title: Interaction between sleep and thermoregulation: an aspect of the control of behavioral states.
abstract: Studies on the interaction between sleep and thermoregulation are reviewed with regard to the processes underlying the ultradian evolution of behavioral states. The experimental evidence shows that thermoregulatory mechanisms influence the waking-sleeping cycle in both the absence or the presence of a thermal load. Such a control appears to be a functional necessity to maintain physiological homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Fisiologia umana dell'Università di Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Parmeggiani
mesh_terms: D000204:Activity Cycles; D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology