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atonia

NOUN
  1. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

How To Use atonia In A Sentence

  • In fact, the cause of sleep paralysis is "a marked dissociation between level of alertness and muscle atonia that often occurs in SOREM (sleep onset - REM) sleep episodes (1). Serendip's Exchange
  • Physiologically, it is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia. WN.com - Articles related to Sleep debt
  • There are varying degrees of affectedness, ranging from near catatonia to individuals that can function independently. At My Table
  • No matter how good his material is, the audience wear him down with a mixture of catatonia and contempt.
  • He was able, thus, to disentangle true catatonia, true hebephrenia and the deteriorating paranoid process, all of which led to a catastrophic outcome, from the benign clinical patterns which were forced into those groups due to an overindulgent criterion.
  • He kept thinking there must be something that he had not tried, that her catatonia was a condition he could change if he could just figure out what was needed. Morgawr
  • During REM sleep, neural activities generating muscle atonia descend through the medulla and spinal cord, and inhibit the motorneurons in the brainstem and spinal cord (1). Serendip's Exchange
  • Awakening from catatonia and diving directly into high-decibel pleading, recriminations, and rants is no mean feat.
  • One of the main characteristics of the REM stage, muscle atonia, is the temporary paralyzation of skeletal muscle (1). Serendip's Exchange
  • The driest low plains, with less than 300 mm of annual rainfall, host a semi-arid, shrub-like vegetation where wild olive (Olea europaea), carob (Ceratonia siliqua), and jujube lotus (Zizyphus lotus) once flourished. Cyprus Mediterranean forests
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