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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3792499 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuron 20131002 1
To advance the understanding of sleep regulation, we screened for sleep-promoting cells and identified neurons expressing neuropeptide Y-like short neuropeptide F (sNPF). Sleep induction by sNPF meets all relevant criteria. Rebound sleep following sleep deprivation is reduced by activation of sNPF neurons, and flies experience negative sleep rebound upon cessation of sNPF neuronal stimulation, indicating that sNPF provides an important signal to the sleep homeostat. Only a subset of sNPF-express ...[more]