J. Christopher Ehlen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Neurobiology
Location: Multidisciplinary Research Center F14
Phone: (404) 752-1826
E-mail: jehlen@msm.edu
Education
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
Research Interests
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.
Publications
- 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.