Characterization of sleep in zebrafish and insomnia in hypocretin receptor mutants.

Sleep is a fundamental biological process conserved across the animal kingdom. The study of how sleep regulatory networks are conserved is needed to better understand sleep across evolution. We present a detailed description of a sleep state in adult zebrafish characterized by reversible periods of...

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Main Authors: Tohei Yokogawa, Wilfredo Marin, Juliette Faraco, Guillaume Pézeron, Lior Appelbaum, Jian Zhang, Frédéric Rosa, Philippe Mourrain, Emmanuel Mignot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2020497?pdf=render