Quantitative investigation reveals distinct phases in Drosophila sleep

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.

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Autores principales: Xiaochan Xu, Wei Yang, Binghui Tian, Xiuwen Sui, Weilai Chi, Yi Rao, Chao Tang
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1f439925490f49088fffe64e3a4cdfd4
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Sumario: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.