Characteristics of Slow Wave Sleep are
High-Yield Explanation
(C) Heart rate and respiratory rate become irregular > Slow waves in the EEG and their behavioral correlate, slow-wave sleep, can be produced by stimulation of at least three subcortical regions.> The diencephalic sleep zone is in the posterior hypothalamus and the nearby intralaminar and anterior thalamic nuclei.> The stimulus frequency must be about 8 Hz; faster stimuli produce arousal.