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rapid eye movement sleep
Sign in to saveAlso known as REM sleep, REMS, paradoxical sleep, PS, desynchronized sleep, Rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, Sleep, REM, dream sleep
unique phase of sleep in mammals and birds, characterized by random/rapid movement of the eyes
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 458 inbound references to rapid eye movement sleep, and connects out to sleepwalking, sleep and hallucination.
Vinony files it under Dream, Neurophysiology and Sleep physiology.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
29,019 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sleep
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- opposite of
- non-rapid eye movement sleep
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
A sample hypnogram (electroencephalogram of sleep) showing sleep cycles characterized by increasing paradoxical (REM) sleep
EEG of a mouse that shows REM sleep being characterized by prominent theta-rhythm
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rapid eye movement sleep” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.