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Sleep and Development in Genetically Tractable Model Organisms.
Genetics - 1 May 2016
Kayser Matthew S, Biron David
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Sleep is widely recognized as essential, but without a clear singular function. Inadequate sleep impairs cognition, metabolism, immune function, and many other processes. Work in genetic model systems has greatly expanded our understanding of basic sleep neurobiology as well as introduced new concepts for why we sleep. Among these is an idea with its roots in human work nearly 50 years old: sleep in early life is...
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