PUBLICATION
Sleep: DNA Repair Function for Better Neuronal Aging?
- Authors
- Mourrain, P., Wang, G.X.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190619-8
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- Current biology : CB 29: R585-R588 (Other)
- Registered Authors
- Mourrain, Philippe
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Chromosomes
- DNA Damage
- DNA Repair
- Neurons*
- Sleep*
- PubMed
- 31211981 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Citation
Mourrain, P., Wang, G.X. (2019) Sleep: DNA Repair Function for Better Neuronal Aging?. Current biology : CB. 29:R585-R588.
Abstract
A novel potential role of sleep is neuronal DNA repair. Live imaging of chromosome dynamics in zebrafish neurons has uncovered how sleep can repair DNA breaks accumulated during wake to maintain genome integrity and likely slow down neuronal aging.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping