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Sleeping to fuel the immune system: mammalian sleep and resistance to parasites

Sleep is an enigma. Why animals forgo eating and reproducing, while potentially increasing their risk of predation remains unknown. Although some may question whether all animals sleep, it is clear that all living organisms possess defenses against attack by pathogens. Immune responses of humans and...

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Autor principal: Opp, Mark R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2633283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19134176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-8