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MeSH Heading: Sleep, Slow-Wave
Tree Number(s): F02.830.855.796.835; G11.561.803.754.835
Unique ID: D000077310
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000077310
Scope Note: A stage of sleep characterized by synchronized wave activity as observed in the ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; the waves exhibit a frequency of 0.5 to 2 Hz, and a peak-to-peak amplitude greater than 75 microvolts.
Entry Term(s): Deep Sleep; Delta Sleep; N3 Sleep; NREM Stage 3; Slow-Wave Sleep
Public MeSH Note: 2019; see SLEEP 1998-2018
History Note: 2019; use SLEEP 1998-2018
Date Established: 2019/01/01
Date of Entry: 2018/07/09
Revision Date: 2019/04/29

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0019958
Scope Note: A stage of sleep characterized by synchronized wave activity as observed in the ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; the waves exhibit a frequency of 0.5 to 2 Hz, and a peak-to-peak amplitude greater than 75 microvolts.
Terms: Sleep, Slow-Wave Preferred Term
Term UI T037989
Date07/11/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); NREM Stage 3
Term UI T000940011
Date02/02/2018
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Delta Sleep
Term UI T000939069
Date01/12/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); N3 Sleep
Term UI T000939070
Date01/12/2018
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Deep Sleep
Term UI T000939071
Date01/12/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Slow-Wave Sleep
Term UI T000939072
Date01/12/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019)

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