Testing thermogenesis as the basis for the evolution of cetacean sleep phenomenology

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-358

  Pillay, Praneshri ^a   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Evolution; Rapid eye movement; Sleep; Slow wave sleep; Whale

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CETACEA; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT LOSS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DOLPHINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 10344225712     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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