non-REM sleep
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The sleep phase that includes deep sleep, the type considered most important for preventing daytime sleepiness.
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Deep sleepStage of sleep where the brain is less responsive to outside stimuli.
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Quiet sleepAny sleep other than REM sleep, in which thinking and most physiological activities slow, but movement still occurs. Also called non-REM sleep.
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