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MeSH Heading: Sleep Latency
Tree Number(s): F02.830.855.765; G11.561.803.377
Unique ID: D000074361
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074361
Scope Note: The time it takes to reach REM SLEEP. It is typically measured by POLYSOMNOGRAPHY or EEG as a part of various sleep pattern tests (e.g., multiple sleep latency test).
Entry Term(s): REM Sleep Latency; Sleep Onset Latency
Previous Indexing: Sleep Stages (1978-2017); Sleep, REM (1978-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/07/07

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Sleep Latency MeSH Descriptor Data 2023