Telemetric Study of Sleep Architecture and Sleep Homeostasis in the Day-Active Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri.
Summary of "Telemetric Study of Sleep Architecture and Sleep Homeostasis in the Day-Active Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri."
In this study the authors characterized sleep architecture and sleep homeostasis in the tree shrew, Tupaia belangeri, a small, omnivorous, day-active mammal that is closely related to primates.
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Name: Sleep
ISSN: 1550-9109
Pages: 879-88
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22654207
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.1894
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