NREM sleep: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	non-REM sleep • non-rapid eye movement sleep

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A diagram of EEG tracings displays brain wave patterns for wakefulness and three sleep stages, highlighting features like theta waves, sleep spindles, K-complexes, and slow waves.

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