Sleep: How Many Switches Does It Take To Turn Off the Lights?

Curr Biol

Department of Neurology and the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19014, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2016

Sleeping animals do not move or feed and are less responsive. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a single neuron triggers sleep. A recent study shows that the neuron releases several neuropeptides - each with distinct sleep behavioral effects - to promote the collection of behaviors that is sleep.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.051DOI Listing

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