Reversible Changes to Neural Proteins May Explain Sleep Need (IMAGE)

University of Tsukuba

Reversible Changes to Neural Proteins May Explain Sleep Need

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Fig. 1. By comparing the brains of sleep-deprived mice and Sleepy mutant mice, the phosphorylation of 80 proteins, named SNIPPs (Sleep-Need-Index-Phosphoproteins), was found to be increased along with sleep need.

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