Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

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

Preferred term

Sleep, Slow-Wave  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A stage of sleep characterized by synchronized wave activity as observed in the ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; the waves exhibit a frequency of 0.5 to 2 Hz, and a peak-to-peak amplitude greater than 75 microvolts.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Deep Sleep
  • Delta Sleep
  • N3 Sleep
  • NREM Stage 3
  • Slow-Wave Sleep

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VK25BKZP-9

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 7/9/18, last modified 4/29/19