Neurobiology: REM-Sleep-Promoting 'Goldilocks' Neurons.

Curr Biol

Avian Sleep Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Eberhard-Gwinner-Strasse 5, 82319 Seewiesen, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: July 2019

REM sleep is a paradoxical state accompanied by suspended thermoregulation that is preferentially expressed under optimal ambient temperatures. Komagata and colleagues now demonstrate that activity in hypothalamic melanin concentrating hormone neurons is essential for the temperature-dependent modulation of REM sleep.

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