light sleep

physiology

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study of sleep

  • electroencephalogram
    In sleep: Light and deep sleep

    …the various NREM stages is light sleep and which is deep sleep? The criteria used to establish sleep depth are the same as those used to distinguish sleep from wakefulness. In terms of motor behaviour, motility decreases (depth increases) from stages 1 through 3. By criteria of sensory responsivity, thresholds…

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