Sleeping to fuel the immune system: mammalian sleep and resistance to parasites
<p>Abstract</p> <p>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 path...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/8 |