Material below summarizes the article A Path to Sleep Is through the Eye, published on March 5, 2015, in eNeuro and authored by Lawrence P. Morin.
A common question about normal behavior is, “Why do animals sleep?” The actual answer is complex, consisting of explanations related to ecology and evolution, the physiology of homeostasis, and the molecular biology of cells.
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