Shawn Lockery, University of Oregon (image)

University of Oregon

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Shawn Lockery of the University of Oregon led a study that probed the activity of neurons in nematodes as they randomly sought food. The on-and-off activity of the neurons, which directed the roundworms' movements, appeared to be very similar to fragmentation often observed in human sleep problems.

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Photo by Dustin Whitaker

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