Why do you begin to twitch just as you fall asleep (neurologically)?

Subject: Why do you begin to twitch just as you fall asleep (neurologically)?

Date: Wed Dec 9 14:32:47 1998
Posted by AB Smith
Grade level: undergrad
School: Carolina School of Massage Therapy
City: Hillsborough State/Province: NC
Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Neuroscience
ID: 913235567.Ns

Message:


Physiologyically (neurologically), what happens when you begin to 
fall asleep and you begin to twitch?  I am interested in relating 
this topic to the study of the nervous system.  Is there some 
change that stimulates a rush of action potentials?

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