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How the Biological Clock Regulates Phases of Wakefulness

Sleep and wakefulness are partly controlled by an internal biological clock. However, the mechanisms that allow this clock to act on brain circuits remain poorly understood. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have identified, in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a neural circuit linking the biological clock to a region of the brain involved in sleep and wakefulness.

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