Phase shift in the REM sleep rhythm

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-198622
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.19862

Schulz, Hartmut ; Dirlich, Gerhard ; Zulley, Jürgen

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Abstract

The periodic alternation between REM and NREM sleep was analyzed. Usually, sleep records of consecutive nights of a subject are regarded to be independent events. However, it may be that consecutive nights are realizations of a continuously ongoing rhythm. This was tested in the present study. The temporal patterns of REM and NREM sleep in sequences of about 30 consecutive nights for 3 subjects ...