To dream or not to dream? Relevant data from new neuroimaging and electrophysiological studies
Current Opinion in NeurobiologyPublished 1 April 1998
J. Allan Hobson, Edward F. Pace‐Schott, Robert Stickgold, David Kahn
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The study of sleep and dreams has enjoyed a major breakthrough with recent findings from brain imaging studies in humans, and new brain lesion and electrophysiological recording data are complemented to give a detailed picture of the brain dynamics of changes in conscious state.
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The study of sleep and dreams has enjoyed a major breakthrough with recent findings from brain imaging studies in humans. Several independent groups have shown global deactivation of the brain during non rapid eye movement sleep and a regionally selective reactivation during rapid eye movement sleep. These results are complemented by new brain lesion and electrophysiological recording data to give a detailed picture of the brain dynamics of changes in conscious state.
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