Lowered insulin signalling ameliorates age-related sleep fragmentation in Drosophila.

Sleep fragmentation, particularly reduced and interrupted night sleep, impairs the quality of life of older people. Strikingly similar declines in sleep quality are seen during ageing in laboratory animals, including the fruit fly Drosophila. We investigated whether reduced activity of the nutrient-...

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Main Authors: Athanasios Metaxakis, Luke S Tain, Sebastian Grönke, Oliver Hendrich, Yvonne Hinze, Ulrike Birras, Linda Partridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24690889/pdf/?tool=EBI