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1Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Current Biology : CB
|February 9, 2021
Abstract:
In Drosophila melanogaster, brain imaging with single-cell resolution reveals new physiological correlates of sleep and wakefulness, possibly defining different stages of sleep with functional relevance.
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