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Magnetic stimulation of the human brain during phasic and tonic REM sleep: recordings from distal and proximal muscles
Authors:Stalder  Rösler  Nirkko  Hess
Institution:Department of Neurology, University of Berne, Inselspital, CH-3010 Berne/Switzerland
Abstract:SUMMARY  During REM sleep, a powerful postsynaptic inhibition of spinal motoneurons induces a generalized muscle hypotonia. Despite this inhibition, it has been shown that by transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain (TMS), muscle responses of normal amplitude can be evoked in small hand muscles of humans. Tonic innervation during sleep is different in postural vs. limb muscles, and the spinal inhibition differs during tonic vs. phasic REM episodes. Both phenomena may affect muscle responses to TMS. In this study, muscle responses of 14 healthy subjects were compared to TMS in abductor digiti minimi, lumbar erector spinae, trapezius, and diaphragm during phasic and tonic REM sleep. In all four muscles, the amplitudes of the muscle responses were extremely variable, ranging for example in trapezius from -100% to +473% as compared to wakefulness. There was no systematic difference between the muscles. Moreover, no differences were found for TMS during phasic REM events compared to tonic REM sleep. Thus, responses to TMS during REM sleep may be preserved, with a decreased or increased amplitude. As a likely explanation, the cortical excitability and/or the spinal inhibition fluctuates during REM sleep in humans.
Keywords:magnetic brain stimulation  motor-evoked potentials  muscle hypotonia  REM sleep
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