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Review
. 1976 Jan;52(603):15-8.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.52.603.15.

The function of sleep

I Oswald
Review

The function of sleep

I Oswald. Postgrad Med J. 1976 Jan.

Abstract

Evidence is reviewed that points to sleep as a time during which synthetic processes for growth and repair are enhanced. REM (paradoxical) sleep seems especially related to increased synthetic processes in the brain.

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