News Health & Medicine Sleep may clear the decks for next day’s learning Fruit fly studies find that snoozing prunes connections between brain cells By Tina Hesman Saey April 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print You snooze, you lose connections between brain cells, two new studies suggest. SOCIALIZING IS TIRING SMALL PARTY. Fruit flies need more sleep after socializing, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered.