Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sleep Disorders in Animals

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...
1/15/08 9:03pm

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 Wink

 

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 

1/31/08 5:46pm
For 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