Associate Professor

J. Christopher Ehlen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Neurobiology jehlen@msm.edu (404) 752-1826 Multidisciplinary Research Center F14 POSTGRADUATE:

Georgia State University

Fellowship: Neuroscience

GRADUATE:

Kent State University

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology

UNDERGRADUATE:

University at Albany, State University of New York

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences

My current research focuses on: 1) understanding the mechanistic role of sleep in the neuronal circuits that regulate resilience to social stress; 2) elucidating the neuronal mechanisms responsible for regulating sleep need and identifying the genes involved in this mechanism.

Non-rapid eye movement sleep determines resilience to social stress. Bush B.J., Donnay C., Andrews E.A., Lewis-Sanders D., Gray C.L., Qiao Z., Brager A.J., Johnson H., Brewer H.C.S., Sood S., Saafir T., Benveniste M., Paul K.N., Ehlen J.C. (2022) eLife. 23(11), e80206.
Stowie, A., Qiao, Z., Do Carmo Buonfiglio, D., Beckner, D.M., Ehlen, J.C., Benveniste, M., Davidson, A.J. Arginine-Vasopressin Expressing Neurons in the Murine Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Exhibit a Circadian Rhythm in Network Coherence In Vivo. (2022) PNAS. 120 (4), e2209329120.
Ehlen, J.C., Brager, A.J., Baggs, J., Pinckney, L., Gray, C.L., DeBruyne, J.P., Esser, K.E., Takahashi, J.S., Paul, K.N. (2017) Bmal1 function in skeletal muscle regulates sleep. eLife. e26557.
Ehlen, J.C.*, Jones, K.A.*, Pinckney, L, Gray, C.L., Burette, S., Weinberg, R.J., Evans, J.A., Brager, A.J., Zylka, M.J., Paul, K.N, Philpot, B.D., DeBruyne, J.P. (2015) Maternal Ube3a loss disrupts sleep homeostasis but leaves circadian rhythmicity largely intact. The Journal of Neuroscience. 35 (40): 13587-13598.
Ehlen, J.C. *, Hesse, H.*, Pinckney, L., Paul, K.N. (2013) Sex chromosomes regulate nighttime sleep propensity during recovery from sleep loss in mice. PLOS ONE. 8(5) e62205.

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