TY - JOUR T1 - Why We Sleep: The Temporal Organization of Recovery A1 - Mignot, Emmanuel Y1 - 2008/04/29 N2 - Why we sleep seems like a simple question, yet it has baffled scientists for generations. Based on recent data, Emmanuel Mignot argues that the function of sleep is essentially a resilient form of cellular recovery, organized anatomically and temporally by natural evolution, that has taken on additional functions over time. JF - PLOS Biology JA - PLOS Biology VL - 6 IS - 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060106 SP - e106 EP - PB - Public Library of Science M3 - doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060106 ER -