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3967708

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
An important criterion for identifying paradoxical sleep is the presence of a peculiar waveform recorded in the pons, lateral geniculate body, and visual cortex during that sleep state. These waveforms, termed PGO waves, have long been viewed as having large and constant amplitudes, an initial negative deflection in the visual cortex, and not being dependent on the levels of background illumination. Waveforms recorded during wakefulness have different characteristics, and these have been used to differentiate the waking state from paradoxical sleep. The present study demonstrated that most PGO waves have highly variable amplitudes during paradoxical sleep and that only a small fraction conform to the stereotypic wave characteristics of constant and large amplitudes and the presence of initial negative deflections. These findings argue against the criteria commonly used to differentiate PGO waves during paradoxical sleep from the eye movement potentials recorded in wakefulness.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0014-4886
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
212-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Variability in the characteristics of pontogeniculooccipital spikes during paradoxical sleep.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.