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Sleep restores behavioral plasticity to Drosophila mutants.
Current biology : CB - 18 May 2015
Dissel Stephane, Angadi Veena, Kirszenblat Leonie, Suzuki Yasuko, Donlea Jeff, Klose Markus, Koch Zachary, English Denis, Winsky-Sommerer Raphaelle, van Swinderen Bruno, Shaw Paul J
Abstract excerpt
Given the role that sleep plays in modulating plasticity, we hypothesized that increasing sleep would restore memory to canonical memory mutants without specifically rescuing the causal molecular lesion. Sleep was increased using three independent strategies: activating the dorsal fan-shaped body...
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