Sleep Environment and Non-Rapid Eye Movement-Related Parasomnia Among Children: 42 Case Series

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

• Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was first identified by its most obvious feature: rapid eye movements occurring during sleep. In most adult mammals the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the neocortex is low in voltage during REM sleep. The hippocampus exhibits regular high-voltage theta waves throughout REM sleep. • The key brain structure for generating REM sleep is the brainstem, particularly th...

Gender Differences in Rapid Eye Movement-Related Sleep Disordered Breathing

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It is known to be associated more frequently with men than women, particularly in the premenopausal age range. The goal of this study is to evaluate gender differences among Korean patients diagnosed with SBD. This study included 309 patients who visited our Sleep Clinic due to sleep-related symptoms and ...

Rhythmic raiding of refrigerator related to rapid eye movement sleep.

Obstructive sleep apnea related to rapid-eye-movement or non-rapid-eye-movement sleep: comparison of demographic, anthropometric, and polysomnographic features.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there are significant differences between rapid-eye-movement (REM)-related obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and non-REM (NREM)-related OSA, in terms of the demographic, anthropometric, and polysomnographic characteristics of the subjects. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 110 patients (75 males) with either REM-related OSA (n = 58) or NREM-related OSA (n = ...

Oxypinnatanine promotes non-rapid eye movement sleep in mice

The flowers and leaves of Hemerocallis fulva var. sempervirens, Akinowauregusa in Japanese, were eaten to cure insomnia in Okinawa, Japan. We found that H. fulva var. sempervirens contained oxypinnatanine, a unique derivative of glutamic acid or glutamine with a furfuryl group isolated from only a few plants. In this study, we demonstrated by electroencephalographic analyses that an oral admini...