reading

K (Key Word)

I (Information about Word)

M (Memory Clue

Melatonin

REM

-Mel-a-tone-in

-a hormone that controls sleepiness and wakefulness

-produced in pineal gland

-can be a pill for insomnia

-Stage of sleep when we dream and have rapid eye movement

-25% of sleep each night is in REM stage

-we enter REM sleep several times per night

-interruption in REM sleep can cause learning problems and migraines