Periodic respiratory pattern occurring in conjunction with eye movements during sleep.
With each flurry of rapid eye movements during the sleep of human subjects there is a decreased amplitude of respiration and a slight increase in rate. Occasionally the rhythmic breathing pattern may even resemble Cheyne-Stokes respiration. The consistency of this breathing pattern suggests that respiration in this stage of sleep is not a direct function of dream content.
D004585:Electrooculography; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D010507:Periodicity; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep