The function of sleep is to regulate brain excitability in order to satisfy the requirements imposed by waking

Sleep and wakefulness

1963 • 1,091 citations

Brainstem control of the events of rem sleep

1984 • 190 citations

Discharge patterns of the nucleus parabrachialis lateralis neurons of the cat during sleep and waking

1977 • 179 citations

Neuronal activity specific to REM sleep and its relationship to breathing

1977 • 117 citations

Is vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) a sleep factor?

1984 • 116 citations

Discharge patterns of cat pontine brain stem neurons during desynchronized sleep

1975 • 112 citations

C-fos expression in the pons and medulla of the cat during carbachol-induced active sleep.

1993 • 96 citations

C-fos expression in the pons and medulla of the cat during carbachol- induced active sleep

1993 • 85 citations

Increasing PGO spike density by auditory stimulation increases the duration and decreases the latency of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep

1983 • 84 citations

Prolactin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, and peptide histidine methionine elicit selective increases in REM sleep in rabbits

1989 • 82 citations

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide promotes sleep without effects on brain temperature in rats at night

1986 • 46 citations

Decrease of rapid-eye-movement sleep in the light by intraventricular application of a VIP-antagonist in the rat

1988 • 43 citations

c-fos proto-oncogene change in relation to REM sleep duration

1992 • 39 citations

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of sleep-deprived cats restores REM sleep in insomniac recipients

1986 • 32 citations

Effects of peptides (DSIP, DSIP analogues, VIP, GRF and CCK) on sleep in the rat.

1986 • 29 citations

Effects of auditory stimulation during rapid eye movement sleep in healthy volunteers and depressed patients

1991 • 20 citations

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) spike density are increased by somatic stimulation

1987 • 19 citations

Sleep and medial reticular unit responses to protein synthesis inhibitors: Effects of chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol

1982 • 14 citations

REM sleep enhancement induced by sensory stimulation is prevented by kainic acid lesion of the pontine reticular formation

1989 • 11 citations