What Is REM Sleep?
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What Is REM Sleep?

  • Blumberg MS Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Electronic address: mark-blumberg@uiowa.edu.
  • Lesku JA School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia.
  • Libourel PA Neurosciences Research Center of Lyon, CNRS UMR5292, INSERM U1028, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Neurocampus, 95 Boulevard Pinel, 69675 BRON, France.
  • Schmidt MH Department of Neurology, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute, 4975 Bradenton Avenue, Dublin, OH 43017, USA.
  • Rattenborg NC Avian Sleep Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Haus 5, Seewiesen 82319, Germany. Electronic address: rattenborg@orn.mpg.de.
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  • 2020-01-08
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  • Current biology : CB. - 2020
English For many decades, sleep researchers have sought to determine which species 'have' rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. In doing so, they relied predominantly on a template derived from the expression of REM sleep in the adults of a small number of mammalian species. Here, we argue for a different approach that focuses less on a binary decision about haves and have nots, and more on the diverse expression of REM sleep components over development and across species. By focusing on the components of REM sleep and discouraging continued reliance on a restricted template, we aim to promote a richer and more biologically grounded developmental-comparative approach that spans behavioral, physiological, neural, and ecological domains.
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