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Science 29 June 1962:
Vol. 136. no. 3522, p. 1122
DOI: 10.1126/science.136.3522.1122
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Sleep Deprivation, Age, and Exhaustion Time in the Rat

Wilse B. Webb 1 and Harman W. Agnew Jr. 1

1 Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville

Male rats were maintained on a constantly moving wheel in a study of prolonged sleep deprivation. The results obtained revealed a striking negative relationship between age and resistance to exhaustion.


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