NIH R01 · 2024
Investigation of a newly identified group of neurons regulating sleep and feeding behaviors.
Project Abstract To ensure survival , animals must satisfy a variety of needs that lead to what are often mutually exclusive motivated behaviors. An example of such a behavior is sleep, a process that has been described in a variety of species ranging from jellyfish to humans. Although the precise function of sleep remains unknown, there is ample evidence supporting the notion that sleep is required for maintaining optimal physiological and behavioral performance. Importantly, sleep is regulated by two processes, the circadian clock which gates the occurrence of sleep, and the sleep homeostat which controls the intensity and duration of sleep. Beyond the clock and the homeostat, a variety…
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