Scott Pletcher
William H Howell Collegiate Professor of Physiology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Research Professor
Institute of Gerontology
Medical School
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Scott Pletcher
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      Caswell Diabetes Institute
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      Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
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    • Journal Article
      Regeneration leads to global tissue rejuvenation in aging sexual planarians
      Dai X, Li X, Tyshkovskiy A, Zuckerman C, Cheng N, Lin P, Paris D, Qureshi S, Kruglyak L, Mao X, Nandakumar J, Gladyshev VN, Pletcher S, Sobota J, Guo L. Nature Aging, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1038/s43587-025-00847-9
    • Journal Article
      Behavioral dissection of hunger states in Drosophila
      Weaver KJ, Raju S, Rucker RA, Chakraborty T, Holt RA, Pletcher SD. eLife, 2023 Jun 16; 12: DOI:10.7554/eLife.84537
      PMID: 37326496
    • Journal Article
      Behavioral dissection of hunger states in Drosophila
      Weaver KJ, Raju S, Rucker RA, Chakraborty T, Holt RA, Pletcher SD. eLife, 2023 Jun 17; 12: DOI:10.7554/elife.84537.3
    • Journal Article
      Ring neurons in the Drosophila central complex comprise a rheostat for sensory modulation of aging
      Gendron C, Chakraborty T, Pletcher S. 2023 Mar 14;
    • Journal Article
      Effects of hunger on neuronal histone modifications slow aging in Drosophila
      Weaver KJ, Holt RA, Henry E, Lyu Y, Pletcher SD. Science, 2023 May 12; 380 (6645): 625 - 632. DOI:10.1126/science.ade1662
      PMID: 37167393
    • Journal Article
      Light modulates Drosophila lifespan via perceptual systems independent of circadian rhythms
      Johnson JC, Munneke AS, Richardson HM, Gendron CM, Pletcher SD. Aging, 2023 Jan 1; 15 (2): 396 - 420. DOI:10.18632/aging.204472
      PMID: 36622279
    • Journal Article
      The neuropeptide drosulfakinin enhances choosiness and protects males from the aging effects of social perception
      Fedina TY, Cummins ET, Promislow DEL, Pletcher SD. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023 Jan 1; 120 (51): DOI:10.1073/pnas.2308305120
      PMID: 38079545
    • Journal Article
      Lifespan Extension in Female Mice By Early, Transient Exposure to Adult Female Olfactory Cues
      Garratt M, Erturk I, Alonzo R, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Pletcher SD, Miller RA. eLife, 2022 Dec 1; 11: DOI:10.7554/ELIFE.84060
      PMID: 36525360