Fatty-acid binding proteins modulate sleep and enhance long-term memory consolidation in Drosophila.

Sleep is thought to be important for memory consolidation, since sleep deprivation has been shown to interfere with memory processing. However, the effects of augmenting sleep on memory formation are not well known, and testing the role of sleep in memory enhancement has been limited to pharmacologi...

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Main Authors: Jason R Gerstner, William M Vanderheyden, Paul J Shaw, Charles F Landry, Jerry C P Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3029266?pdf=render