title: Sleep: what goes up must come down.
abstract: The function of sleep is hotly contested. Two recent studies suggest that fly sleep may be required to rescale synapses in the brain.
authors: Department of Neurobiology, 364 Plantation Street, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
authors: Jena L
authors: JL
authors: Pitman
authors: Scott
authors: S
authors: Waddell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism*; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins