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SUBMITTER: Ramaligam V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3776319 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramaligam Vetrivelan V Chen Michael C MC Saper Clifford B CB Lu Jun J
Sleep medicine 20130613 8
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in mammals is associated with wakelike cortical and hippocampal activation and concurrent postural muscle atonia. Research during the past 5 decades has revealed the details of the neural circuitry regulating REM sleep and muscle atonia during this state. REM-active glutamatergic neurons in the sublaterodorsal nucleus (SLD) of the dorsal pons are critical for generation for REM sleep atonia. Descending projections from SLD glutamatergic neurons activate inhibitory ...[more]