The function of sleep is to regulate brain excitability in order to satisfy the requirements imposed by waking
- 31 August 1995
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Behavioural Brain Research
- Vol. 69 (1-2) , 117-124
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-4328(95)00008-h
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