Sentences with phrase «on rapid eye movement»

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When your baby naps, watch for signs of wakefulness, such as sucking on fingers or fist, rapid eye movement and little sounds.

The largest effect was on the number of times the mice went in and out of a sleep phase called paradoxical sleep, which resembles REM (rapid eye movement) sleep in humans, when dreams occur and memories are strengthened.

Using two commonly prescribed sleep aids — zolpidem and sodium oxybate (Xyrem)-- Mednick, Kaestner and Wixted were able to tease apart the effects of sleep spindles and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep on the recall of emotional memories.

The water extract of Ashwaganda leaf containing rich in triethylene glycol (TEG) promoted non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep significantly and changed rapid eye movement (REM) sleep slightly, while the alcoholic extract containing active withanolides showed no effect on sleep.

Subjects were tested for their rapid eye movement that allows focus to shift on multiple objects in the field of vision (aka saccade) and ability to follow objects moving across the visual field, known as smooth - pursuit.

Answering this question requires classifying neuronal activity patterns recorded from the brain, based on a number of statistical, dynamical and anatomical features and correlating them with observable behaviours, such as the presence or absence of rapid eye movements.

They also miss out on rapid - eye - movement (REM) sleep, which is concentrated in the early morning hours and is critical for forming memories and learning new information.

Researchers from Aarhus University conducted a case - control study on the condition of the dopamine - producing nerve cells in the brain and cells that participate in the brain's immune system in people suffering from rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD).

As sleep declined, rapid - eye movement — or REM — sleep took on an outsize role in humans, Nunn and Samson propose.

This stimulation of the NMDA receptor is believed to have two key effects on sleep: inhibiting muscle activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and lowering core body temperature enough to facilitate sleep in the first place.

On average, they took 10 minutes longer to fall asleep and displayed significantly less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep than the group reading printed books.

Patrick Keesey shows ink drawings in an exhibition at the Marfa Country Clinic entitled Saccade, meaning a rapid intermittent eye movement which occurs when the eyes fix on one point after another in the visual field.

It is based on the discovery that rapid movements of the eye while recalling certain events can reduce anxiety associated with trauma.