SPONTANEOUS AND INDUCED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY DURING PHYSIOLOGICAL SLEEP OF THE CAT

Abstract

Recent experimental work has shown that in the cat the deepest stage of sleep is electroencephalographically characterized by low voltage fast rhythms, similar to those occurring during wakefulness, and by complete disappearance of muscular tonus. This has been fully confirmed by several findings obtained in our laboratory. The present research has been undertaken with the aim to study the nervous mechanisms underlying this deepest sleep. More particularly, experiments have been done to study the mechanisms responsible for the desynchronization of the electrocortical activity characterizing it. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 25, 1960
Accession Number
AD0257533

Entities

People

  • G.f. Rossi
  • T. Hara

Organizations

  • University of Genoa

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arousal (Physiology)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Electricity
  • Low Voltage
  • Physiology
  • Voltage
  • Wakefulness

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

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