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SLEEP
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 118-126Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/24.1.118
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EEG correlation; EEG coherence; gamma activity; REM sleep; NREM sleep; paradoxical sleep; dreaming
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Study Objectives: Coherent activity of fast activity has been postulated to be a common language of the brain involved in the processing of information and in integration of spatially separated but temporally correlated stimuli into whole events. Any disruption affecting temporality would result in distortion of cognitive activity. Dreaming during paradoxical sleep (PS) shows cognitive alterations that mimic frontal lobe dysfunction, Decreased temporal coupling of EEG between frontal and perceptual regions was hypothesized. The main objective was to explore temporal relationships of fast activity among these regions. Design: N/A Setting: N/A Participants: 8 young adults, Interventions: N/A Measurements and Results: Interhemispheric (INTERr) and intrahemispheric (INTRAr) EEG correlation spectra (1-50 Hz) were obtained for wakefulness, stage 2, stage 4, and PS during the second night spent at the laboratory. INTERr showed a significant overall increase during sleep in comparison to wakefulness, whereas INTRAr of fast activity (27-48 Hz) between frontal-perceptual regions (F-P, F-O, F-T, FpP, Fp-T) decreased exclusively during PS while INTRAr among perceptual regions (P-O, P-T, O-T) maintained wakefulness values. Conclusions: Present results demonstrate state- and frequency-dependent shifts on temporal coupling. The hypothesized decrease in correlation of fast activity between frontal and perceptual regions during PS was confirmed, This decrease of temporal coupling might underlie the lass of voluntary direction of thinking and congruence with social and temporal context and the lack of judgment and passive acceptance of bizarreness during PS dreaming. The wakefulness levels in correlation of fast activity among perceptual regions might explain perceptual acuity during PS dreaming.
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