Clifford B. Saper

Research interests

Publications

• Sleep State Switching

  Neuron · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.11.032

• Pathophysiology of REM sleep behaviour disorder and relevance to neurodegenerative disease

  Brain · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awm056

• A putative flip–flop switch for control of REM sleep

  Nature · 2006 · 10.1038/nature04767

• Hypothalamic regulation of sleep and circadian rhythms

  Nature · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04284

• Expression of ghrelin receptor mRNA in the rat and the mouse brain

  The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 2005 · 10.1002/cne.20823

• The α2-Adrenoceptor Agonist Dexmedetomidine Converges on an Endogenous Sleep-promoting Pathway to Exert Its Sedative Effects

  Anesthesiology · 2003 · 10.1097/00000542-200302000-00024

• The Need to Feed

  Neuron · 2002 · 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)00969-8

• The Central Autonomic Nervous System: Conscious Visceral Perception and Autonomic Pattern Generation

  Annual Review of Neuroscience · 2002 · 10.1146/annurev.neuro.25.032502.111311

• The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness

  Trends in Neurosciences · 2001 · 10.1016/s0166-2236(00)02002-6

• Fos Expression in Orexin Neurons Varies with Behavioral State

  Journal of Neuroscience · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.21-05-01656.2001

• Differential expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 in the rat brain

  The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.1190

• Leptin Regulation of Neuroendocrine Systems

  Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology · 2000 · 10.1006/frne.2000.0197

• Narcolepsy in orexin Knockout Mice

  Cell · 1999 · 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81973-x

• From Lesions to Leptin

  Neuron · 1999 · 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)81084-3

• Leptin Differentially Regulates NPY and POMC Neurons Projecting to the Lateral Hypothalamic Area

  Neuron · 1999 · 10.1016/s0896-6273(01)80035-0

• Chemically defined projections linking the mediobasal hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamic area

  The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1998 · 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19981228)402:4<442::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-r

• Distributions of leptin receptor mRNA isoforms in the rat brain

  The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1998 · 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980615)395:4<535::aid-cne9>3.0.co;2-2

• Leptin Activates Hypothalamic CART Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord

  Neuron · 1998 · 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80656-x

• Activation of Ventrolateral Preoptic Neurons During Sleep

  Science · 1996 · 10.1126/science.271.5246.216

• Efferent projections of the infralimbic cortex of the rat

  The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1991 · 10.1002/cne.903080210

• Connections of the parabrachial nucleus with the nucleus of the solitary tract and the medullary reticular formation in the rat

  The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1990 · 10.1002/cne.902930404

• Interleukin-1 Immunoreactive Innervation of the Human Hypothalamus

  Science · 1988 · 10.1126/science.3258444

• Subnuclear organization of the efferent connections of the parabrachial nucleus in the rat

  Brain Research Reviews · 1984 · 10.1016/0165-0173(84)90012-2

• Distribution of cholinergic neurons in rat brain: Demonstrated by the immunocytochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase

  The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1983 · 10.1002/cne.902160106

• Efferent connections of the parabrachial nucleus in the rat

  Brain Research · 1980 · 10.1016/0006-8993(80)91117-8

• Direct hypothalamo-autonomic connections

  Brain Research · 1976 · 10.1016/0006-8993(76)90738-1

Current projects

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