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What is the importance of REM sleep????

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  #2

Normal Sleep
Stages:

1.REM
-aroused EEG patterns
-sexual arousal
-saccadic eye movements
-gen. muscular atony
-dreams

2.NREM
-slowing of the EEG rhythms
-absence of eye movements
-high muscle tone

  #3

Once again......I am not asking about the REM sleep but I am asking about its importance........mean if it disturbed then what will be effects occur in people....that are normally occured during REM sleep.... :lol:

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  #4

oopps i did it again... sorry.. that would b my reference then...


REM importance- awake vs alert stage
possibly memory processing fxn.

  #5

1)Long term memory is consolidated in Hippocampus during this stage.
2)To learn & perform complex tasks
3)to deal with crisis situation..
4)For studying..

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