If people are conscious or dreaming, high-amplitude electrical waves {PGO wave} arise in pons, radiate to geniculate body, and then go to occipital cortex. Saccadic eye movements cause potential waves in cholinergic neurons in pons and go to lateral geniculate nucleus and occipital cortex. Signals from aminergic cells inhibit cholinergic neurons. PGO waves accompany desynchronization.
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