Sleep: Astrocytes Take Their Toll on Tired Flies

James E C Jepson

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.083

Sleep: Astrocytes Take Their Toll on Tired Flies

Curr Biol. 2021 Jan 11;31(1):R27-R30. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.083.

Author

James E C Jepson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK. Electronic address: j.jepson@ucl.ac.uk.

PMID: 33434483
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.083

Abstract

Calcium signalling in astrocytes modulates sleep, yet how astrocytes communicate with neural circuits that control sleep is unclear. A new study now uncovers a calcium-dependent relay between astrocytes and neurons that promotes sleep homeostasis in fruit flies.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Astrocytes*
Drosophila
Homeostasis
Neurons
Sleep*