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A Long and Difficult Path towards Understanding the Purpose of Sleep. The Period before Electrophysiology

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We present a historical review of the concepts of Russian researchers regarding the mechanisms and functional roles of sleep – I. P. Pavlov and his predecessors (I. R. Tarkhanov and M. M. Manaseina) and students (N. A. Rozhanskii and K. M. Bykov). This analysis leads to the conclusion that sleep is linked with the realization of functional operations not previously associated with sleep and not addressed by current neuroscience. Thus, a real understanding of sleep functions can be expected to come only with a new neurophysiological paradigm.

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    I. N. Pigarev

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Translated from Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S. S. Korsakova, Vol. 117, No. 4, Iss. II, Sleep Disorder, pp. 91–97, April, 2017.

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Pigarev, I.N., Pigareva, M.L. A Long and Difficult Path towards Understanding the Purpose of Sleep. The Period before Electrophysiology. Neurosci Behav Physi 49, 75–80 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-018-0695-0

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