Muscle losing its strength.
Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
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Examples for "atonia"
Examples for "atonia"
1Complete recovery of atonia was observed in one cat after 3 weeks.
2Results: Four patients with Alzheimer disease presented REM sleep with-out atonia.
3Muscle atonia and low-voltage desynchronized cortical activity during REM sleep did not change.
4Other experiments have focused on the muscle atonia of paradoxical sleep.
5Bilateral electrolytic lesions of the medial-lateral pontine tegmentum created a syndrome of REM sleep without atonia.
1Joy is the vital air of the soul, and grief is a kind of asthma complicated by atony.
2The predominant cause was uterine atony.
3Only 2 dose-response studies investigated the required oxytocin dose to prevent uterine atony after cesarean delivery for labour arrest.