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rapid eye movement
(redirected from paradoxical sleep)

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rapid eye movement
movement of the eyeballs under closed eyelids during paradoxical sleep, which occurs while the sleeper is dreaming


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It is also called paradoxical sleep because of the paradox that the EEG in this sleep stage is similar to that in wakefulness or light sleep, although this is deep sleep in terms of arous-ability.
Breathing disorders during sleep by Pamphlet by: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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