While we dream, our muscles are paralyzed -- here's how come
Los Angeles Times Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:20 PM PDT
It’s an odd thing: The phase of sleep in which we are most likely to dream -- rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep -- is also a time when our skeletal muscles are paralyzed. Scientists assume this is a helpful mechanism to stop us from flailing around and causing harm when we’re dreaming. |
What Is Rapid Eye Movement Sleep? What Is REM?
Medical News Today Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:06 PM PDT
Rapid eye movement sleep, or REM, is one of the five stages of sleep that most people experience nightly. It is characterized by quick, random movements of the eyes and paralysis of the muscles. The amount of time spent in REM sleep varies significantly with age; it normally makes up around 20-25% of an adult humans total time spent asleep (on average about 90-120 minutes), and approximately 80 ... |
Here's what paralyzes you during sleep
MSNBC Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:40 PM PDT
During the most dream-filled phase of sleep, our muscles become paralyzed, preventing the body from acting out what's going on in the brain. Now, researchers have discovered the brain chemicals that keep the body still in sleep. |
Study identifies how muscles are paralyzed during sleep
EurekAlert! Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:32 PM PDT
Two powerful brain chemical systems work together to paralyze skeletal muscles during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, according to new research in the July 18 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. The finding may help scientists better understand and treat sleep disorders, including narcolepsy, tooth grinding and REM sleep behavior disorder. |
Brain Chemicals That Cause Sleep Paralysis Discovered
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:12 PM PDT
During the most dream-filled phase of sleep, our muscles become paralyzed, preventing the body from acting out what's going on in the brain. Now, researchers have discovered the brain chemicals that keep the body still in sleep. |
Kerry Kennedy’s Ambien Defense: RFK Daughter Will Plead Not Guilty After Tractor-Trailer Crash
The Inquisitr Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:30 PM PDT
Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, is set to plead not guilty in a car crash last week that she says was caused by the use of the sleep aid Ambien. Kerry Kennedy was, according to ABC News, seen driving erratically in Westchester on Friday. The car Kennedy was driving then collided with a [...] Kerry Kennedy’s Ambien Defense: RFK Daughter Will Plead Not Guilty After Tractor-Trailer ... |
Dropping the day sleep
Stuff Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:24 PM PDT
We've just had four nights on the trot where the munchkin has slept through the night, more or less. This is the first time in about six months that this has happened. It's not been as bad as that sounds. Lately she's just been getting up, coming and hopping into bed with us, and then going straight back to sleep, but still, it breaks up the night's sleep in a way that's not ideal, especially ... |
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