To Favor Survival Under Food Shortage, the Brain Disables Costly Memory

The brain regulates energy homeostasis in the organism. Under resource shortage, the brain takes priority over peripheral organs for energy supply. But can the brain also down-regulate its own consumption to favor survival? We show that the brain of Drosophila specifically disables the costly format...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2013-01, Vol.339 (6118), p.440-442
Hauptverfasser: Plaçais, Pierre-Yves, Preat, Thomas
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