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Science 14 August 1964:
Vol. 145. no. 3633, pp. 725 - 726
DOI: 10.1126/science.145.3633.725
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Sleep Pattern of Tooth-Grinding: Its Relationship to Dreaming

Georges R. Reding 1, William C. Rubright 1, Allan Rechtschaffen 1, and Robert S. Daniels 1

1 Department of Psychiatry and Walter G. Zoller Memorial Dental Clinic, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Simultaneous recordings of brain waves, eye movements, and masticatory muscle potentials throughout the night demonstrate a temporal relationship between episodes of bruxism (nocturnal grinding of the teeth) and periods of rapid eye movements indicative of dreaming.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Nocturnal Teeth-Grinding: All-Night Psychophysiologic Studies.
G. R. Reding, H. Zepelin, J. E. Robinson Jr, S. O. Zimmerman, and V. H. Smith (1968)
Journal of Dental Research 47, 786-797
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On The Presence of a Rhythmic, Diurnal, Oral Instinctual Drive Cycle in Man A Preliminary Report.
S. Friedman and C. Fisher (1967)
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 15, 317-343
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Incidence of Bruxism.
G. R. Reding, W. C. Rubright, and S. O. Zimmerman (1966)
Journal of Dental Research 45, 1198-1204
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Somnambulism: Psychophysiological Correlates: I. All-Night EEG Studies.
A. KALES, A. JACOBSON, M. J. PAULSON, J. D. KALES, and R. D. WALTER (1966)
Arch Gen Psychiatry 14, 586-594
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Psychoanalytic Implications of Recent Research on Sleep and Dreaming: Part I: Empirical Findings.
C. Fisher (1965)
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 13, 197-270
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