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RYTHMICITE NYCTHEMERALE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
OBS

The precise, externally conditioned, sleep/wakefulness rhythm has a cycle length of roughly 24 hours, (there are shorter cycles as well, with the most important of these being a secondary sleep/wakefulness cycle that is around 12 hours), is different from the innate circadian physiological cycling with a periodicity of 24.5 to 25 hours - initiated in infancy and continually reinforced throughout life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

La rythmicité nycthémérale (oscillations physiologiques des fonctions de l'organisme au cours d'une journée) n'implique pas obligatoirement la veille et le sommeil.

Spanish

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