[en] Human brain function is regionally organised during paradoxical sleep (PS) in a very different way than during wakefulness or slow wave sleep. The important activity in the pons and in the limbic/paralimbic areas constitutes the key feature of the functional neuroanatomy of PS, together with a relative quiescence of prefrontal and parietal associative cortices. Two questions are still outstanding. What neurocognitive and neurophysiological mechanisms may explain this original organization of brain function during PS? How the pattern of regional brain function may relate to dream content? Although some clues are already available, the experimental answer to both questions is still pending.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Maquet, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Ruby, P.
Schwartz, S.
Laureys, Steven ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Albouy, Geneviève ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Dang Vu, Thien Thanh ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de Recherches du cyclotron - Département des sciences cliniques > Neurologie
Desseilles, Martin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron - Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Boly, Mélanie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron > Neurologie
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