Evolution of sleep : phylogenetic and functional perspectives / edited by Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McNamara, Patrick, 1956-

Barton, Robert A. (Robert Alexander), 1959-

Nunn, Charles L.

Olive R. Morrison Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sleep.

Evolution.

Penn Provenance:

Morrison, Olive R. (honoree)

Physical Description:

x, 277 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction / Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton

Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture / Isabella Capellini... [et al.]

Sleep in insects / Kristyna M. Hartse

Schooling by continuously active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function / J. Lee Kavanau

What exactly is it that sleeps? The evolution, regulation, and organization of an emergent network property / James M. Krueger

Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration / Patrick McNamara and Sanford Auerbach

Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective / Charles L. Nunn... [et al.]

A bird's-eye view of the function of sleep / Niels C. Rattenborg and Charles J. Amlaner

The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals / Ruben V. Rial... [et al.]

The evolution of REM sleep / Mahesh M. Thakkar and Subimal Datta

Toward an understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics / Valter Tucci and Patrick M. Nolan

Fishing for sleep / I. V. Zhdanova.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Dr. Adrian R. Morrison in honor of his wife Olive R. Morrison.

ISBN:

0521894972

9780521894975

OCLC:

317118257

Publisher Number:

99943794809