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Evolution of sleep :



x, 277 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Content notes : Introduction / Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton --
1. Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture / Isabella Capellini [and others] --
2. Sleep in insects / Kristyna M. Hartse --
3. Schooling by continuously active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function / J. Lee Kavanau --
4. What exactly is it that sleeps? The evolution, regulation, and organization of an emergent network property / James M. Krueger --
5. Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration / Patrick McNamara and Sanford Auerbach --
6. Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective / Charles L. Nunn [and others] --
7. A bird's-eye view of the function of sleep / Niels C. Rattenborg and Charles J. Amlaner --
8. The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals / Ruben V. Rial [and others] --
9. The evolution of REM sleep / Mahesh M. Thakkar and Subimal Datta --
10. Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics / Valter Tucci and Patrick M. Nolan --
11. Fishing for sleep / I.V. Zhdanova. Evolution. Barton, Robert A.,Nunn, Charles L.,

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