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... > 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
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Sleep > Sleep Stages > Sleep, REM

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Sleep, REM  

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Entry terms

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

Scope note

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

History note

  • 69

In other languages

  • vilkeuni

    Finnish

  • rapid eye movements
  • REM
  • REM-uni
  • REM-sömn

    Swedish

  • Drömsömn
  • Paradoxal sömn
  • Parasömn
  • Rapid eye movement

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012895

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