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Vertebrates that never sleep: implications for sleep's basic functionJ L Kavanau
University of California, Department of Biology, Los Angeles 90095 1606, USA
Brain Res Bull 46:269-79. 1998..Analogous circumstances could account for the ability of migrating birds to fly for days without rest or sleep...- Biological time-keeping mechanisms: a need for broader perspectives?J Lee Kavanau
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, P O Box 951605, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
Med Hypotheses 67:1358-62. 2006..Broadening perspectives for research on biological clocks to take into account these often overlooked capabilities and susceptibilities could lead to a deeper understanding of them... - Evolutionary approaches to understanding sleepJ Lee Kavanau
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, P O Box 951606, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
Sleep Med Rev 9:141-52. 2005..Contrariwise, sparing of an adult's 'higher faculties' in encephalitis lethargica appears to owe to supernormal circuit reinforcement during almost continuous sleep... - Sleep researchers need to bring Darwin on board: elucidating functions of sleep via adaptedness and natural selectionJ Lee Kavanau
Department of Organismic Biology, University of California, PO Box 951606, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
Med Hypotheses 62:161-5. 2004..The best known animals in this non-sleeping category are tunas and many sharks... - REM and NREM sleep as natural accompaniments of the evolution of warm-bloodednessJ Lee Kavanau
Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California at Los Angeles UCLA, 4 90095 1606, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 26:889-906. 2002..With the evolution of this two-stage mechanism of long-term memory maintenance, it became adaptive to partition sleep into several NREM-REM cycles, thereby achieving a more lengthy application of the cooperative sequential actions... - Memory failures, dream illusions and mental malfunctionJ L Kavanau
Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif, 90095 1606, USA
Neuropsychobiology 44:199-211. 2001..Activation of resulting incompetent circuits during waking may lead to hallucinations and delusions; activation during sleep may lead to dreams with bizarre, incoherent or impossible contents... - Adaptations and pathologies linked to dynamic stabilization of neural circuitryJ L Kavanau
University of California UCLA, Department of Biology, Los Angeles 90095 1606, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 23:635-48. 1999..Sparing of sensory circuitry in fatal familial insomnia seemingly owes to supernormal circuit use in the virtual absence of sleep. ECT shocks and cardioverter defibrillation may have analogous remedial influences... 
Secondarily flightless birds or Cretaceous non-avian theropods?J Lee Kavanau
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
Med Hypotheses 74:275-6. 2010..They give significant new clues for a coherent theory of avian origin and early evolution...- Mental malfunction and memory maintenance mechanismsJ L Kavanau
Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
Med Hypotheses 54:678-83. 2000..Greater than normal amounts of circuit reinforcement protect sensory circuitry in fatal familial insomnia, and cognitive circuitry in encephalitis lethargica... - Dream contents and failing memoriesJ Lee Kavanau
Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California at Los Angeles, P.O. Box 951606, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA
Arch Ital Biol 140:109-27. 2002..The infrequent activation of such old, incompetent circuits in some waking conditions leads to false memories, delusions, or hallucinations...