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MeSH Heading: Sleep, REM
Tree Number(s): F02.830.855.796.671; G11.561.803.754.671
Unique ID: D012895
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012895
Scope Note: A stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eye and low voltage fast pattern EEG. It is usually associated with dreaming.
Entry Term(s): Fast-Wave Sleep; Paradoxical Sleep; REM Sleep; Rapid Eye Movements; Rhombencephalic Sleep; Sleep, Fast-Wave
NLM Classification #: WL 108
Previous Indexing: Sleep (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 69
History Note: 69
Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

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Concept UI: M0019972
Scope Note: A stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eye and low voltage fast pattern EEG. It is usually associated with dreaming.
Terms: Sleep, REM Preferred Term
Term UI T038009
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (1969); Paradoxical Sleep
Term UI T038007
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Rhombencephalic Sleep
Term UI T038008
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Fast-Wave Sleep
Term UI T038010
Date07/11/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Sleep, Fast-Wave
Term UI T038011
Date07/11/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); REM Sleep
Term UI T000926683
Date06/12/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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