Hibernation in a primate: does sleep occur?

During hibernation, critical physiological processes are downregulated and thermogenically induced arousals are presumably needed periodically to fulfil those physiological demands. Among the processes incompatible with a hypome tabolic state is sleep. However, one hibernating primate, the dwarf lem...

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Main Authors: Marina B. Blanco, Kathrin H. Dausmann, Sheena L. Faherty, Peter Klopfer, Andrew D. Krystal, Robert Schopler, Anne D. Yoder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2016-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.160282