REM Sleep: What Is It Good For?

Katherine E Miller; Philip R Gehrman

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.074

REM Sleep: What Is It Good For?

Curr Biol. 2019 Aug 19;29(16):R806-R807. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.074.

Authors

Katherine E Miller¹, Philip R Gehrman²

Affiliations

¹ Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: gehrman@upenn.edu.

PMID: 31430480
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.074

Abstract

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep serves an important function for processing and consolidating emotional memory. A recent study shows that restless REM sleep impedes this overnight process, providing insights into psychological disorders marked by fragmented REM sleep.

Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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MeSH terms

Acclimatization
Amygdala*
Emotions
Memory
Sleep, REM*