The function of 'brain waves': a cybernetic model of electroencephalography.
Medical Hypotheses 2003 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-9877(03)00240-8 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that narcolepsy results from entrainment of cerebral waves causing rapid entry into REM sleep. |
Abstract
Electroencephalograms recorded from sleeping subjects are reinterpreted, from first principles, to explain the relationship between the observed wave-forms and cerebral processes. The manifestations of narcolepsy, namely, sleep paralysis, hypnopompic hallucinations and cataplexy are consistent with a hypothesis that the disorder is the result of entrainment of cerebral waves, causing almost instantaneous descent into a REM sleep state.