Abstract
RECENT DATA ON SLEEP ARE REVIEWED PRIMARILY WITH THE GOAL OF UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MIDBRAIN, PONTINE, AND MEDULLARY NUCLEAR SYSTEMS RELATED TO THE SLEEP PROCESS. A SUMMARIZING SCHEMA IS PRESENTED IN WHICH IT IS ASSUMED THAT THERE ARE 2 EEG DESYNCHRONIZING SYSTEMS, 1 DESCRIBED PHYSIOLOGICALLY BY MORUZZI AND MAGOUN, AND THE OTHER, A LIMBIC-MIDBRAIN SYSTEM, DESCRIBED ANATOMICALLY BY NAUTA. AN ATTEMPT IS ALSO MADE TO SHOW HOW THESE DATA REQUIRE MODIFICATION OF PREVIOUSLY HELD VIEWS OF RETICULAR FORMATION FUNCTION. (4 P. REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 481-499 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Psychological Review |
Volume | 73 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 1966 |
Keywords
- SLEEP, DESYNCHRONIZING SYSTEMS, RETICULAR FORMATION
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)