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Sleep: A Neuropeptidergic Wake-Up Call for Flies

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.020

1879-0445

Christine Dubowy, Daniel J. Cavanaugh,

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Endogenous circadian rhythms exert strong effects on sleep, but the neuronal mechanisms that produce these effects have remained obscure. New work implicates neuropeptidergic signaling in a subset of circadian clock cells in the regulation of sleep late at night.