title: An optimal monitor of the rapid-eye-movement brain state.
abstract: A model has been proposed for the stochastic occurrence of bursts of rapid eye movements (REMs) during sleep. REM-burst are simulated by a Poisson counting process with a rate that depends on a binary Markov "sleep state". The corresponding maximum likelihood detector, that continuously monitors the current sleep state based on the observed REM-bursts, has been derived and implemented. Simulations show 97% correct decisions.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D008390:Markov Chains; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011336:Probability; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*; D013269:Stochastic Processes