EPISODE · Sep 19, 2024 · 13 MIN
The Discovery of REM Sleep
from Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine · host Michael H. Silber, M.B., Ch.B.
Many date the start of the field of Sleep Medicine to the discovery of REM sleep by Eugene Aserinsky and Nathaniel Kleitman in 1953. But was it actually discovered 27 years earlier by Russian investigators? In this podcast Dr. Michael Silber discusses the fascinating story of how REM sleep was identified and what this means for Sleep Medicine.
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