Dynamics of sleep-wake cyclicity at night across the human lifespan

Studies in adult mammals (rats, cats, mice, and humans) have revealed a surprising regularity in the duration of sleep and wake bouts. In particular, wake bout durations exhibit a power-law distribution whereas sleep bout durations exhibit an exponential distribution. Moreover, in rodents, sleep bou...

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Main Authors: Hrönn Arnardóttir, Haraldur Þorsteinsson, Karl Æ Karlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2010.00156/full