NeuroscienceCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewed
Sleep Facilitates Pattern Separation through SK Channel-Mediated Sparse Coding
Chien-Chun Chen, Yu-Chun Huang, Antonio Ortega…·Sha Liu
This study shows that sleep deprivation in Drosophila impairs pattern separation by disrupting sparse coding in the mushroom body through SK channel-mediated changes in inhibitory neurons.
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.028