The REM-NREM sleep cycle: renewal process or periodically driven process?

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-198649
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.19864

Schulz, H. ; Dirlich, G. ; Balteskonis, S. ; Zulley, Jürgen

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Abstract

The question of the serial dependence of successive REM-NREM sleep cycles was examined. The experiments were performed in two different settings: 309 sleep episodes of 11 healthy young sleepers (age range, 20-36 years) were recorded under entrained conditions in the sleep laboratory; 5 of these subjects also slept in an isolation unit (underground apartment) with free-running sleep-wake cycles ...