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1Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Current Biology : CB
|January 12, 2021
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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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