title: Functional implications of sleep development.
abstract: Why do we sleep? The sleep patterns and mechanisms that occur throughout development may give us a clue.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Health Care System in Sepulveda, California, USA. jsiegel@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Jerome M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008322:Mammals; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology