title: A partial theory of sleep. A novel view of its phenomenology and organization.
abstract: The various stages of sleep are characterized by specific vigilance profiles across the universe of available behavioral systems. The induction and structuring of sleep and its adaptation to a variety of internal needs is the result of a general vigilance-controlling apparatus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology