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What are the neurotransmitters responsible for REM sleep and atonia?
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∙ 10y ago
gaba, acetylcholine
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GABA
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What is muscle atonia?
A type of muscle paralization during REM periods.
Which organ in human being sleeps first?
Sleep is a brain state so really nothing goes to sleep in your body except for your brain.However your body is in a state of atonia while you are sleeping (during REM sleep). Atonia means that the motor signals from your brain are cut off from your body essentially paralyzing your body so you can't move around while you are sleeping. This is controlled by the pons [1] and the mesopontine tegmentum [2] in your brain.
What statements about rem sleep are true?
REM sleep is amazing sleep!
REM rebound involves the?
REM rebound involves the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation.
Is REM sleep a quiet or active sleep?
REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep is active sleep.
Is rem sleep deep?
3/13/2012 jhh: REM sleep is NOT deep sleep. In fact, it is the lightest stage of sleep. In order from awake to deep sleep: AWAKE, REM, LIGHT, DEEP. Deep sleep and REM sleep are the most important stages though. Light sleep doesn't do much for you. Deep replenishes your body, while REM replenishes your mind. Older answer (not accurate): Yes. It is the deeper form of sleep that we experience during our sleep cycle, rem sleep is where dreaming occurs But not the deepest sleep, which would be delta. That's where, unless your a mother and hear your baby cry, you are oblivious to your environment.
Do blind people have REM sleep?
Yes blind peole have REM sleep!!
How many stages of sleep there?
There are 4 non-REM stages and REM sleep.
How do you know when someones in an rem sleep?
You will know when someone is in REM sleep when there eyes-lids are moving really fast back and forward. REM sleep is a sleep that is after your first 4 stages of sleep and is the stage of sleep that you dream.
Spending a higher percentage of sleep time in REM sleep is referred to as?
rem hypnosis
Is REM sleep deprivation associated with SIDS?
Is REM sleep deprivation associated with SIDS?
Which statement about REM sleep is incorrect?
During REM sleep, people seldom dream.
