Proposed effects of brain noradrenaline on neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow during REM sleep.
We propose that the observed increases of both neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow seen throughout the brain during REM sleep may be effects of decreased central noradrenaline release.
D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002415:Cats; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000502:physiology; D012895:Sleep, REM
D009638:Norepinephrine