SLEEP
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-07-22_DJ_26.wmv">Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a brain on a computer screen at the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.</a>)  <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-07-22_DJ_26a.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord is vital for dreaming, as it produces chemicals that keep other parts of the brain active'
the medulla oblongata (or the brain stem)