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Valerie Uytterhoeven

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease ResearchORCID 0000-0003-3100-2079Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintOct 16, 2025

Presynaptic Release Probability Determines the Need for Sleep

Yifan Wu, Keimpe D. B. Wierda, Katlijn Vints…·Sha Liu

The paper shows that presynaptic release probability, not synaptic strength, decreases with sleep loss and affects sleep need across species.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.16.682770

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NeuroscienceThe EMBO JournalPeer-reviewedAug 21, 2025

Soma-centered control of synaptic autophagy by Rab39-regulated anterograde trafficking of Atg9

Ayse Kilic, Gökhan Özturan, Dirk Vandekerkhove…·Patrik Verstreken

This study identifies Rab39 as a regulator of autophagy at presynaptic terminals in Drosophila, showing its role in trafficking Atg9 vesicles and its link to neurodegeneration.

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