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• Inadequate #sleep is associated with an increased risk of #metabolic disorders.
• Mitochondrial metabolism lies at the heart of a homeostatic sleep-regulatory mechanism.
• Sleep need is encoded in the excitability state of sleep-control neurons in the central fly brain.
• #Mitochondrial ROS promotes sleep by acting on a redox-sensitive potassium channel subunit.
• Mitochondrial ROS modulates the activity of sleep-control #neurons
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438823000582