Re: Patterning

What follow are suggested readings in REM neuro-physio pathways. There is little on the web regarding EMDR's neuro pathways and REM neuropathways that I know of. You may want to go to David Baldwin's Trauma Pages, at http://www.trauma-pages.com/emdr-98.htm for an updated list of peer-reviewed articles on EMDR.

I would recommend reading the following:

Aston-Jones, G. & Bloom, E. (1981). Norepinephrine-containing locus coeruleus neurons in behaving rats exhibit pronounced responses to non-noxious environmental stimuli. Journal of Neuroscience, 1: 876-886.

Braun, A.R., Balkin, T.J., Wesensten, N.J., Carson, R.E., Varga, M., Baldwin, P., Selbie, S., Belenky, G. & Herscovitch, P. (1997). Regional cerebral blood flow through the sleep-wake cycle. Brain, 120: 1173-1197.

Hobson, J.A. (1989). Sleep. San Francisco: Freeman Press.

Hobson, J.A. & McCarley, R. (1977). The brain as a dream state generator: an activation synthesis-synthesis hypothesis of the dream process. American Journal of Psychiatry, 134: 1334-1338.

Hobson, J.A., Stickgold, R. & Pace-Schott, E. (1998). The neuropsychology of REM sleep dreaming. Neuroreport 9: R1-R14.

Llinas, R., & Ribary, U. (1993). Coherent 40-Hz oscillation characterizes dream state in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 90: 2078-2081.

Maquet, P., Peters, J.M., Aerts, J.,Delfiore, G, Degueldre, C., Luxen, A. & Franck, G. (1996). Functional neuroanatomy of human rapid-eye-movement sleep and dreaming. Nature, 383: 163-166.

McCarley, R.W. & Hobson, J.A. (1975). Neuronal excitability modulation over the sleep cycle: A structural and mathematical model. Science, 189: 58-60.

Nofzinger, E.A., Mintun, M.A., Wiseman, M.B., Kupfer, D.J. & Moore, R.Y. (1997). Forebrain activation in REM sleep: An FTG PET study. Brain Research, 770: 192-201.

Stickgold, R. (1998a). Sleep: Off-line memory reprocessing. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2, 484-492.

Stickgold, R. (1998b). REM, Memory, PTSD and EMDR. Presented at the EMDR International Association, Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. Available on tape (see bellow)

Stickgold. R., Pace-Schott, E. & Hobson, J.A. (1994), A new paradigm for dream research: Mentation reports following spontaneous arousal from REM and NREM sleep recorded in a home setting. Consciousness and Cognition, 3: 16-29.

Stickgold, R., Rittenhouse, C., & Hobson, J.A. (1995). Control of semantic priming by brain-mind state. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meetings, San Francisco, CA.

Stickgold, R., Scott, L., Rittenhouse, C., & Hobson, J.A. (1998). Sleep induced changes in associative memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 11: 181-192.

Stickgold, R., Whidbee, D., Schirmer, B., Patel, V., & Hobson, J. A. (1999). Visual discrimination learning: A multi-step process requiring both slow wave and REM sleep. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, in press.

You should, also call (in the US) 425-335-5223 and order tape # B900. This is a recorded lecture by van der Kolk and Stickgold. Stickgold gives an overview of his physio-pathways research on REM and speculates that EMDR jump-starts the brain's REM sleep systems.

You can contact me by email to arrange for a transcript of Stickgold's taped lecture and any other info. that I may have.

Good luck,

Uri Bergmann, LCSW, BCD
UBergmann@worldnet.att.net

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