Evolution of sleep : phylogenetic and functional perspectives / [edited by] Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton and Charles L. Nunn.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: x, 277 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN: - 9780521894975 (hardback)
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| 612.821 F929 Work and the brain | 612.821 G318 Emotions & emotional disorders | 612.821 M159 Researches on the measurement of human performance | 612.821 M478 Evolution of sleep : | 612.821 P892 History and philosophy of knowledge of the brain and its functions | 612.821 R797 Conscious brain | 612.821 R813 Principles of neurodynamics |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton --
1. Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture / Isabella Capellini [and others] --
2. Sleep in insects / Kristyna M. Hartse --
3. Schooling by continuously active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function / J. Lee Kavanau --
4. What exactly is it that sleeps? The evolution, regulation, and organization of an emergent network property / James M. Krueger --
5. Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration / Patrick McNamara and Sanford Auerbach --
6. Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective / Charles L. Nunn [and others] --
7. A bird's-eye view of the function of sleep / Niels C. Rattenborg and Charles J. Amlaner --
8. The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals / Ruben V. Rial [and others] --
9. The evolution of REM sleep / Mahesh M. Thakkar and Subimal Datta --
10. Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics / Valter Tucci and Patrick M. Nolan --
11. Fishing for sleep / I.V. Zhdanova.
Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, new analytical methods provide the tools to investigate questions concerning the evolution of distinctive sleep state characteristics and functions. This book synthesizes recent advances in our understanding of the evolutionary origins of sleep and its adaptive function, and it lays the groundwork for future evolutionary research by assessing sleep patterns in the major animal lineages.
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