Sleep & Circadian Rhythms

2026

Molecularly distinct subtypes of Lhx6-positive neurons of the zona incerta differentially regulate sleep pressure and recovery sleep

Chandler PW, Lee SS, Duncan LH, Kim DW, and Wu MN, Blackshaw S. iScience.

2025

A subcircuit in the suprachiasmatic nucleus generates wakefulness

Liu Q, Lee SS, Xiong J, Ahmadi S, Bell BJ, Keles MF, and Wu MN. Advanced Science

Sleep need–dependent plasticity of a thalamic circuit promotes homeostatic recovery sleep

Lee SS, Liu Q, Cheng AHR, Kim DW, Boudreau DM, Mehta A, Keles MF, Fejfer R, Palmer I, Park KH, Münzberg H, Harris TD, Graves AR, Blackshaw S, and Wu MN. Science

Also, see “Where the brain pays sleep debt” at Perspective in Science

2024

An amygdalar oscillator coordinates cellular and behavioral rhythms

Liu Q, Xiong J, Kim DW, Lee SS, Bell BJ, Alexandre C, Blackshaw S, Latremoliere A, and Wu MN. Neuron

Metabolic and vascular imaging markers for investigating Alzheimer’s disease complicated by sleep fragmentation in mice

Han X, Liu G, Lee SS, Yang X, Wu MN, Lu H, and Wei Z. Frontiers in Physiology

Tob regulates the timing of sleep onset at night in Drosophila

Han E*, Lee SS*, Park KH, Blum ID, Liu Q, Mehta A, Palmer I, Issa H, Han A, Brown MP, Sanchez-Franco VM, Velasco M, Tabuchi M, and Wu MN. Journal of Neuroscience (*Co-1st)

2023

A clock-dependent brake for rhythmic arousal in the dorsomedial hypothalamus

Liu Q, Bell BJ, Kim DW, Lee SS, Keles MF, Liu Q, Blum ID, Wang AA, Blank EJ, Xiong J, Bedont JL, Chang AJ, Issa H, Cohen JY, Blackshaw S, and Wu MN. Nature Communications

Neuroendocrine Control of Physiology and Behavior

2021

Regulation of Drosophila long-term courtship memory by ecdysis triggering hormone

Lee SS and Adams ME. Frontiers in Neuroscience

2017

Hormonal signaling cascade during an early-adult critical period required for courtship memory retention in Drosophila

Lee SS, Ding Y, Karapetians N, Rivera-Perez C, Noriega FG, and Adams ME. Current Biology

Endocrine network essential for reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster

Meiselman M, Lee SS, Tran R-T, Dai H, Ding Y, Rivera-Perez C, Wijesekera TP, Dauwalder B, Noriega FG, and Adams ME. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

OCT intensity and phase fluctuations correlated with activity-dependent neuronal calcium dynamics in the Drosophila CNS

Tong MQ, Hasan MM, Lee SS, Haque MR, Kim D-H, Islam MS, Adams ME, and Park BH. Biomedical Optics Express

2015

Rescheduling behavioral subunits of a fixed action pattern by genetic manipulation of peptidergic signaling

Kim D-H, Han M-R, Lee G, Lee SS, Kim Y-J, and Adams ME. PLoS Genetics

Ion Channel / Pump Physiology

2015

Mistic-fused expression of algal rhodopsins in Escherichia coli and its photochemical properties

Lee KA, Lee SS, Kim SY, Choi AR, Lee J-H, and Jung K-H. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects

2013

Reversal of neuropathic pain in diabetes by targeting glycosylation of Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels

Orestes P, Osuru HP, McIntire WE, Jacus MO, Salajegheh R, Jagodic MM, Choe W, Lee J, Lee SS, Rose KE, Poiro N, DiGruccio MR, Krishnan K, Covey DF, Lee J-H, Barrett PQ, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, and Todorovic SM. Diabetes

2011

DTNB oxidation effects on T-type Ca2+ channel isoforms

Lee SS, Kang H-W, Park J-Y, and Lee J-H. Animal Cells and Systems

Acetabularia rhodopsin I is a light-stimulated proton pump

Lee SS, Choi AR, Kim SY, Kang H-W, Jung K-H, and Lee J-H. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

2010

Structural determinants of the high affinity extracellular zinc binding site on Cav3. 2 T-type calcium channels

Kang H-W, Vitko I, Lee SS, Perez-Reyes E, and Lee J-H. Journal of Biological Chemistry

2008

Differential expression of four Cav3.1 splice variants in the repeat iii‐iv loop

Lee SS, Park Y-M, Kang H-W, Bang H, Jeong S-W, and Lee J-H. Animal Cells and Systems

Others

Neural circuit mechanisms encoding motivational states in Drosophila

Lee SS and Wu MN. Current Opinion in Neurobiology (Review)

Parasitoid jewel wasp mounts multipronged neurochemical attack to hijack a host brain

Arvidson R, Kaiser M, Lee SS, Urenda J-P, Dail C, Mohammed H, Nolan C, Pan S, Stajich JE, Libersat F, and Adams ME. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics