Dr. V.M. Narbut. On the histological theory of sleep. Review of Psychiatry, Neurology and Experimental Psychology, 1901, No. 3

Abstract

The essence of the histological theory of sleep is as follows: the protoplasmic processes of the nerve elements, due to the contraction of the protoplasm under the influence of the known chemical state, can be lengthened, sometimes shortened; therefore, during sleep, as the defenders of this theory believe, there is a contraction of protoplasmic processes, in consequence of which there is a disconnection of the nervous elements, and impressions from the outside cannot reach the central nervous system.

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