rapid eye movement in English

noun
1
a jerky motion of a person's eyes occurring in REM sleep.
Sleep occurs in two states: sleep with rapid eye movement and sleep with no rapid eye movement .
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1. Dreaming occurs especially during periods of rapid eye movement, called REM sleep.

2. 21 Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation can modulate visceral hypersensitivity by increasing pain threshold to CRD.

3. Active sleep, or REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, takes up about 25 percent of our total sleeping time.

4. Positron emission tomography was used to measure cerebral activity and to evaluate regional interrelationships within visual Cortices and their projections during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in human subjects

5. Complex feedback loops involving cytokines, such as interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor-α produced in response to infection, appear to also play a role in the regulation of non-rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.