Dopamine: on the threshold of sleep. Academic Article

abstract

• A new study examining the neural circuitry regulating sleep in Drosophila has identified a pair of dopamine neurons that signal to the fan-shaped body to suppress sleep. These neurons are separate from the dopamine neurons that regulate motivation, memory, and feeding, suggesting that independent populations of dopamine neurons regulate distinct behaviors.

authors

• Keene, Alex

published proceedings

• Curr Biol

author list (cited authors)

• Masek, P., & Keene, A. C.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Masek, Pavel||Keene, Alex C

publication date

• November 2012

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• Animals
• Behavior, Animal
• Dopamine
• Drosophila
• Neurons
• Receptors, Dopamine
• Sleep

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.007

start page

• R949

end page

• R951

volume

• 22

issue

• 22

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.007