title: The sleep-wake-cycle: basic mechanisms.
abstract: The physiologic characteristics of the sleep-wake states have been well defined and some of the chemical and neuron systems that participate in the cyclic generation and maintenance of these states have been identified. The actual dynamic process by which these systems interact to generate the basic sleep-wake cycle, however, remains a mystery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University Montreal, PQ., Canada.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D004585:Electrooculography; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents