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Descriptor English: Delta Rhythm
Descriptor Spanish: Ritmo Delta
Descriptor ritmo delta
Entry term(s) electroencefalografía de ritmo delta
Scope note: Ondas cerebrales observadas en el EEG, que se caracterizan por una gran amplitud y una frecuencia de 4 Hz o menor. Se consideran las "ondas del sueño profundo", observadas durante estados sin ensoñaciones, en la lactancia y en algunos trastornos cerebrales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ritmo Delta
Descriptor French: Rythme delta
Entry term(s): Delta Rhythms
Rhythm, Delta
Rhythms, Delta
Tree number(s): E01.370.376.300.150.875
E01.370.405.245.287.875
G07.265.087.875
G11.561.127.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003700
Scope note: Brain waves seen on EEG characterized by a high amplitude and a frequency of 4 Hz and below. They are considered the "deep sleep waves" observed during sleep in dreamless states, infancy, and in some brain disorders.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY 1975-90
DeCS ID: 3712
Unique ID: D003700
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Delta Rhythm - Preferred
Concept UI M0005792
Scope note Brain waves seen on EEG characterized by a high amplitude and a frequency of 4 Hz and below. They are considered the "deep sleep waves" observed during sleep in dreamless states, infancy, and in some brain disorders.
Preferred term Delta Rhythm
Entry term(s) Delta Rhythms
Rhythm, Delta
Rhythms, Delta



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