Sleep supports memory consolidation. Based on studies in mammals, sleep-dependent
consolidation has been conceptualized as 'active system consolidation'. During waking …

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans stops feeding and moving during a larval transition
stage called lethargus and following exposure to cellular stressors. These behaviors have …

INTRODUCTION Global brain states such as sleep and wakefulness involve
reconfigurations of neural circuit activity across the entire nervous system. Yet it is not …

Sleep is an essential behavioral state. It is induced by conserved sleep-active neurons that
express GABA. However, little is known about how sleep neuron function is determined and …

Background Sleep is an essential behavior that is found in all animals that have a nervous
system. Neural activity is thought to control sleep, but little is known about the identity and …

Animals with complex nervous systems demand sleep for memory consolidation and
synaptic remodeling. Here, we show that, although the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous …

Animals use a nervous system for locomotion in some stage of their life cycle. The nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans, a major animal model for almost all fields of experimental biology …

Molting is an essential developmental process for the majority of animal species on Earth.
During the molting process, which is a specialized form of extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Neural information processing entails a high energetic cost, but its maintenance is crucial for
animal survival. However, the brain's energy conservation strategies are incompletely …

Wounding and infection trigger a protective innate immune response that includes the
production of antimicrobial peptides in the affected tissue as well as increased sleep. Little is …