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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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Udgivet i:Proc Biol Sci
Hovedforfatter: Herculano-Houzel, Suzana
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: The Royal Society 2015
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Online adgang: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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