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. 2019 Jun 17;29(12):R585-R588.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.018.

Sleep: DNA Repair Function for Better Neuronal Aging?

Philippe Mourrain  1 , Gordon X Wang  2
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Sleep: DNA Repair Function for Better Neuronal Aging?

Philippe Mourrain et al. Curr Biol. .
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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.

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