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[Humoral sleep theories].

Miodrag Radulovački

    Glas. Srpska Akademija Nauka I Umetnosti. Odeljenje Medicinskih Nauka
    |December 15, 2011
    PubMed
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    Humoral sleep theories proposed that sleep results from the buildup and removal of metabolic substances affecting brain activity. These theories, popular in the 20th century, are now primarily of historical interest due to reproducibility issues.

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