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The Sleep Nullifying Apparatus: A Highly Efficient Method of Sleep Depriving Drosophila
Published on: December 14, 2020
A modern artifact in the sleep laboratory
Russell J Rasquinha1, Alexander J Moszczynski, Brian J Murray
1Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada.
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