An allometric scaling law for understanding mammalian sleep

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 712-713

  He, Ji Huan ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Gray matter; Metabolic rate; Sleep time; White matter

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BRAIN SIZE; GRAY MATTER; MAMMAL; SLEEP TIME; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 41749108427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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