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What is sleep? Sleep is a state of behavioral quiescence with reduced sensory responsiveness. From the simple cnidarian, jelly-fish to human beings, sleep has been found to be a conserved behavior in the metazoan world ...

Daily rhythms in Drosophila under semi-natural conditions (or SN) have received much recent attention. One of the striking differences in the behaviour of wild type flies under SN is the presence of an additional peak of ...

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Circadian disturbances are early features of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s Disease (HD). Emerging evidence suggests that circadian decline feeds into neurodegenerative symptoms, exacerbating them. ...

Proper functioning of complex systems depends on the precise and apt coordination of its components at multiple levels. A failure in this can lead to aberrant systemic functioning. One such complex system which requires ...

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A cardinal feature of early stages of human brain development centers on the sensory, cognitive, and emotional experiences that shape neuronal-circuit formation and refinement. Consequently, alterations in these processes ...

For centuries, it has been observed that behavioral and physiological processes of most organisms occur in a rhythmic manner with different periodicities (see Daan, 2010). Trees flower and fruit at species-specific seasons ...