Absence of postural muscle tone is descriptive of or occurs during
A. paradoxical sleep.
B. slow-wave sleep.
C. neither slow-wave sleep nor paradoxical sleep.
D. both slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep.
Answer: A
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