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Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives
Edited by Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, and Charles L. Nunn, Cambridge University Press, 2010
Below are the contents of this book. |
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| Contributors |
| Acknowledgments |
| Introduction Patrick McNamara, Charles L. Nunn, and Robert A. Barton |
| Chapter 1: Ecological Constraints on Mammalian Sleep Architecture Isabella Capellini, Brain T. Preston, Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, and Charles L. Nunn |
| Chapter 2: Sleep in Insects Kristyna M. Hartse |
| Chapter 3: Schooling by Continuously Active Fishes: Clues to Sleep’s Ultimate Function J. Lee Kavanau |
| Chapter 4: What Exactly Is It That Sleeps? The Evolution, Regulation, and Organization of an Emergent Network Property James M. Krueger |
| Chapter 5: Evolutionary Medicine of Sleep Disorders: Toward a Science of Sleep Duration Patrick McNamara and Sanford Auerbach |
| Chapter 6: Primate Sleep in Phylogenetic Perspective Charles L. Nunn, Patrick McNamara, Isabella Capellini, Brian T. Preston, and Robert A. Barton |
| Chapter 7: A Bird’s-Eye View of the Function of Sleep Niels C. Rattenborg and Charles J. Amlaner |
| Chapter 8: The Evolution of Wakefulness: From Reptiles to Mammals Ruben V. Rial, Mourad Akaarir, Antoni Gamundi, M. Cristina Nicolau, and Susana Esteban |
| Chapter 9: The Evolution of REM Sleep Mahesh Thakkar and Subimal Datta |
| Chapter 10: Toward an understanding of the Function of Sleep: New Insights from Mouse Genetics Valter Tucci and Patrick M. Nolan |
| Chapter 11: Fishing for Sleep I. V. Zhdanova |
| Index |
| Color plates follow page |
