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. 16 : Brain lesion in a case of prolonged unconsciousness (syndrome of decortication)

Brain lesion in a case of prolonged
unconsciousness

Coronal section through the left cerebral hemisphere (coloration of Woelcke). Severe and diffuse degeneration of the white matter with necrosis. There was a similar degeneration in the right hemisphere. The brain stem was intact.

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