Theta waves and behavioral manifestations of alertness and dre4aming activity in the rat
Braz. j. med. biol. res
;
25(7): 745-9, 1992. ilus
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in English
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Electro-oscillographic recordings show that when up, behavioral manifestations such as head dorsal extension and snout and eye movements (which occur in this sequence) occasionally followed by brief ear areas 3 and 17 and in the hippocampus. Heart rate increases when the animal passes from synchronized sleep to relaxed wakefulness to exploratory behavior. During desynchronized sleep theta waves, similar to those found during alertness, usually precede and are simultaneous with rostrum and eye movements and brief ear and limb twitches. Heart rate also increases during dreaming activity. A high degree of coherence (near 1.0) was found among theta bursts in different hippocampal areas in both highly attentive alertness and dreaming. It is suggested that theta waves are related to attention as part of some kinds of behavior and of the process of dream shaping and expression, both characterized by consciousness
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Attention
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Sleep
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Theta Rhythm
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Behavior, Animal
/
Conscience
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
/
Medicine
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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