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Dorothy Chan

Washington University in St. Louis

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Breaking free from the clocks tyranny restores memory to brain damaged flies

Stephane Dissel, Ellen P. Morgan, Lijuan Cao, Zachary Peters Wakefield, Shohan Shetty, Dorothy Chan, Vincent Duong, Jeffrey M. Donlea, Hamza Farah, Vasilios Loutrianakis, Melanie Ford, Lillith Streett, Erica M. Periandri, Zhaoyi Li, Irene Huang, , Paul J. Shaw

This study shows that enhancing sleep restores memory in flies with damaged Mushroom Bodies, revealing a role for circadian rhythms in memory impairment.

bioRxiv · Jan 25, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

A conserved role for sleep in supporting spatial learning in Drosophila

Krishna V. Melnattur, Leonie Kirszenblat, Ellen P. Morgan, Valentin Militchin, Blake Sakran, Denis English, Rushi Patel, Dorothy Chan, Bruno van Swinderen, Paul J. Shaw

This study shows that sleep supports spatial learning in Drosophila, with sleep loss and aging impairing learning, which can be reversed by enhancing sleep.

SLEEP · Sep 21, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience