Developmental decrease in REM sleep: the shift to kainate receptor regulation

We found a shift in the responsiveness of pedunculopontine neurons from N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) to kainic acid (KA) regulation around 15 days of age. While rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in humans decreases from 50 to 15% of sleep time between birth and the end of puberty, a similar decrease... View More