The ABCC9 of sleep: A genetic factor that regulates how long we sleep
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 01:00
in Biology & Nature
A collaborative European study led by LMU researchers has shown that ABCC9, a known genetic factor in heart disease and diabetes, also influences the duration of sleep in humans. This function is evolutionarily conserved as knock-out of the gene reduces the duration of nocturnal sleep in fruit flies.