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Decreasing sleep requirement with increasing numbers of neurons as a driver for bigger brains and bodies in mammalian evolution
Mammals sleep between 3 and 20 h d(−1), but what regulates daily sleep requirement is unknown. While mammalian evolution has been characterized by a tendency towards larger bodies and brains, sustaining larger bodies and brains requires increasing hours of feeding per day, which is incompatible with...
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| Published in: | Proc Biol Sci |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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The Royal Society
2015
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614783/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26400745 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1853 |
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