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Sleep: what goes up must come down.

Pitman JL., Waddell S.

The function of sleep is hotly contested. Two recent studies suggest that fly sleep may be required to rescale synapses in the brain.

More information Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.048

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2009-06-23T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

Pages

R480 - R482

Keywords

Animals, Brain, Circadian Rhythm, Drosophila melanogaster, Humans, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Sleep, Synapses, Wakefulness