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Sleep disorder
The disturbance of normal sleep patterns caused by a broad range of illnesses, including dysfunctional sleep mechanisms, abnormalities in physiological functions during sleep, abnormalities of the biological clock, and sleep disturbances that are induced by factors extrinsic to the sleep process.
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light sleep
Health care; Sleep disorder
Term used in clincial practice to describe non-REM stage 1, and sometimes, stage 2 sleep. People in light sleep drift in and out of sleep and can be awakened easily. Eyes move very slowly and muscle ...
homeostasis
Health care; Sleep disorder
The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its internal processes. From the Greek "to remain the same".
sleep maintenance
Health care; Sleep disorder
The ability to remain asleep for a long period of time
cerebral cortex
Health care; Sleep disorder
The brain’s outer layer of gray tissue that is responsible for higher nervous function.
brain waves
Health care; Sleep disorder
The brain's spontaneous electrical activity studied by electroencephalography (EEG).
pons
Health care; Sleep disorder
The brainstem region critical for initiating rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
cytoplasm
Health care; Sleep disorder
The cytoplasm is the gel-like substance or protoplasm outside a cell nucleus. It is within the cytoplasm that most cellular activities occur, such as many metabolic pathways including glycolysis, and ...
