Daily Torpor and Sleep in a Non-human Primate, the Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Daily Torpor and Sleep in a Non-human Primate, the Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Daily torpor is an energy-saving process that evolved as an extension of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep mechanisms. In many heterothermic species there is a relation between torpor expression and the repartition of the different behavioral states of sleep. Despite the presence of sleep during t...

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Main Authors: Julie Royo, Fabienne Aujard, Fabien Pifferi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Subjects:
gray mouse lemurs
EEG
sleep
torpor
body temperature
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnana.2019.00087/full

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