REM
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5.2
- noun
- /rɛm/
- Specialized
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- I always know I'm REM sleep deprived when I'm irritable.
- REM sleep
- rapid eye movement
And, and there's a relationship between REM sleep and fertility, right.
- And, and there's a relationship between REM sleep and fertility, right.
- You build up this pressure for REM sleep, this debt for REM sleep.
- So there's something not quite right with the noradrenaline story in REM sleep in PTSD patients.
- So one could say there, there's some benefit to more REM sleep.
- What changes, however, is the ratio of non REM to R.E.M.
- So psychedelics don't reproduce REM sleep because there are agonists of serotonin.
- So when when you hear REM sleep, that's really allowing your brain to heal and recover.
- I always know I'm REM sleep deprived when I'm irritable.
- Are you awake or are you in REM sleep?
- Importantly, slow wave sleep might increase at the expense of the also important REM sleep.
- So there are some similarities in terms of brain activity between wakefulness and and REM sleep.
- But like it, it heavily weighs deep sleep, REM sleep, and especially the length of sleep.
- We started supplementing with with DHEA and she's like Louisa, my REM sleep has increased.
Examples
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You get hard numbers as to like when you had deep sleep, REM sleep, all that stuff.
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Most of the REM sleep, this dreaming sleep happens in the second-half of the night.
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You build up this pressure for REM sleep, this debt for REM sleep.
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I am in the middle of a REM cycle over here.
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When we sleep, there are two basic phases: REM sleep and deep sleep.
Blog text (11) -
Our brains seem to use sleep, perhaps REM sleep specifically, to lay down new emotional memories.
Blog text (9) -
His eyes rolled and jiggled under his closed lids, a sure sign of REM sleep.
Fiction book (1992) -
People with a REM sleep behavior disorder may enact their dreams while they're in REM sleep, usually keeping their eyes closed.
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And so if you're learning a lot and you need more REM sleep to consolidate that, it will get more REM sleep at the cost of other states of sleep.
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During a typical night, people experience several cycles of non-REM and REM sleep.
Synonyms
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4.1
A stage of sleep with fast eye movement, clear dreams, and high brain activity
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3.9
A stage of sleep when the eyes move quickly and you have vivid dreams
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3.7
A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens
A part of sleep when the eyes move quickly and dreams feel real
Compounds
- Specialized
10
4.1
A stage of sleep with fast eye movement, clear dreams, and high brain activity
Surface Forms
Etymology
REM is the short form of Rapid Eye Movement, literally 'rapid eye movement', named because during this sleep stage your eyes move quickly under your closed lids while you have vivid dreams. So REM now refers to the part of sleep with fast eye movements and strong dreams.