REM sleep respiratory behaviours match mental content in narcoleptic lucid dreamers
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REM sleep respiratory behaviours mental content in narcoleptic lucid dreamers
Breathing is irregular during rapid eye-movement (REM) sleep, whereas it is stable during non-REM sleep. Why this is so remains a mystery. We propose that irregular breathing has a cortical origin and reflects the mental content of dreams, which often accompany REM sleep. We tested 21 patients with narcolepsy who had the exceptional ability to lucid dream in REM sleep, a condition in which one ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21067-9