Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as atony.

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  • noun Lack of muscle tone.

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  • noun lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

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Examples

  • Often called a nightmare, isolated sleep paralysis is not considered a sleep disorder (as when it occurs with narcolepsy), but rather an extremely disconcerting intrusion of the atonia, or paralysis, of REM sleep carried over into your waking state.

    Janet Kinosian: A Short Guide To Understanding Your Nightmares 2009

  • The neural structures responsible for muscle atonia are located in the dorsolateral portions of the pons located in the brainstem (1).

    Serendip's Exchange Saba Ashraf 2010

  • Physiologically, it is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sleep debt 2010

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    Wii-volution 2010

  • Physiologically, it is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sleep debt 2010

  • One of the main characteristics of the REM stage, muscle atonia, is the temporary paralyzation of skeletal muscle (1).

    Serendip's Exchange Saba Ashraf 2010

  • The muscle atonia prevents individuals from physically carrying out their dreams.

    Serendip's Exchange Saba Ashraf 2010

  • During REM sleep, neural activities generating muscle atonia descend through the medulla and spinal cord, and inhibit the motorneurons in the brainstem and spinal cord (1).

    Serendip's Exchange Saba Ashraf 2010

  • For instance, when humans dream that they are running, they are unable to actually run in reality because of muscle atonia.

    Serendip's Exchange Saba Ashraf 2010

  • In fact, the cause of sleep paralysis is "a marked dissociation between level of alertness and muscle atonia that often occurs in SOREM (sleep onset - REM) sleep episodes (1)."

    Serendip's Exchange Saba Ashraf 2010

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