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Live fast, die young
Author(s) -
Lazar Thomas
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/sj.embor.embor816
Subject(s) - mythology , surprise , history , art history , sociology , classics , environmental ethics , philosophy , communication
Sleep deprivation, as any new parent or college student can attest, leads to considerable impairments in behaviour. Even fruitflies need to sleep, but a study published in Nature shows that a mutation in a potassium channel can allow them to function normally on just a third as much sleep as wild-type flies.