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

Preferred term

Sleep, Slow-Wave  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2019; use SLEEP 1998-2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077310

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