Visceral theory of sleep and origins of mental disorders

Visceral theory of sleep states that the same brain neurons, which process exter- nal information in wakefulness, during sleep switch to the processing of internal information coming from various visceral systems. Here we hypothesize that a failure in the commutation of exteroceptive and interoceptive information flows in the brain can manifest itself as a mental illness.
Source: Medical Hypotheses - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research