REM Sleep
“Dreamgirls” did its premiere thing in New York and Los Angeles last night and the Bagger returned for another taste, even though he has seen the movie. True, he was there to make one of his videos, which have the ratings of a night
40 FACTS ABOUT SLEEP YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW
REM sleep occurs in bursts totalling about 2 hours a night, Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM sleep, also occur (but to a lesser extent) in Certain types of eye movements during REM sleep correspond to specific
Understanding REM Sleep Disorder
REM sleep disorder is one of the many types of sleep related problems that affect
40 FACTS ABOUT SLEEP YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW
REM sleep occurs in bursts totalling about 2 hours a night, Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM sleep, also occur (but to a lesser extent) Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep.
Thursday Thirteen # 5
Certain types of eye movements during REM sleep correspond to specific movements in dreams, suggesting at least part of the dreaming process is analagous to watching a film. (A pretty X rated film in my case. I love my heroesand my
40 Facts About Sleep
The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you're still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day. - Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep.
Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory
It reminds me of a 2003 EJN paper in which the authors tried 3 ways to increase the amount of REM sleep (two drugs and REM deprivation beforehand) and that enhanced the rats' retention performance. The current paper is even neater.
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream.
Infants and very young children have a much higher percentage of REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement, when the brain is fairly active) than older children and adults. During REM sleep one is more easily aroused, so it makes sense that very
Brain Stimulation During Non-REM Sleep Enhances Memory
Transcranial application of low-frequency electrical current during early nocturnal sleep potentiates the subject’s ability to remember words memorized the night before, German neuroendocrinologists report in this week’s
Understanding REM Sleep Disorder
REM sleep disorder is one of the many types of sleep related problems that affect a large amount of the population. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, which occurs during the deepest stage of sleep. People who do not reach this level

Memory Consolidation and REM Sleep
It is known that sleep exists in two phases, REM and Non REM sleep. One of the first theories linking REM sleep to memory was offered in 1966 by
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana e Generale - Alma Mater Studiorum
Baracchi F., Amici R., Capitani P., Cerri M., Jones CA., Luppi M., Parmeggiani PL., Perez., Zamboni G. Dynamics of REM Sleep enhancement due to dark pulse
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana e Generale - Alma Mater Studiorum
Zamboni G, Amici R, Perez E, Jones CA, Parmeggiani PL (2001) Pattern of REM sleep occurrence in continuous darkness following the exposure to low ambient
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana e Generale - Alma Mater Studiorum
The influence of a heavy thermal load on REM sleep in the rat. Changes in REM sleep occurrence due to rhymical auditory stimulation in the rat.
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana e Generale - Alma Mater Studiorum
Lenzi P, Zoccoli G, Walker AM, Franzini C (1999) Cerebral blood flow regulation in REM Sleep: a model for flow-metabolism coupling.
The evolution of REM sleep
The criteria for defining a state as "sleep" or as REM sleep can become a The behavioral similarity of the REM sleep state in the human and cat makes it
Science -- Siegel 294 (5544): 1058
This article reviews the evidence linking REM sleep to memory consolidation. Evidence relevant to the REM sleep-memory consolidation hypothesis is of
Psychophysiology of Lucid Dreaming
The evidence associating lucid dreaming with REM sleep reviewed above would seem to Induction of lucid dreaming by light stimulation during REM sleep.
Howstuffworks "How Sleep Works"
If you wake up a person during REM sleep, the person can vividly recall dreams. A normal person will spend about 25 percent of the night in REM sleep,
BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - What is sleep
Sleep occurs in a recurring cycle of 90 to 110 minutes and is divided into two categories: non-REM (which is further split into four stages) and REM sleep. rem+sleep: importance of rem sleep , non rem sleep , importance of rem sleep , non rem sleep , rem+sleep