Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep in the Amazonian dolphin, Inia geoffrensis.
An electroencephalographic study of sleep in Amazonian dolphins, Inia geoffrensis, revealed that unihemispheric slow-wave sleep is the dominant sleep type in this species, as in the other two dolphin species that were studied earlier.
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Severtsov Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of Animals, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
D000818:Animals; D004289:Dolphins / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology