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Nrem meaning

Non-rapid eye movement, non-REM; designating the stage or stages of sleep when there is no dreaming and brain activity is reduced.

Synonyms of Nrem

orthodox sleep nrem sleep nonrapid eye movement sleep slumber

Related words

Other words often associated with Nrem or its synonyms:

kip rest quiescence death dormancy quietus period nap wake

Using Nrem

  • The main meaning on this page is: Non-rapid eye movement, non-REM; designating the stage or stages of sleep when there is no dreaming and brain activity is reduced.
  • Useful related words include: orthodox sleep, nrem sleep, nonrapid eye movement, sleep.
  • In the example corpus, nrem often appears in combinations such as: nrem sleep, nrem and, of nrem.

Context around Nrem

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

light 1× deep 1× rem 1×

Often after:

sleep 9× non 1×

Sentence patterns with Nrem

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

activity during nrem sleep that 1× and deep nrem 1× are in nrem sleep 1× cycles of nrem and rem 1× dreaming and nrem non rem 1× engaged in nrem sleep 1× evidence that nrem sleep is 1× non rem nrem sleep is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

during a normal 1× one group engaged 1× procedural memories are 1× sleep proceeds in 1× slow wave or 1× the fact that 1×

Common sentence endings:

in nrem sleep 2× a sleep episode 1× and deep nrem 1× and rem sleep 1× as procedural memory 1× declarative explicit memories 1×

Words around Nrem

Just before it in the word index:

nrel 4 nrega 6 nre 6 nrdcl 3 nrdc 13 nrd 7

Just after it in the word index:

nren 2 nrens 3 nrf 26 nrfa 6 nrff 2 nrfu 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Nrem

  • In this selection, "nrem" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, light, deep, rem, sleep and non stand out and add context to how "nrem" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include activity during nrem sleep that and and deep nrem. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nrem" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nrem

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Slow-wave, or non-REM (NREM) sleep, is associated with the consolidation of declarative (explicit) memories. (16 words)

Three broad types of distinct brain activity patterns can be measured: REM, light NREM and deep NREM. (17 words)

During a normal night of sleep, a person will alternate between periods of NREM and REM sleep. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The fact that birds and mammals are the only known animals to exhibit REM and NREM sleep indicates a common trait before divergence. citation Reptiles are therefore the most logical group to investigate the origins of sleep. (37 words)

This memory decrement results specifically from the loss of stage 2, NREM sleep. citation Declarative memory has also been shown to benefit from sleep, but not in the same way as procedural memory. (33 words)

There are two types of sleep: REM sleep (with dreaming) and NREM (non-REM, usually without dreaming) sleep, which repeat in slightly varying patterns throughout a sleep episode. (28 words)

Example sentences (14)

Three broad types of distinct brain activity patterns can be measured: REM, light NREM and deep NREM.

We tend to cycle from the three stages of NREM into REM sleep four to six times per night.

During a normal night of sleep, a person will alternate between periods of NREM and REM sleep.

If you are observing someone sleeping and you see them turn, toss, or roll over, this indicates that they are in NREM sleep.

It is the high spindle activity, low oscillation activity, and delta wave activity during NREM sleep that helps to contribute to declarative memory consolidation.

One group engaged in REM sleep, and one group did not (meaning that they engaged in NREM sleep).

Procedural memories are a form of nondeclarative memory, so they would most benefit from slow-wave, or NREM sleep.

Sleep proceeds in cycles of NREM and REM, normally in that order and usually four or five of them per night.

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Slow-wave, or non-REM (NREM) sleep, is associated with the consolidation of declarative (explicit) memories.

The fact that birds and mammals are the only known animals to exhibit REM and NREM sleep indicates a common trait before divergence. citation Reptiles are therefore the most logical group to investigate the origins of sleep.

The investigators found that the subjects who engaged only in NREM sleep did not show much improvement.

There are two types of sleep: REM sleep (with dreaming) and NREM (non-REM, usually without dreaming) sleep, which repeat in slightly varying patterns throughout a sleep episode.

This memory decrement results specifically from the loss of stage 2, NREM sleep. citation Declarative memory has also been shown to benefit from sleep, but not in the same way as procedural memory.

This study gives evidence that NREM sleep is a significant factor in consolidating motor skill procedural memories, therefore sleep deprivation can impair performance on a motor learning task.

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Common combinations with nrem

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nrem" in a sentence?
An example: "Three broad types of distinct brain activity patterns can be measured: REM, light NREM and deep NREM." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "nrem" from authentic English texts.
What does "nrem" mean?
Nrem means: Non-rapid eye movement, non-REM; designating the stage or stages of sleep when there is no dreaming and brain activity is reduced.
What are synonyms of "nrem"?
Common synonyms of "nrem" include: orthodox sleep, nrem sleep, nonrapid eye movement, sleep, slumber.
How many example sentences with "nrem" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "nrem", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.