THE VON-SALLMANN-LECTURE 1996 - AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF REM-SLEEP

Authors
MAURICE DM
Citation
Dm. Maurice, THE VON-SALLMANN-LECTURE 1996 - AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF REM-SLEEP, Experimental Eye Research, 66(2), 1998, pp. 139-145
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Experimental Eye Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00144835
Volume
66
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
139 - 145
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-4835(1998)66:2<139:TV1-AO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The hypothesis is advanced that the purpose of the eyeball movements d uring REM sleep is to stir the aqueous humor behind the closed lids an d so avoid the risk that its stagnation could cause corneal anoxia. Th e relevance of the hypothesis to evolutionary biology and intensive ca re nursing is discussed. (C) 1998 Academic Press Limited.