REM sleep could have no adaptive value

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-

  Rial, Ruben Victor ^a   Nicolau, María Cristina ^a   Gamundí, Antoni ^a   Akaârir, Mourad ^a   Aparicio, Sara ^a   Garau, Celia ^a   Barceló, Pere ^a   Esteban, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; LETTER; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REM SLEEP; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84855188497     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.11.004     Document Type: Letter

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