NMP Duke final Flashcards
(105 cards)
Types of Sleep
normal sleep + REM sleep
Normal sleep
Stage 1
β-waves
Normal sleep
Stage 2
α-waves
Normal sleep
Stage 3
θ-waves; considered; light sleep; broken into stages I and II
Normal sleep
Stage 3
part 1
α with θ; the θ waves characteristic of light sleep are taking over the awake brain
Normal sleep
Stage 3
part 2
θ with spindles (spindles are alpha bursts; its like the awake doesn’t want to let go)
Normal sleep
Stage 4
δ-waves; considered deep sleep; broken into stages III and IV
Normal sleep
Stage 4
part 3
δ with spindles; deeper sleep is setting in but
α still tries to burst in
Normal sleep
Stage 4
part 4
δ
A person gets more out of sleep if they go through these stages _____________
in order
Physiologic Properties of Deep Sleep
Stage 4
↓ respiratory rate (10-8 bpm)
↓ muscle tone
↓ sympathetic tone (can drop by 10 -30%)
↓ metabolic rate (MR)
↑parasympathetic tone (↓HR, ↑ GI motility/secretions, relaxed sphincters, sexual arousal)
REM sleep
AKA
paradoxical sleep, or
β-wave sleep
REM sleep
occurs every
90 mins
REM sleep
duration
2-3 minutes, up to 30 mins (rarely longer than 10 mins)
REM sleep
β-waves come heavily from
striate cortex
During REM sleep what tract is activated by the PPN?
lateral reticulospinal tract
During activation of the reticulospinal tract by the PPN, what is happening?
inhibiting extensors, so you’re paralyzed during REM
How does the PPN regulate REM?
first sending to the LG; PPN→LG→Striate cortex
area 17
Regulation of Wakefulness vs. Sleep Centers
AKA
flip-flop circuit
Narcolepsy
a sudden loss of muscle tone
that is often accompanied by the onset of sleep
Orexin / hypocretin
produced primarily in lateral and tuberal (medial) hypothalamus; it is responsible for
wakefulness
narcoleptic people often show decreased
levels of orexin
If both (ascending chemical pathways (wakefulness), and PPN (REM))are stimulated, why don't we have wakefulness and REM and the same time?
The asecnding pathways actually inhibit the PPN
so if orexin is firing, the net result is wakefulness because orexin’s stimulative effect on the PPN
is negated
pre-optic nucleus
(anterior medial hypothalamus)
induces
non-REM sleep