REM sleep - Rapid Eye Movement Sleep - REMS

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REMS, REM sleep or Rapid eye movement sleep is a unique phase of sleep in mammals and birds, characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly. The REM phase is also known as paradoxical sleep and sometimes desynchronized sleep, because of physiological similarities to waking states including rapid, low-voltage desynchronized brain waves.

REM sleep is physiologically different from the other phases of sleep, which are collectively referred to as non-REM sleep. REM and non-REM sleep alternate within one sleep cycle, which lasts about 90 minutes in adult humans.

DREAMING:

In 1953, Professor Nathaniel Kleitman and his student Eugene Aserinsky defined rapid eye movement and linked it to dreams. Waking up sleepers during a REM phase is a common experimental method for obtaining dream reports; 80% of neurotypical people can give some kind of dream report under these circumstances. Sleepers awakened from REM tend to give longer, more narrative descriptions of the dreams they were experiencing, and to estimate the duration of their dreams as longer. Lucid dreams are reported far more often in REM sleep. In fact these could be considered a hybrid state combining essential elements of REM sleep and waking consciousness.

BRAIN STEM:

Neural activity during REM sleep seems to originate in the brain stem, especially the pontine tegmentum and locus coeruleus. REM sleep is punctuated and immediately preceded by PGO (ponto-geniculo-occipital) waves, bursts of electrical activity originating in the brain stem. These waves occur in clusters about every 6 seconds for 1–2 minutes during the transition from deep to paradoxical sleep. They exhibit their highest amplitude upon moving into the visual cortex and are a cause of the "rapid eye movements" in paradoxical sleep. Other muscles may also contract under the influence of these waves.

RAPID EYE MOVEMENT:

Most of the eye movements in "rapid eye movement" sleep are in fact less rapid than those normally exhibited by waking humans. They are also shorter in duration and more likely to loop back to their starting point. About seven such loops take place over one minute of REM sleep. The eye movements themselves may relate to the sense of vision experienced in the dream, but a direct relationship remains to be clearly established. Congenitally blind people, who do not typically have visual imagery in their dreams, still move their eyes in REM sleep. An alternative explanation suggests that the functional purpose of REM sleep is for procedural memory processing, and the rapid eye movement is only a side effect of the brain processing the eye-related procedural memory.

REM ATONIA:

REM atonia, an almost complete paralysis of the body, is accomplished through the inhibition of motor neurons. When the body shifts into REM sleep, motor neurons throughout the body undergo a process called hyperpolarization. A Lack of REM atonia causes REM behavior disorder, sufferers of which physically act out their dreams, or conversely "dream out their acts", under an alternative theory on the relationship between muscle impulses during REM and associated mental imagery (which would also apply to people without the condition, except that commands to their muscles are suppressed). This is different from conventional sleepwalking, which takes place during slow-wave sleep, not REM.

CREATIVITY:

People awakened from REM have performed better on tasks like anagrams and creative problem-solving. Sleep aids the process by which creativity forms associative elements into new combinations that are useful or meet some requirement. This occurs in REM sleep rather than in NREM sleep.

DEPRIVATION:

Selective REMS deprivation causes a significant increase in the number of attempts to go into REM stage while asleep. On recovery nights, an individual will usually move to stage 3 and REM sleep more quickly and experience a REM rebound, which refers to an increase in the time spent in REM stage over normal levels. After the deprivation is complete, mild psychological disturbances, such as anxiety, irritability, hallucinations, and difficulty concentrating may develop and appetite may increase. There are also positive consequences of REM deprivation. Some symptoms of depression are found to be suppressed by REM deprivation.

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I was watching my sister sleep and her eyes were moving so I searched it up I thought something was wrong with her 😹

idax
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super fascinating, truly, especially since it seems to happen in mammals other than humans, and birds. Definitely an evolutionary link. Hopefully we do find out the true nature of it someday

Gokuyen
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Omg thank you i was searching about this, and i wanted to see how are the eyes moving while "REM"

samaemad
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The eyes rlly are the windows to the soul and when the physical body rests the eyes still seek stimulation through the soul

Barfigarfi
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Here because I’d heard Michael Jackson went 60 days without REM sleep. He would almost never sleep, and when he did, the sleep wasn’t deep enough to make it REM sleep.

Shocking being how the longest recorded time someone went without sleep was 11 days. It seems impossible!

ZeldaFreakby
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This REM vid is amazing!! I am just wondering if I can use this vid at school to show my friends? It will be delighting..

pacifics
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When I heard rapid eye movement, I thought the eyes moved faster than that.

santinojozefmiller
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Its kind of scary to think about it, when you read the 2nd theory for the cause of the rapid eye movement in the description, you start to see the human body more as a mashine that is undergoing maintenance during the sleep...
The more i learn about human anatomy and behaviour the more i believe we are just mashines, made out of molecules without a soul defining our individual personality.
Thank you btw for the description + source :)

Daddy-sama
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This happens to me while I’m awake and it can be very distressing. Usually it only happens when I’m discussing my trauma or am in an anxiety-induced state. If I close my eyes to stop it, it just gets worse so I keep my eyes open and focus on something instead.

Does anyone know why my eyes move rapidly back and forth while I’m awake during stressful periods?

SillyChickens
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I have REM I just found out today . In ever knew this is what happens the claim it makes us forget our dreams when we wake up and I have that same issue

edemgunu
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It’s as if the eye movements are correlating with a dream - the brain experiencing stimuli through dreams could, I’d imagine, send signals to the eyes and they’re acting out how the eye movements would be occurring in that dream. I could be horribly wrong and mistaken, but it’s just a thought!

kierandoran
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It's my lecturer making us watch these 😂

boi
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As an artist I am currently studying anatomy and by extension facial features. While studying the eyes, I realized how much the eyelids move when we shift our gaze. Some if it is eyelids' vertical shift to account for visibility and light, but some of it I could not figure out the cause of and internet was not being helpful. Then I realized that our eyes push out a bump in the eyelids, which is what changes the arch and curvature of the eyelids.
One thing that isn't really needed for me to know but one I havent figured out yet if this bulge is caused by the bump that is the iris? Or is it caused by minor movements of the eyeball inside the skull? Or is the axis of the eyes' rotation not in the middle but on a more extended point?

wisgarus
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Im trying to connect the dots on how this relates to sleep paralysis….

lakyah.w
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did she dream that someone was watching her?

giobikefans
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dumb question but real talk what if u dont got eyes 👀can you still go through rem sleep?

xyvql
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This happens to me at my bf house I usually have nightmares there

Sharon.lovera
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Wait God is so cool 🔥 Please if you don’t know Jesus, accept him today because my goodness he is amazing and will change your life for the best! Like HOW DID HE THINK OF ALL OF THIS?! 🤯 it makes sense because we are Spirit beings. And when the body is completely at rest, our spirit is still awake and the eyes are seeing in the spirit! This how we have dreams! Wow God blows my mind consistently 🔥🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾

Danielathebrand
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कल रात मुझे हुआ और भी कभी कभी होता है 😶

VijayHLV
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What if REM is tied to quantum physics?

IceBear