Daytime micro-naps in a nocturnal migrant: An EEG analysis

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-80

  Fuchs, T ^a   Maury, D ^b   Moore, F R ^c   Bingman, V P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Migratory birds; Naps; Unihemispheric sleep

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID CLOSURE; HEMISPHERE; INSOMNIA; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SONGBIRD; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AVES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 63249128454     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0405     Document Type: Article

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