Sleep: How Many Switches Does It Take To Turn Off the Lights?

Michael J Iannacone; David M Raizen

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.051

Sleep: How Many Switches Does It Take To Turn Off the Lights?

Curr Biol. 2016 Sep 26;26(18):R847-R849. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.051.

Authors

Michael J Iannacone¹, David M Raizen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology and the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19014, USA.
² Department of Neurology and the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19014, USA. Electronic address: raizen@mail.med.upenn.edu.

PMID: 27676303
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.051

Abstract

Sleeping animals do not move or feed and are less responsive. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a single neuron triggers sleep. A recent study shows that the neuron releases several neuropeptides - each with distinct sleep behavioral effects - to promote the collection of behaviors that is sleep.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins*
Caenorhabditis elegans*
Neurons
Neuropeptides
Sleep

Substances

Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Neuropeptides