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Science 22 September 1972:
Vol. 177. no. 4054, pp. 1122 - 1124
DOI: 10.1126/science.177.4054.1122
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Relation between REM Sleep and Intracranial Self-Stimulation

Solomon S. Steiner 1 and Steven J. Ellman 1

1 Department of Psychology, City College, City University of News York, New York 10031

Depriving rats of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was shown to lower their thresholds and raise their response rates for rewarding brain stimulation. Conversely, allowing rats to self-stimulate while they were being deprived of this sleep form reduced the amount of REM rebound during recovery from deprivation. These results demonstrate a reciprocal relation between rewarding brain stimulation and REM sleep.


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