Abstract
Four autistic male subjects (mean age 13.3 years) and 5 normal age-matched control males were studied by night sleep polygraphy. Results showed significantly higher rapid eye movement (REM) density and R index (p = 0.032) and a less evident tendency of REMs to cluster in bursts in autistic subjects. These findings suggest the existence in autistic subjects of an increased redundancy of REMs probably depending on a deficit in inhibitory descending influences from the frontal areas or on a dysregulation of the complex neurochemical mechanism subserving REM sleep.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 348-354 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Brain Dysfunction |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1991 |
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Rapid eye movement modulation during night sleep in autistic subjects. / Elia, M.; Ferri, R.; Musumeci, S. A.; Bergonzi, P.
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AU - Bergonzi, P.
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N2 - Four autistic male subjects (mean age 13.3 years) and 5 normal age-matched control males were studied by night sleep polygraphy. Results showed significantly higher rapid eye movement (REM) density and R index (p = 0.032) and a less evident tendency of REMs to cluster in bursts in autistic subjects. These findings suggest the existence in autistic subjects of an increased redundancy of REMs probably depending on a deficit in inhibitory descending influences from the frontal areas or on a dysregulation of the complex neurochemical mechanism subserving REM sleep.
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