in developing animals: the ontogenetic hypothesis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Evolutionary perspectives on the function of REM sleep -- Phenomenology and evolutionary history of REM sleep -- Therian mammals (marsupials and eutherians) -- Monotremes -- Fish, amphibians, and non-avian reptiles -- Avian reptiles -- Convergent evolution of REM sleep in mammals and birds -- Evolutionary loss of REM sleep -- Evolutionary determinants of REM sleep duration -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 A systems-level approach to human REM sleep -- Introduction -- Distribution of regional brain activity during REMS -- Neural correlates of rapid eye movements -- Neural correlates of the variability in heart rate during REMS -- Dependence on previous waking experience -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 REM-sleep regulation: circadian, homeostatic, and non-REM sleep-dependent determinants -- Circadian regulation of REM sleep -- REM sleep propensity -- Electroencephalogram activity -- REM density.
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Pathways of circadian control -- Homeostatic regulation of REM sleep -- Origin and concept of sleep homeostasis -- REM sleep propensity and homeostasis -- Electroencephalogram activity as a marker of REM sleep need -- Muscle atonia during NREM sleep as a marker of REM sleep need -- Is REM sleep need related to NREM sleep or waking? -- Interdependence of REM sleep and NREM sleep -- Mutual inhibition of the sleep states -- REM density and homeostatic sleep pressure -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Understanding REM sleep: clues frombrain lesion studies -- Summary -- Introduction -- The brain stem and the decerebrate animal -- The diencephalic cat -- The cat without the thalamus -- Insomnia, sleep pressure, and rebound in diencephalic and athalamic cats -- Specific sites in the telencephalon -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section III Neuronal regulation -- 11 Preoptic and basal forebrain modulation of REM sleep -- Summary -- The preoptic area -- The ventrolateral preoptic nucleus -- The median preoptic nucleus -- The basal forebrain -- The suprachiasmatic nucleus -- Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12 Amygdalar regulation of REM sleep -- Summary -- Introduction -- Anatomical substrate for amygdalar modulation of REM -- Cellular activity in the amygdala correlated with arousal -- Amygdala and ponto-geniculo-occipital waves -- Amygdala and the regulation of REM -- Amygdala and stress-induced alterations in sleep -- Amygdalar modulation of REM: clinical translation -- REM in primary insomnia -- Amygdalar modulation of tonic and phasic REM in depression -- Amygdalar modulation of REM mechanisms in narcolepsy: cataplexy and REM -- Evidence for amygdalar modulation of REM in PTSD -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 Pontomedullary mediated REM-sleep atonia -- Summary -- Introduction -- Electrophysiology studies -- Acute animals.
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Chronic animals -- Pharmacological studies -- Acute animals -- Chronic animals -- REM sleep behavior disorder and the ventral mesopontine junction -- References -- 14 Phenomenology and function of myoclonic twitching in developing rats -- Summary -- Introduction -- From behavioral to electrographic measures of infant sleep and wakefulness -- The neural substrates of infant sleep-wake states and myoclonic twitching -- Sleep-state organization upon the developmental emergence of delta activity -- Myoclonic twitching and its effect on infant neocortical activity -- Myoclonic twitching and its effect on infant hippocampal activity -- The life of a twitch -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 15 Pontine-wave generator: a key player in REM sleep-dependent memory consolidation -- Summary -- Introduction -- Mechanisms of REM sleep sign generation -- Description of PGO/P-waves -- Description of the PGO/P-wave generator -- REM sleep and memory consolidation -- Evidence to link P-wave generator with memory consolidation -- Physiological evidence -- Anatomical evidence -- Behavioral evidence -- Biochemical/molecular evidence -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 16 Hippocampal theta rhythm of REM sleep -- Summary -- Introduction -- Nucleus pontis oralis - brain-stem source for the generation of the theta: recording and stimulation studies -- Ascending brain stem-diencephalo-septohippocampal systems controlling the hippocampal theta rhythm -- Ascending systems controlling non-theta states of the hippocampal EEG (hippocampal EEG desynchronization): role of the median -- Median raphe stimulation-induced hippocampal desynchronization: large-amplitude irregular activity, small-amplitude irregular -- Unit activity in the MR nucleus in relation to the hippocampal EEG: serotonergic and non-serotonergic neurons.
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Site(s) of action of MR desynchronizing effects on the hippocampal EEG -- Distinct brain-stem "modules" for the control of individual events of REM sleep -- Recent analysis of brain-stem substrates controlling the indices and state of REM sleep: the cellular-molecular-network model -- Function of the hippocampal theta rhythm of wakefulness -- Function of the hippocampal theta rhythm in REM sleep -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 17 Respiration during REM sleep and its regulation -- Summary -- Introduction -- Excitatory drive to the respiratory system in REM sleep -- Central respiratory neurons -- Respiratory motor neurons -- Sources of excitation of the respiratory system in REM sleep -- Physiological effects of REM-specific endogenous drive -- The pattern of REM-specific endogenous drive -- References -- 18 Modulation of REM sleep by non-REM sleep and waking areas in the brain -- Summary -- Introduction -- Brain areas modulating wakefulness -- NREM sleep-generating areas -- REM sleep-generating areas -- Brain-stem REM-on neurons -- Brain-stem REM-off neurons -- Role of the locus coeruleus in REM sleep regulation -- Is inhibition of monoaminergic transmission requisite for REM sleep genesis? -- Is activation of the wake center requisite for REM sleep termination? -- REM sleep generation and termination: regulation solely through the brain-stem cog -- An antagonistic interaction between REM-on and REM-off neurons: a GABA-ergic reciprocal-interaction model -- An antagonistic interaction between the neuronal circuitries of the midbrain and caudal brain-stem reticular area -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section IV Neuroanatomy and neurochemistry -- 19 Aminergic influences in the regulation ofbasic REM sleep processes -- Summary -- Introduction -- Catecholamines -- Noradrenaline -- Dopamine -- Serotonin -- Histamine -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments.
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