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