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| Aloe,F.; Amzica,F.; Hening,W.; Menna-Barreto,L.; Pinto Jr.,L.R.; Velluti,R.; Vertes,R.; Timo-Iaria,C.. |
| This article is a transcription of an electronic symposium held on February 5, 2001 by the Brazilian Society of Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC) during which eight specialists involved in clinical and experimental research on sleep and dreaming exposed their personal experience and theoretical points of view concerning these highly polemic subjects. Unlike most other bodily functions, sleep and dreaming cannot, so far, be defined in terms of definitive functions that play an ascribable role in maintaining the organism as a whole. Such difficulties appear quite clearly all along the discussions. In this symposium, concepts on sleep function range from a protective behavior to an essential function for maturation of the nervous system. Kleitman's hypothesis... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sleep; Dreams; Consciousness; Rapid eye movement; REM. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001001200002 |
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