Catherine Beauharnais

REM and NREM sleep mentation.

International review of neurobiology 2010 Patrick Mcnamara, Patricia Johnson, Deirdre McLaren et al.

We review the literature on the neurobiology of rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep states and associated dreams. REM is associated with enhanced activation of limbic and amygdalar networks and decreased activation in dorsal prefrontal regions while stage II NREM is associated with greater cortical activation than REM. Not surprisingly, these disparate brain...