The Caenorhabditis elegans neuropeptide NLP-22 is regulated by a larval circadian clock that is similar to circadian clocks in mammals. Nelson et al. show that NLP-22, expressed in Caenorhabditis elegansRIA interneurons, regulates a sleep-like behavioural quiescence.
- M.D. Nelson
- N.F. Trojanowski
- D.M. Raizen