The ontogeny of mammalian sleep: A reappraisal of alternative hypotheses

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-34

  Frank, Marcos G ^a   Heller, H Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sleep; Neonatal sleep; Ontogeny; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEURONS; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0037335311     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2003.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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