Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 63-77 , February 2001

Brain structures and mechanisms involved in the generation of REM sleep

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☆ Correspondence to be addressed to: Prof. Fernando Reinoso-Suárez, Departamento de Morfologı́a, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Arzobispo Morcillo s/n, 28029 Madrid, Spain. Fax: +34 91 397 5353. E-mail: fernando.reinoso@uam.es

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doi: 10.1053/smrv.2000.0136

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 63-77 , February 2001

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