Joan C. Hendricks is at the Department of Clinical Studies, Philadelphia School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. jch@vet.upenn.edu
Sleep deprivation causes all too familiar behavioral impairments and increased need for sleep. A new Drosophila mutant with alterations in the Shaker potassium channel sleeps less than normal but does not show the usual effects of sleep deprivation.
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