PC Chen, D Wu, CC Chen, NF Chi… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Elsevier Acetylcholine (ACh) plays an important role in cognitive function and muscle atonia in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. This quantitative study used surface electromyography (sEMG) to investigate changes in muscular activity, which may indicate a deficiency of ACh among patients with ... Related articles - All 3 versions
J Lu… - Parkinson's Disease, 2011 - Wiley Online Library ... both (see Figure 22.4). REM atonia systems Embedded within both ... However, the withdrawal of glutamatergic motor tone from silencing of the LPT may also play a major role in REM atonia [12]. A dominant theory in the past was ... Related articles - All 2 versions
NT Economou, A Bonakis, A Ghika… - The …, 2011 - journals.lww.com ... 1 RBD is characterized by an intermittent or complete loss of REM sleep muscle atonia that leads to the enactment of the oneiric imagery. ... A baseline EMG signal for atonia is determined for each subject (usually, it is between 3 and 7 μV). ...
YY Lai… - Rapid Eye Movement Sleep: Regulation …, 2011 - books.google.com Page 139. Section III Neuronal regulation Chapter 13 Pontomedullary mediated REM-sleep atonia Yuan-Yang Lai and Jerome M. Siegel Summary The medial pontomedullary reticular formation has been implicated in the control of motor activity in REM sleep. ... Related articles
Y Dauvilliers… - Narcolepsy, 2011 - Springer ... REM behavior disorder (RBD) is currently clas- sified as a parasomnia related to REM sleep, char- acterized by loss of REM sleep muscle atonia with a constant enactment of dream content [2, 7]. Sleep behaviors may produce injuries to the patient and/or the bed partner, being ...