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. 1988 Mar 31;86(2):230-4.
doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(88)90576-9.

Correlations between body temperatures, metabolic rate and slow wave sleep in humans

R J Berger  1 , J W Palca, J M Walker, N H Phillips
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Correlations between body temperatures, metabolic rate and slow wave sleep in humans

R J Berger et al. Neurosci Lett. .

Abstract

Amounts of slow wave sleep (SWS) in men exposed to either thermoneutral (29 degrees C) or cool (21 degrees C) ambient temperatures were positively correlated with tympanic and rectal temperatures at SWS onset. Decreases in each temperature measure between sleep onset and the nightly termination of SWS were negatively correlated with oxygen consumption during SWS.

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