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The perilipin homologue, lipid storage droplet 2, regulates sleep homeostasis and prevents learning impairments following sleep loss.
PLoS biology - 31 Aug 2010
Thimgan Matthew S, Suzuki Yasuko, Seugnet Laurent, Gottschalk Laura, Shaw Paul J
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Extended periods of waking result in physiological impairments in humans, rats, and flies. Sleep homeostasis, the increase in sleep observed following sleep loss, is believed to counter the negative effects of prolonged waking by restoring vital biological processes that are degraded during sleep deprivation. Sleep homeostasis, as with other behaviors, is influenced by both genes and environment. We report here...
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