Drowsy Worms Enhance Our Understanding of Sleep

Through a series of experiments in the roundworm C. elegans, the researchers show that glial cells play an unexpected role in ensuring that worms don’t suddenly succumb to sleep-associated immobility. It’s the latest in a growing list of functions ascribed to glial cells, which were once thought to function solely as scaffolding for neurons, but are turning out to be sophisticated biological actors in their own right. The research may offer new insight into the function of glial cells in humans, and reveals a nuanced relationship between sleep and movement. https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/role-of-glia-in-sleep-investigated-in-drowsy-worms-304685?utm_campaign=Newsletter_TN_BreakingScienceNews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=63464653&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8EzT3zMIDr4XsxRzdckefhQV6CnggNvjOAit3Jssw2HriZcLblvcTez2D-ubIwM1qBBMcqPfOYgNWDkykMDdoFx2KFzA&_hsmi=63464653