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Biochemical Factors Associated with the Sleep State

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The Neural Basis of Behavior

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The questions of why sleep is required by higher animals, and of what instigates sleep, are hardly novel. Though the answers must ultimately be couched largely in chemical terms, biochemical studies of sleep are not very numerous. Recently, however, the tempo of research has quickened and two reviews have appeared within the past three years that offer a glimpse both of the more historical aspects of the field and of recent progress (Guiditta, 1977; Karnovsky and Reich, 1977). Though these reviews were written completely independently of each other, by authors with entirely different fundamental interests, they cover virtually the same ground, and even offer several identical examples from the literature. This one might take as an indication of how small is the number of biochemical laboratories that are engaged in research on sleep.

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Karnovsky, M.L. (1982). Biochemical Factors Associated with the Sleep State. In: Beckman, A.L. (eds) The Neural Basis of Behavior. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6302-6_3

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