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Phasic REM, Depression, and the Relationship Between Sleeping and Waking
Peter Hauri, PhD;
David R. Hawkins, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1971;25(1):56-63.
Abstract
Nine depressed inpatients slept from ten to 32 nights in the lab. Night-by-night fluctuations in their EEG sleep recordings were correlated with daily changes in Beck depression scores. A "percentage of phasic REM" measurement was obtained nightly by computing the percentage of 30-second epochs during REM containing at least one eye movement. Nightly fluctuations in percent phasic REM were inversely related to day-by-day changes in depression. This relationship was found whether a patient was treated with ECT or antidepressants. The results suggest that depression might be related to the malfunctioning of a pontine sero serotenergic gating mechanism for the control of PGO spiking during the REM.
Author Affiliations
Charlottesville, Va
From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 9, 1970.
Reprint requests to Sleep Laboratory, Dept of Psychiatry, Dartmouth School of Medicine, Hanover, NH 03755 (Dr. Hauri).
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