Different methods for inducing sleep in Drosophila flies may be promoting distinct sleep stages with different functions when brain activity and gene expression are compared.

Unbiased and targeted genetic approaches reveal a link between sleep and autophagy that could be relevant for sleep function, and for understanding pathological consequences of chronic sleep loss.

Behavioral and circuit analyses show that changes to energetic demand are a key driver of consolidation of daily sleep and feeding patterns as animals mature.

Endocytosis through the Drosophila blood–brain barrier influences and depends upon sleep.

Effects of ecdysone on sleep are mediated through lipid metabolism in cortex glia.