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REM latency

    0.01 sec.
REM latency
After a person falls asleep, the amount of time it takes for the first onset of REM sleep.
Mentioned in: Sleep Disorders


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Sleep is probably more helpful in determining who is at risk for developing depression than in being a diagnostic marker for depression since REM latency of those adolescents was shorter before they even developed the illness," said Rao.
In this patient there is no supporting evidence for extended periods of REM deprivation but unfortunately we have no PSG evidence for compensatory shortened REM latency.
Although sleep latency and REM latency were longer in the patient group, the results of the polysomnographic tests revealed no significant differences in the groups for total sleep time (TST), sleep efficiency, sleep latency, rapid eye movement (REM) latency, percentage of stage 1 non-REM sleep and REM sleep.
 
 
 
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