Introduction /Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, andRobert A. Barton --Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture /Isabella Capellini ... [et al.] --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 McNamaraandSanford Auerbach --Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective /Charles L. Nunn ... [et al.] --Abird's-eye view of the function of sleep /Niels C. RattenborgandCharles J. Amlaner --Theevolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals /Ruben V. Rial ... [et al.] --Theevolution of REM sleep /Mahesh M. ThakkarandSubimal Datta --Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics /Valter TucciandPatrick M. Nolan --Fishing for sleep /I. V. Zhdanova.
| ISBN-13: | 9780521894975 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521894972 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 2010 |
| Edition description: | Illustrated |
| Pages: | 277 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 10 Inches, Length: 7 Inches, Weight: 1.4991433816 Pounds, Width: 0.75 Inches |
| Author: | Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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