Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in Drosophila
Sleep-like states have been described in Drosophila and the mechanisms and factors that generate and define sleep-wake profiles in this model organism are being thoroughly investigated. Sleep is controlled by both circadian and homeostatic mechanisms, and environmental factors such as light, tempera...
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| author | Gabriella M. Mazzotta Milena Damulewicz Paola Cusumano |
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| description | Sleep-like states have been described in Drosophila and the mechanisms and factors that generate and define sleep-wake profiles in this model organism are being thoroughly investigated. Sleep is controlled by both circadian and homeostatic mechanisms, and environmental factors such as light, temperature, and social stimuli are fundamental in shaping and confining sleep episodes into the correct time of the day. Among environmental cues, light seems to have a prominent function in modulating the timing of sleep during the 24 h and, in this review, we will discuss the role of light inputs in modulating the distribution of the fly sleep-wake cycles. This phenomenon is of growing interest in the modern society, where artificial light exposure during the night is a common trait, opening the possibility to study Drosophila as a model organism for investigating shift-work disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d814db3ee1e64b728383d1673c413b422022-12-21T19:19:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2020-09-011110.3389/fphys.2020.00997566777Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in DrosophilaGabriella M. Mazzotta0Milena Damulewicz1Paola Cusumano2Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, ItalyDepartment of Cell Biology and Imaging, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, PolandDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, ItalySleep-like states have been described in Drosophila and the mechanisms and factors that generate and define sleep-wake profiles in this model organism are being thoroughly investigated. Sleep is controlled by both circadian and homeostatic mechanisms, and environmental factors such as light, temperature, and social stimuli are fundamental in shaping and confining sleep episodes into the correct time of the day. Among environmental cues, light seems to have a prominent function in modulating the timing of sleep during the 24 h and, in this review, we will discuss the role of light inputs in modulating the distribution of the fly sleep-wake cycles. This phenomenon is of growing interest in the modern society, where artificial light exposure during the night is a common trait, opening the possibility to study Drosophila as a model organism for investigating shift-work disorders.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00997/fullDrosophilawake-sleep patternlightphotoreceptionneurotransmitters |
| spellingShingle | Gabriella M. Mazzotta Milena Damulewicz Paola Cusumano Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in Drosophila Frontiers in Physiology Drosophila wake-sleep pattern light photoreception neurotransmitters |
| title | Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in Drosophila |
| title_full | Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in Drosophila |
| title_fullStr | Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in Drosophila |
| title_full_unstemmed | Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in Drosophila |
| title_short | Better Sleep at Night: How Light Influences Sleep in Drosophila |
| title_sort | better sleep at night how light influences sleep in drosophila |
| topic | Drosophila wake-sleep pattern light photoreception neurotransmitters |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00997/full |
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