Quantitative investigation reveals distinct phases in Drosophila sleep
oleh: Xiaochan Xu, Wei Yang, Binghui Tian, Xiuwen Sui, Weilai Chi, Yi Rao, Chao Tang
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01 |
Deskripsi
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.