EEG studies demonstrated that although C57BR / cd mice spend less time sleeping, a greater proportion of their sleep time is spent in paradoxical sleep (PS)(equivalent to
human rapid eye movement, or REM sleep) than is true of mice of six other inbred strains tested (Pagel et al. 1973).
Not exact matches
Human beings sleep in episodic stages of REM (
rapid eye movement) and non-REM cycles.
The largest effect was on the number of times the mice went in and out of a sleep phase called paradoxical sleep, which resembles REM (
rapid eye movement) sleep in
humans, when dreams occur and memories are strengthened.
As sleep declined,
rapid -
eye movement, or REM — sleep linked to learning and memory (SN: 6/11/16, p. 15)-- came to play an outsize role in
human slumber, the researchers propose.
But Duntley says the cycling resembles the
rapid eye movement sleep of birds and mammals, when
humans dream.
As sleep declined,
rapid -
eye movement — or REM — sleep took on an outsize role in
humans, Nunn and Samson propose.
Research suggests that during REM (
rapid eye movement) sleep, the body is able to restore organs, bones, and tissue; replenish immune cells; and circulate
human growth hormone.
In
humans, most dreams occur during
rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
Humans and dogs share the same SWS (slow wave sleep) as well as REM (
rapid eye movement) while asleep.
This is due to having the same type of
rapid eye movement and slow wave sleep as
humans.
«Dogs and
humans have the same type of slow wave sleep (SWS) and
rapid eye movement (REM) and during this REM stage dogs can dream.