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Hugin+ neurons provide a link between sleep homeostat and circadian clock neurons.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Nov 2021
Schwarz Jessica E, King Anna N, Hsu Cynthia T, Barber Annika F, Sehgal Amita
Abstract excerpt
Sleep is controlled by homeostatic mechanisms, which drive sleep after wakefulness, and a circadian clock, which confers the 24-h rhythm of sleep. These processes interact with each other to control the timing of sleep in a daily cycle as well as following sleep deprivation. However, the mechanisms by which they interact are poorly understood. We show here that hugin+ neurons, previously identified as neurons...
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