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SUBMITTER: Gill S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4578815 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gill Shubhroz S Le Hiep D HD Melkani Girish C GC Panda Satchidananda S
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20150301 6227
Circadian clocks orchestrate periods of rest or activity and feeding or fasting over the course of a 24-hour day and maintain homeostasis. To assess whether a consolidated 24-hour cycle of feeding and fasting can sustain health, we explored the effect of time-restricted feeding (TRF; food access limited to daytime 12 hours every day) on neural, peripheral, and cardiovascular physiology in Drosophila melanogaster. We detected improved sleep, prevention of body weight gain, and deceleration of car ...[more]