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THE cortico-spinal system undergoes consistent modifications during the desynchronized phase of sleep. The integrated pyramidal activity rises to a level even higher than that reached in wakefulness1; the pyramidal tract neurones change their temporal pattern of discharge2; the integrated pyramidal activity increases synchronously with rapid eye movements and myoclonic twitches3; and the sciatic nerve responses to liminar pyramidal stimulation are abolished4.
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BALDISSERA, F., MANCIA, M. Sciatic Nerve Activity evoked by Sensory-motor Cortex Stimulation during Paradoxical Sleep. Nature 209, 1030 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091030a0
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