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Interacting circadian and homeostatic processes with opportunity cost: A mathematical model of sleep with application to two mammalian species

This paper introduces a new model of sleep for mammals. It extends the classic ‘two-process’ model of sleep to account for differences in external circumstances. We apply this model to previously-collected data on elephants and sloths, comparing sleep patterns in the wild with sleep patterns in capt...

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Autores principales: Cardon, James H., Eide, Eric R., Phillips, Kerk L., Showalter, Mark H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6291086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30540805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208043