A Moderate Increase of Physiological CO2 in a Critical Range during Stable NREM Sleep Episode: A Potential Gateway to REM Sleep
Sleep is characterized as rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Studies suggest that wake-related neurons in the basal forebrain, posterior hypothalamus and brainstem, and NREM sleep-related neurons in the anterior-hypothalamic area inhibit each other, thus alternating sl...
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| Format: | Online |
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Frontiers Research Foundation
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282299/ |