Sleep and biological clock in insects.
Author of the article:Wenqi Rosen
Author's Workplace:(Department of Ecology, Lund University,Lund,Sweden)
Key Words:insect sleep; biological clock
Abstract:Several evidences have indicated that rest in insects is a sleep-like state.The present article summarizes those findings which demonstrated how insect rest behaviour met the criteria for sleep,and the similarities in the physiological mechanisms of sleep