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| inner rhythms that appear to control a variety of biologic processes |
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| Circadian synchronization |
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| the person is awake when the physiologic and psychologic rhythms are most active and is asleep when the physiologic and psychologic rhythms are most inactive |
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| a stroking massage technique |
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| Electroencephalogram (EEG) |
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| a graph of the electrical activity of the brain |
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| inability to obtain a sufficient quality or quantity of sleep |
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| a condition in which an individual experiences an uncontrollable desire for sleep or attacks of sleep during the day |
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| orgasm and emission of semen during sleep |
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| NREM sleep (Non-REM sleep) |
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| a deep restful sleep rate; also called slow wave sleep |
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| a cluster or pattern of waking behavior that appears during sleep, such as somnambulism (sleepwalking), sleeptalking, and enuresis (bedwetting) |
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| a cluster or pattern of waking behavior that appears during sleep, such as somnabulism (sleepwalking), sleeptalking, and enuresis (bedwetting) |
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| the person's sleep problem is the main disorder; include insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, and sleep deprivation |
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| sleep during which the person experiences rapid eye movements |
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| calmness, relaxation without emotional stress, and freedom from anxiety |
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| Secondary sleep disorders |
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| sleep disturbance caused by another clinical disorder |
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| an altered state of consciousness in which the individual's perception of and reaction to the environment are decreased |
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| periodic cessation of breathing during sleep |
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| a syndrome caused by decreases in amount, quality, and consistency of sleep; produces a variety of physiologic and behavioral symptoms, the severity of which depend on the degree of deprivation |
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