Inducing sleep by remote control facilitates memory consolidation in Drosophila.

Sleep is believed to play an important role in memory consolidation. We induced sleep on demand by expressing the temperature-gated nonspecific cation channel Transient receptor potential cation channel (UAS-TrpA1) in neurons, including those with projections to the dorsal fan-shaped body (FB). When...

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Main Authors: Donlea, J, Thimgan, MS, Suzuki, Y, Gottschalk, L, Shaw, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011