During the night, neurons in the pons switch between NREM and REM sleep by sending outputs to the brain stem and spinal cord (causing muscle atonia and chaotic autonomic activity), the forebrain, and the thalamus via cholinergic pathways.

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• Person: Goran Medic, Micheline Wille, Michiel EH Hemels Organization: Dove Press
  Short- and long-term health consequences of sleep disruption

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• Short- and long-term health consequences of sleep disruption www.dovepress.com Goran Medic, Micheline Wille, Michiel EH Hemels · Dove Press via serper

Referenced by nodes (3)

• REM sleep concept
• NREM sleep concept
• brainstem concept