Homeostatic regulation of sleep in the white-crowned sparrow (<it>Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii</it>)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sleep is regulated by both a circadian and a homeostatic process. The homeostatic process reflects the duration of prior wakefulness: the longer one stays awake, the longer and/or more intense is subsequent sleep. In mammals, the bes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Neuroscience |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/9/47 |