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@article{Beckwith:2017:10.7554/eLife.27445,
author = {Beckwith, EJ and Geissmann, Q and French, AS and Gilestro, GF},
doi = {10.7554/eLife.27445},
journal = {eLife},
pages = {1--19},
title = {Regulation of sleep homeostasis by sexual arousal},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27445},
volume = {6},
year = {2017}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - In all animals, sleep pressure is under continuous tight regulation. It is universally accepted that this regulation arises from a two-process model, integrating both a circadian and a homeostatic controller. Here we explore the role of environmental social signals as a third, parallel controller of sleep homeostasis and sleep pressure. We show that, in Drosophila melanogaster males, sleep pressure after sleep deprivation can be counteracted by raising their sexual arousal, either by engaging the flies with prolonged courtship activity or merely by exposing them to female pheromones.
AU - Beckwith,EJ
AU - Geissmann,Q
AU - French,AS
AU - Gilestro,GF
DO - 10.7554/eLife.27445
EP - 19
PY - 2017///
SN - 2050-084X
SP - 1
TI - Regulation of sleep homeostasis by sexual arousal
T2 - eLife
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27445
UR - https://elifesciences.org/articles/27445
VL - 6
ER -
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