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by SalariedSlave 319 days ago
The paper's core idea isn’t that all cells that use mitochondria need sleep, but rather:

> In a specific subset of sleep-inducing neurons, mitochondrial electron leak builds up when energy is available but underused during neuronal inactivity. That mismatch acts as a sleep signal.

The heart doesn’t fall into that subset.