Sean Mitchell Gay

Neuroscience graduate student at UNC.

[UNC School of Medicine @UNC_SOM]

Sleep is essential for the development of the infant brain.

A new study led by researchers at @UNC_CBP, shows how sleep loss impacts brain development and may play a role in increasing one's risk of developing #Autism spectrum disorder.

https://t.co/PMgAl70Tot

[Diering_Lab @Diering_Lab]

Check out our new paper on the interplay between sleep and synapses during development! @Diering_Lab

Developing forebrain synapses are uniquely vulnerable to sleep loss | PNAS https://t.co/Epow9lkr6b

[Diering_Lab @Diering_Lab]

I am excited to share our newest preprint! Led by Sean Gay @SeanMGay, we take a dive into the synaptic function of sleep and consequence of sleep loss across development #Synapse-#BrainDevelopment: https://t.co/WgeGdow8Db 1/10

[Sean Mitchell Gay @SeanMGay]

@le_mccorm @Diering_Lab Thanks Laura! Congrats on graduating!!

[BBSP @ UNC @UNCBBSP]

#phd students @LizaChartampila and @SeanMGay are finalists for @SfNtweets #SciComm competition. Their video on circadian rhythm is up for a people's choice award. You can vote for their video by giving it a like: https://t.co/qLNUZgRwiZ

[KathrynMHarper @KathrynMHarper]

Wonderful work from Julia and @DieringLab which shows once again how important sleep can be to development. https://t.co/MLlzShX5Ti via @Spectrum