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Mammalian NREM and REM sleep: Why, when and how by Rial, Rubén V., Akaârir, Mourad, Canellas, Francesca, Barceló, Pere, Rubiño, José A., Martín-Reina, Aida, Gamundí, Antoni, Nicolau, M. Cristina

“…This report proposes that fish use the spinal-rhombencephalic regions of their brain to support their activities while awake. Instead, the…”
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Asymmetric sleep in apneic human patients by Rial, Rubén, González, Julián, Gené, Lluis, Akaârir, Mourad, Esteban, Susana, Gamundí, Antoni, Barceló, Pere, Nicolau, Cristina

“…Unilateral sleep in marine mammals has been considered to be a defense against airway obstruction, as a sentinel for pod maintenance, and as a thermoregulatory…”
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The Birth of the Mammalian Sleep by Rial, Rubén V, Canellas, Francesca, Akaârir, Mourad, Rubiño, José A, Barceló, Pere, Martín, Aida, Gamundí, Antoni, Nicolau, M Cristina

“…Mammals evolved from small-sized reptiles that developed endothermic metabolism. This allowed filling the nocturnal niche. They traded-off visual acuity for…”
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Evolution of wakefulness, sleep and hibernation: From reptiles to mammals by Rial, Ruben V., Akaârir, Mourad, Gamundí, Antoni, Nicolau, Cristina, Garau, Celia, Aparicio, Sara, Tejada, Silvia, Gené, Lluis, González, Julián, De Vera, Luis M., Coenen, Anton M.L., Barceló, Pere, Esteban, Susana

“…Thus far, most hypotheses on the evolutionary origin of sleep only addressed the probable origin of its main states, REM and NREM. Our article presents the…”
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Comparing the Behavioural Effects of Exogenous Growth Hormone and Melatonin in Young and Old Wistar Rats by Rial, Rubén V., Tresguerres, Jesús A. F., Fiol, Maria A., Gamundí, Antoni, Nicolau, Cristina, Barceló, Pere, Akaârir, Mourad

“…Growth hormone (GH) and melatonin are two hormones with quite different physiological effects. Curiously, their secretion shows parallel and severe age-related…”
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REM sleep could have no adaptive value by Rial, Ruben Victor, Nicolau, María Cristina, Gamundí, Antoni, Akaârir, Mourad, Aparicio, Sara, Garau, Celia, Barceló, Pere, Esteban, Susana

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Bright Light Therapy and Circadian Cycles in Institutionalized Elders by Rubiño, José A, Gamundí, Antoni, Akaarir, Mourad, Canellas, Francesca, Rial, Rubén, Nicolau, M Cristina

“…Bright light therapy has been found to be an efficient method to improve the main parameters of circadian rhythms. However, institutionalized elders may suffer…”
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Sleep and wakefulness, trivial and non-trivial: Which is which? by Rial, Rubén V, Nicolau, María C, Gamundí, Antoni, Akaârir, Mourad, Aparicio, Sara, Garau, Celia, Tejada, Silvia, Roca, Catalina, Gené, Lluis, Moranta, David, Esteban, Susana

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Activity-Rest Circadian Rhythm of the Pearly Razorfish in Its Natural Habitat, before and during Its Mating by Akaarir, Mourad, Pujol, José Manuel, Suau, Margalida, Rial, Rubén V, Nicolau, María Cristina, Gamundi, Antoni, Martorell-Barceló, Martina, Barceló-Serra, Margarida, Aspillaga, Eneko, Alós, Josep

“…Recent technological advances in marine biotelemetry have demonstrated that marine fish species perform activity-rest rhythms that have relevant ecological and…”
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Asymmetric sleep in rats by Gene, Lluis, Esteban, Susana, González, Julián, Akâarir, Mourad, Gamundí, Antoni, Rial, Rubén V., Llobera, Maria Cristina Nicolau

“…Five Wistar rats were surgically implanted with cortical and parietal electrodes for conventional polysomnography to test for sleep-related EEG asymmetries…”
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The trivial function of sleep by Rial, Ruben Victor, Nicolau, María Cristina, Gamundí, Antoni, Akaârir, Mourad, Aparicio, Sara, Garau, Celia, Tejada, Silvia, Roca, Catalina, Gené, Lluis, Moranta, David, Esteban, Susana

“…Summary Rest in poikilothermic animals is an adaptation of the organism to adjust to the geophysical cycles, a doubtless valuable function for all animals. In…”
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Effects of differences in the availability of light upon the circadian rhythms of institutionalized elderly by Rubiño, José A, Gamundí, Antoni, Akaarir, Mourad, Cañellas, Francesca, Rial, Rubén, Ballester, Neus, Nicolau, M Cristina

“…The aim of this study was to compare the availability of diurnal and nocturnal light in two residences for aged persons (R1 and R2, Palma de Mallorca, Illes…”
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Mammalian sleep may have no adaptive advantage over simple activity-rest cycles by Gamundı́, Antoni, Akaârir, Mourad, Coenen, Anton M.L., Esteban, Susana, Rial, Rubén V., Nicolau, Marı́a C.

“…The adaptive value of sleep remains unknown in spite of the intense research performed throughout the last decades. However, few sleep researchers are aware of…”
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Human Sleep Apneas and Animal Diving Reflexes: The Comparative Link by Rial, Ruben V., Barbal, Ferràn, Cañellas, Francesca, Gamundi, Antoni, Akaârir, Mourad, Nicolau, Maria C.

“…Adaptations to survive periods of limited access to oxygen should have been favored along the evolution of vertebrates. Paradigmatic examples of this…”
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Human Sleep Apneas and Animal Diving Reflexes: The Comparative Link by Rial, Ruben V., Barbal, Ferràn, Cañellas, Francesca, Gamundi, Antoni, Akaârir, Mourad, Nicolau, Maria C.

“…ABSTRACT Adaptations to survive periods of limited access to oxygen should have been favored along the evolution of vertebrates. Paradigmatic examples of this…”
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