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Quantitative investigation reveals distinct phases in Drosophila sleep
- Source :
- Communications Biology, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2021.
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Abstract
- Xu, et al. developed a quantitative method to characterize the sleep of flies by continuously tracking the fly activity. They find that the sleep state is distinguished from a short-rested state with an exponential distribution of sleep duration, which suggests a memoryless wakeup probability.
- Subjects :
- Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23993642
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Communications Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1f439925490f49088fffe64e3a4cdfd4
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01883-y