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THIS IS A FRUIT FLY'S BRAIN ON SLEEP

The longer fruit flies stay awake, the more proteins active at synapses build up (right). Sleep lowers levels of these proteins (left), indicating that one of sleep's functions may be to reduce or eliminate synapses to make room for learning the next day. Credit: courtesy of Chiara Cirelli

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