Operation of a homeostatic sleep switch

Diogo Pimentel, Jeffrey M. Donlea, Clifford B. Talbot, Seoho M. Song, Alexander J. F. Thurston and Gero Miesenböck ()
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Diogo Pimentel: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
Jeffrey M. Donlea: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
Clifford B. Talbot: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
Seoho M. Song: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
Alexander J. F. Thurston: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
Gero Miesenböck: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford

Nature, 2016, vol. 536, issue 7616, 333-337

Abstract: Sleep-promoting neurons in Drosophila are shown to switch between electrical activity and silence as a function of sleep need; the switch is operated by dopamine and involves the antagonistic regulation of two potassium channels.

Date: 2016
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