We believe it's associated with learning and memory consolidation.

People tend to be irritable. They have impaired daytime function. There is data to suggest that people that have sleep disorders are more at risk for depression.

Believe it or not, despite all that we know about sleep, we don't know why people sleep or what its purpose is.

We think that both our genetic rodent model as well as a new learning and memory test we developed may provide valuable tools in the investigation of schizophrenia.

This work is helping us piece together how the brain accomplishes learning and memory, and this is important in efforts to develop treatments for memory disorders.

This involves short-term working memory, multitasking. These kinds of abilities get the biggest boost.