Temporal coupling of rapid eye movements and cerebral activities during REM sleep
Temporal coupling of rapid eye movements and cerebral activities during REM sleep
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DOI:
10.1016/j.clinph.2008.10.006
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Hori, Tadao
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作者:
Ogawa, Keiko;Abe, Takashi;Hori, Tadao
Objectives: We investigated event-related potentials time locked to the onset and offset of rapid eye movements during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.Method: Nine healthy university students participated in this study. Data were collected in a sleep laboratory. Rapid eye movements during REM sleep were recorded during natural nocturnal sleep. Saccades during wakefulness were recorded during a visually triggered task. Event-related potentials were averaged, time-locked to the onset and offset of eye movements.Results: During REM sleep, a lambda-like response occurred over the occipital region, time-locked to the offset of rapid eye movements (similar to what occurs during wakefulness). Moreover, we found that a positive potential (P200r) occurred at about 200 ms, with the maximal amplitude over the central region and time-locked to the onset of rapid eye movements during REM sleep; this potential was not observed during wakefulness.Conclusions: During REM sleep, the P200r occurs with the start of rapid eye movements, and then the lambda-like response occurs after termination of the movements.Significance: We demonstrated temporal coupling of rapid eye movements and cerebral activities during REM sleep. These activities might provide a useful basis for future investigations of brain functions during REM sleep. (C) 2008 international Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.