A Study of the Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Dreaming
M. Jouvet and D. Jouvet Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 1963 Suppl. 24
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Methods

Part 1

I. Two EEG patterns of physiological sleep in intact cats

II. The neural structures responsible for RPS

III. Structures responsible for somato-vegetative phenomena

IV. Mechanisms of the Rhombencephalic Phase of Sleep

V. Ontogenesis of the RPS

Part 2

A. Normal subjects

B. Patients with brain lesions

Discussion

Summary

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Fig. 12 : RPS in kittens

RPS in kittens

  • I. 30 h after birth: Behavioral arousal.
  • II. 2 min after I. RPS Disappearance of neck muscle activity. Eye movements, acceleration of respiration. The EEG is similar to I.
  • III. Same kitten (21 days after birth). Behavioral arousal; slow 7/sec cortical activity.
  • IV. 3 min after III. RPS;fast low voltage cortical activity. Disappearance of the EMG with some jerks.
  • 1: Cortical EEG.
  • 2: EMG of the neck.
  • 3: Eye movements.
  • 4: Respiration.

Scale: 1 sec, 50 ,microV.

From Jouvet et al. (1961b).

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