Researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine say that the roundworm C. elegans, a worm often used in laboratory research, may help us to understand why animals sleep. Although it's called "lethargus," the period of lethargic behavior in the roundworm resembles sleep. The...
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Sue
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 09:03 PM -
Sleep Disorders in Animals
Florence Cardinal
Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 05:46 PMFor more on dogs and narcolepsy, visit this page from Scientific American and scroll about a third of the way down the page to Narcoleptic Dogs. http://www.npi.ucla.edu/sleepresearch/sciam.htm
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Florence thanks so much for this interesting post. It is fun to know about how other species may or may not sleep. I knew my black laborator retriever mix (Emmitt) had great dreams - he does all the things you say. But narcolepsy - hmm I wonder
Some of you may want to read about the various human sleep disorders - just click here. As well check out the latest sleep news.
Thanks and All the Best, Sue