Title
Sleep: what goes up must come down
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Neurobiology
Date
6-23-2009
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Animals; Brain; Circadian Rhythm; Drosophila melanogaster; Humans; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Sleep; Synapses; Wakefulness
Disciplines
Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Abstract
The function of sleep is hotly contested. Two recent studies suggest that fly sleep may be required to rescale synapses in the brain.
Rights and Permissions
Citation: Curr Biol. 2009 Jun 23;19(12):R480-2. Link to article on publisher's site
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