Inactivation of a group of sleep-promoting neurons through dopamine signalling can cause acute or chronic wakefulness in flies, depending on changes in three different potassium-channel proteins. See Letter p.333
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The number of potassium-channel proteins was given incorrectly. This has now been amended.
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Dissel, S., Shaw, P. Flipping the sleep switch. Nature 536, 278–280 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18918
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