The echidna manifests typical characteristics of rapid eye movement sleep

Authors
Nicol, SC Andersen, NA Phillips, NH Berger, RJ
Citation
Sc. Nicol et al., The echidna manifests typical characteristics of rapid eye movement sleep, NEUROSCI L, 283(1), 2000, pp. 49-52
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
ISSN journal
03043940 → ACNP
Volume
283
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
49 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3940(20000331)283:1<49:TEMTCO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The failure to identify rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) in an early study o f the echidna at an unmeasured ambient temperature (T-a) was unexpected, as its brain stem structures resemble those that generate REMS in other mamma ls. However, typical mammalian REMS was evident in echidnas exposed to seve ral T(a)s. The parallel presence of REMS in birds points to its reptilian o rigin. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reser ved.