Rapid eye movement sleep
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rapid-eye-movement-sleep-164-2554518
title:
Rapid eye movement sleep
text:
Rapid eye movement sleep is a unique phase of sleep in mammals and birds, characterized by random rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly. The REM phase is also known as paradoxical sleep (PS) and sometimes desynchronized sleep or dreamy sleep, because of physiological similarities to waking states including rapid, low-voltage desynchronized brain waves. Electrical and chemical activity regulating this pha
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description:
Phase of sleep characterized by random and rapid eye movements
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_eye_movement_sleep
date created:
2003-01-09T12:17:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T19:37:21Z
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