In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.
For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...
Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...
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Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.