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Evolution of sleep : phylogenetic and functional perspectives /
"Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, new analytical methods provide the tools to investigate questions concerning the evolution of distinctive sleep state characteristics and functions. This book synt...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton
- Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture / Isabella Capellini [and others]
- Sleep in insects / Kristyna M. Hartse
- Schooling by continuously active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function / J. Lee Kavanau
- What exactly is it that sleeps? The evolution, regulation, and organization of an emergent network property / James M. Krueger
- Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration / Patrick McNamara and Sanford Auerbach
- Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective / Charles L. Nunn [and others]
- A bird's-eye view of the function of sleep / Niels C. Rattenborg and Charles J. Amlaner
- The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals / Ruben V. Rial [and others]
- The evolution of REM sleep / Mahesh M. Thakkar and Subimal Datta
- Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics / Valter Tucci and Patrick M. Nolan
- Fishing for sleep / I.V. Zhdanova.