REM sleep deprivation: The wrong paradigm leading to wrong conclusions
Jan Born a1andSteffen Gais a1 a1 Clinical Neuroendocrinology, Medical University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
born@kfg.mu.luebeck.de
Abstract
There are obvious flaws in REM sleep suppression paradigms that do not allow any conclusion to be drawn either pro or contra the REM sleep-memory hypothesis. However, less intrusive investigations of REM sleep suggest that this sleep stage or its adjunct neuroendocrine characteristics exert a facilitating influence on certain aspects of ongoing memory formation during sleep.
