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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Sleep > Sleep Stages > Sleep, REM
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychophysiology > Sleep > Sleep Stages > Sleep, REM
Psychological Phenomena > Psychophysiology > Sleep > Sleep Stages > Sleep, REM
... > Natural Science Disciplines > Biological Science Disciplines > Physiology > Psychophysiology > Sleep > Sleep Stages > Sleep, REM

Preferred term

Sleep, REM  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eye and low voltage fast pattern EEG. It is usually associated with dreaming.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Fast-Wave Sleep
  • Paradoxical Sleep
  • REM Sleep
  • Rhombencephalic Sleep
  • Sleep, Fast-Wave

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In other languages

  • Sommeil paradoxal

    French

  • Sommeil à ondes rapides
  • Sommeil rapide
  • Sommeil rhombencéphalique

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R3BX4C78-B

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