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1995 keynote by Rechtschaffen

The Discovery of REM Sleep

Aserinsky, E and Kleitman, N. Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep. Science 118, 273-274, 1953

application/pdf iconAserinsky,E. Memories of famous neuropsychologists: The discovery of REM sleep. J. of the History of the Neurosciences 5, 213-22

application/pdf iconBrown, C. The stubborn scientist who unraveled a mystery of the night. Smithsonian 92-100, (2003)

Nathaniel Kleitman Born 1895, Died 1999, Papers at the University of Chicago https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.KLEITMANN

Aserinsky (Born 1921, died 1998) papers at The University of California, Los Angeles 1938-2003 https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j67q37/

Postpartum Sleep in Whales and Dolphins

Lyamin, O. Julia Pryaslova, J. Lance, V. and Siegel, J.M. Continuous activity in cetaceans after birth, Nature 435:1177, 2005.

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Narcolepsy in Dogs

Boehmer, LN, et al., Pharmacological treatment delays onset of canine genetic narcolepsy and reduces symptom severity

Sleep in Monotremes Platypus and Echidna

application/pdf iconl., The Echidna Combines REM and Non-REM Aspects in a Single Sleep State: Implications for the Evolution of sleep

application/pdf iconSiegel, J.M. Sleep in monotremes; implications for the evolution of REM sleep. In Sleep and sleep disorders

application/pdf iconSiegel, J.M., P. Manger, R. Nienhuis, H.M Fahringer and J. Pettigrew, Monotremes and the evolution of REM sleep. Phil. Trans.

application/pdf iconSiegel, J.M., Manger, P.R., Nienhuis, R., Fahringer, H.M. and Pettigrew, J.D. Sleep in the platypus. Neuroscience 91: 391-400,

Human sleep deprivation for 17 days: the Science Fair project of Randy Gardner

Electroencephalographic and autonomic activity during and after prolonged sleep deprivation

Psychiatric and EEG Observations on a Case of Prolonged (264 Hours) Wakefulness

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