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gero sleepstages

stages of sleep

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lightest level, awakened easily stage 1
eyes move slowly and muscle activity slows stage 1
sudden muscle contractions preceded by a sensation of falling stage 1
5-10 mins stage 1
eye movement stops and brain waives become slower with only an occasional burst of rapid brain waves stage 2
decrease with age stage 2,3,4
20 mins stage 2
deep sleep stage 3-4
very difficult to awake someone in this stage stage 304
no eye movement of muscle activity sttage 3-4
bedwetting, sleepwalking, night terrors stage 3-4
rapid eye movements REM
muscle tone relaxes, limb muscles paralyzed REm
breathing rapid irregular and shallow rem
brain waves increase rem
hr bp rises, erections rem
___% of dreaming occurs in ____ 85, REM
older adults spend less time in REM sleep
less time in stages 3-4
older adutls see these changes : 1. less time in 3-4 2. more time in stage 1 3. REM decreases 3. transition b/t 1-2 common 4. sleep is lighter and fragmented 5. more tiem to fall asleep 6. increase desire to nap
90 mins REM
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