Reducción del sueño en los mutantes de Drosophila Shaker

Chiara Cirelli1, Daniel Bushey, Sean Hill

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, 6001 Research Park Blvd, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53719, USA.

Nature
|April 29, 2005
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores identificaron una mutación genética en las moscas de la fruta que reduce significativamente la necesidad de dormir sin afectar el rendimiento. Este descubrimiento en el gen Shaker ofrece información sobre la regulación genética del sueño y sus funciones esenciales.

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