sleep

id: GO:0030431
name: sleep
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process in which an organism enters and maintains a periodic, readily reversible state of reduced awareness and metabolic activity. Usually accompanied by physical relaxation, the onset of sleep in humans and other mammals is marked by a change in the electrical activity of the brain.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0042750hibernation
GO:0042751estivation
GO:0050802circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0007610behavior
GO:0032501multicellular organismal process