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Descriptor English: Wakefulness
Descriptor Spanish: Vigilia
Descriptor estado de vigilia
Entry term(s) vigilia
Scope note: Estado en que hay un mayor potencial de sensibilidad y una respuesta eficiente a los estímulos externos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vigília
Descriptor French: Vigilance
Entry term(s): Wakefulnesses
Tree number(s): F02.830.104.821
G11.561.035.738
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014851
Scope note: A state in which there is an enhanced potential for sensitivity and an efficient responsiveness to external stimuli.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Cortex/physiology (1966)
Consciousness (1966)
Public MeSH Note: 69
History Note: 69(67)
Related: Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders MeSH
DeCS ID: 15252
Unique ID: D014851
NLM Classification: WL 108
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Wakefulness - Preferred
Concept UI M0022863
Scope note A state in which there is an enhanced potential for sensitivity and an efficient responsiveness to external stimuli.
Preferred term Wakefulness
Entry term(s) Wakefulnesses



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