Worms sleep: a perspective

Abstract

I review the history of sleep research in Caenorhabditis elegans, briefly introduce the four articles in this issue focused on worm sleep and propose future directions our field might take.

Keywords:

• Worm sleep
• lethargus
• behavioral states
• history of sleep

Acknowledgements

The author thanks Ron Anafi for editing this perspective.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work is supported by the National Institutes of Health [R01NS107969, R01NS088432, and R21CA224267].