The ontogeny of sleep-wake cycles in zebrafish: a comparison to humans

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are used extensively in sleep research; both to further understanding of sleep in general and also as a model of human sleep. To date, sleep studies have been performed in larval and adult zebrafish but no efforts have been made to document the ontogeny of zebrafish sleep-wak...

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Main Authors: Amanda eSorribes, Haraldur eÞorsteinsson, Hrönn eArnardóttir, Ingibjörg H Jóhannesdóttir, Benjamín eSigurgeirsson, Gonzalo G. De Polavieja, Karl Æ Karlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2013.00178/full