Feature project 3 - Sleep - Crossword Labs

4. Sleep ___ is common in children and is also known as "bed-wetting".
7. The ___-synthesis model suggests that our dreams during REM are the result of random neurons firing.
8. Transplants show that the SCN maintains a ___ clock.
11. In stage 3 sleep, long, slow, ___ waves are take place.
15. Biological ___ are normal fluctuations in living organisms that are regulated by an internal clock.
17. Sleep deprivation over a long period of time can negatively affects your ___ system and could lead to death.
18. By electrically stimulating the ___ formation, scientists were able to wake up sleeping animals.
19. Also referred to as sleepwalking, those with ___ appear awake and walk around the room.
20. The menstrual cycle is a ___ rhythm since it is a 28-day cycle.
21. Transgenic mice can still detect light activity without rods and cones due to the ___ in ganglion cells.
22. The suprachiasmatic ___ is found in the hypothalamus and is important for our circadian rhythm.
23. Many elderly people experience ___, which negatively affects their overall health.

1. Animals in free-running maintain their own cycle which is ___ than 24 hours.
2. ___ rhythms are shorter than a day and usually refer to feeding and hormone release.
3. During ___ sleep, the brain is highly active while muscles are paralyzed.
5. ___ is the process of shifting a rhythm in animals.
6. ___ hormone is released mostly during stage 3 sleep.
9. The proteins clock and cycle bind together and form a ___.
10. ___ is a sleeping disorder where individuals experience serious sleep attacks that can occur multiple times a day.
12. ___ rhythms follow a 24-hour cycle and are the most studied of the biological rhythms.
13. In stage 2 sleep, waves called sleep ___ and K complexes are present.
14. ___ don't experience REM sleep because they need to come to the water surface to breathe.
16. When a person is awake, their EEG activity can be referred to as ___ activity, also known as desynchronized EEG.