Why sleep?

Q4 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Biologist Pub Date : 2002-10-01

Jim Horne

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Abstract

All living organisms show a regular, daily period of reduced activity. But to what extent could this be sleep, and what is it for? Whatever the functions of sleep are, they probably shift in emphasis across the animal kingdom. There are fundamental differences between rodents and us. On the other hand, even human sleep has some similarities with that of the bee.

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为什么睡觉?

所有生物都有规律地、每天减少活动的周期。但这在多大程度上可能是睡眠，它的作用是什么?无论睡眠的功能是什么，在动物王国中，它们的重点可能会发生变化。啮齿动物和人类之间有根本的区别。另一方面，即使是人类的睡眠也与蜜蜂的睡眠有一些相似之处。

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