Staying awake to stay alive: A circuit controlling starvation-induced waking

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About the Authors

Krishna Melnattur

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Paul Shaw

* E-mail: shawp@wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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