Correlations between body temperatures, metabolic rate and slow wave sleep in humans.
Amounts of slow wave sleep (SWS) in men exposed to either thermoneutral (29 degrees C) or cool (21 degrees C) ambient temperatures were positively correlated with tympanic and rectal temperatures at SWS onset. Decreases in each temperature measure between sleep onset and the nightly termination of SWS were negatively correlated with oxygen consumption during SWS.
Berger
R J
RJ
Department of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz 95064.
Palca
J W
JW
Walker
J M
JM
Phillips
N H
NH
D000328:Adult; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*