English Explanatory Dictionary

PGO

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spike of electrical activity in the brain that moves from pons to geniculate nucleus to occipital lobe at the onset of REM sleep.

Word forms

PGO PGOs

Etymology

Short for ponto-geniculo-occipital wave.

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