FREEZE FRAME: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.Is this fruit fly sound asleep? Yezzzz, say researchers at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, Calif. Not only do flies sleep, evidence confirms, but they nap and doze much like people. Neuroscientists (scientists who study the brain and nervous system) measured fruit flies' activity with a battery of detectors and monitored their genes (hereditary material). Why? Researchers may use flies to develop potential human sleep aids. Findings show that flies sleep mostly at night, and younger ones sleep more than older (33-day-old) ones; some even nap to "catch up" on lost sleep. Caffeine keeps flies awake and antihistamines Antihistamines Definition Antihistamines are drugs that block the action of histamine (a compound released in allergic inflammatory reactions) at the H1 , sleep-causing cold medicines, zonk zonk v. zonked, zonk·ing, zonks Slang v.tr. 1. To stupefy; stun. 2. To intoxicate with drugs or alcohol: "zonk their patients with tranquilizers" them out. Most important, genes that control when flies sleep also regulate human slumber. What's next? "We're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. insomniac in·som·ni·ac n. One who suffers from insomnia. adj. Having or causing insomnia. flies," says researcher Paul Shaw. |
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