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Article: Sleepy Fruit Flies Provide Clues to Learning, Memory.
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- June 15, 2006
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Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System
PHILADELPHIA, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a brain region previously known for its role in learning and memory also serves as the location of sleep regulation in fruit flies. Through further examination of this brain structure, researchers hope to shed light on sleep regulation and its role in memory.
Despite its importance in everyday human function, very little is known about the regulation of sleep. In search of the underlying brain region responsible for sleep regulation, senior author Amita Sehgal, PhD, Professor of ...