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Deprivation of REM sleep

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Posted by SleepyTimeGal on July 26, 2009 at 08:43:18:

Some posters have asked why REM sleep is all that important since no one seems to know exactly what happens during that sleep phase. I ran across this statement by Andrew Newberg, M.D.. "Deprive a rat, which normally lives about two years, of REM sleep and the poor thing will survive for about five weeks."

He cited Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep.htm.

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