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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Brain Waves > Delta Rhythm
Physiological Phenomena > Electrophysiological Phenomena > Brain Waves > Delta Rhythm
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Electrodiagnosis > Electroencephalography > Brain Waves > Delta Rhythm
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological > Electroencephalography > Brain Waves > Delta Rhythm

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Delta Rhythm  

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Scope note

  • Brain waves seen on EEG characterized by a high amplitude and a frequency of 4 Hz and below. They are considered the "deep sleep waves" observed during sleep in dreamless states, infancy, and in some brain disorders.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003700

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