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Understanding the impact of sociosexual interactions on sleep using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism

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العنوان: Understanding the impact of sociosexual interactions on sleep using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism
المؤلفون: Sukriti Mishra, Nisha Sharma, Shahnaz Rahman Lone
المصدر: Frontiers in Physiology, Vol 14 (2023)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Physiology
مصطلحات موضوعية: sleep, courtship, sexual interaction, Drosophila, after effects, Physiology, QP1-981
الوصف: Sleep is conserved across species, and it is believed that a fixed amount of sleep is needed for normal neurobiological functions. Sleep rebound follows sleep deprivation; however, continuous sleep deprivation for longer durations is believed to be detrimental to the animal’s wellbeing. Under some physiologically demanding situations, such as migration in birds, the birth of new offspring in cetaceans, and sexual interactions in pectoral sandpipers, animals are known to forgo sleep. The mechanisms by which animals forgo sleep without having any obvious negative impact on the proper functioning of their neurobiological processes are yet unknown. Therefore, a simple assay is needed to study how animals forgo sleep. The assay should be ecologically relevant so it can offer insights into the physiology of the organisms. Equally important is that the organism should be genetically amenable, which helps in understanding the cellular and molecular processes that govern such behaviors. This paper presents a simple method of sociosexual interaction to understand the process by which animals forgo sleep. In the case of Drosophila melanogaster, when males and females are in proximity, they are highly active and lose a significant amount of sleep. In addition, there is no sleep rebound afterward, and instead, males engaged in sexual interactions continue to show normal sleep. Thus, sexual drive in the fruit flies is a robust assay to understand the underlying mechanism by which animals forgo sleep.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-042X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1220140/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-042X
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1220140
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/5e6a4875186e4b22be8dab5e1633dac5
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.5e6a4875186e4b22be8dab5e1633dac5
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:1664042X
DOI:10.3389/fphys.2023.1220140