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The mode of sweating during daytime sleep was investigated in association with the pattern of EEG by a polygraphical method.
Sweating on the palm was rarely present throughout the course of the nap.
Sweat rate on the non-palmar skin began to increase during drowsiness and continued to rise in association with deepening of sleep. It reached the maximal level in the deep sleep and remained at a rather stable level as long as the deep sleep persisted. Sweat rate generally changed in parallel with the EEG depth of sleep throughout the course of the nap, with occasional exceptions. A remarkable drop of sweat rate was usually seen in the paradoxical phase of sleep.
Possible central mechanism of sweating during sleep is briefly discussed.
