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Science 5 November 1965:
Vol. 150. no. 3697, pp. 763 - 766
DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3697.763-a
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Periodic Respiratory Pattern Occurring in Conjunction with Eye Movements during Sleep

Eugene Aserinsky 1

1 Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

With each flurry of rapid eye movements during the sleep of human subjects there is a decreased amplitude of respiration and a slight increase in rate. Occasionally the rhythmic breathing pattern may even resemble Cheyne-Stokes respiration. The consistency of this breathing pattern suggests that respiration in this stage of sleep is not a direct function of dream content.


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