Sawtooth waves: concomitants of rapid eye movement sleep in monkeys.
Sawtooth waves, 2--3 c/sec activity of at least 40 micro V, occurred primarily during clusters of REMs in stump-tailed macaques. On the average the activity began well after the onset of REMs but occasionally occurred soon before or immediately after a cluster of REMs. The activity was clearly defined but occupied less than 0.6% of an 8-h sleep record. A sawtooth burst was, on the average, 7.5 sec in duration.
D000818:Animals; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*