REM SLEEP


Meaning of REM SLEEP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1965

: a state of sleep that recurs cyclically several times during a normal period of sleep and that is characterized especially by increased neuronal activity of the forebrain and midbrain, depressed muscle tone, dreaming, and rapid eye movements — called also paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep — compare slow-wave sleep

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