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Denis Burdakov

Denis Burdakov

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Neuroscience

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49
Citations
9030
World Ranking
5973
National Ranking
145

Overview

Denis Burdakov is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, contributing extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their primary research areas encompass a broad range of topics including sleep and wakefulness research, circadian rhythm and melatonin, regulation of appetite and obesity, sleep and related disorders, zebrafish biomedical research applications, neural dynamics and brain function, as well as memory and neural mechanisms.

The scientist's work is predominantly situated within neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and the endocrine and autonomic systems. Additional subfields they engage with include cellular and molecular neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cell biology.

Denis Burdakov has published numerous papers in various reputable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Nature Methods
  • Physiology & Behavior

Notable recent publications comprise:

  • A genetically encoded sensor for in vivo imaging of orexin neuropeptides, 2022, Nature Methods
  • Role of spontaneous and sensory orexin network dynamics in rapid locomotion initiation, 2020, Progress in Neurobiology
  • The hypothalamus as a primary coordinator of memory updating, 2020, Physiology & Behavior
  • Ingested non-essential amino acids recruit brain orexin cells to suppress eating in mice, 2022, Current Biology
  • Neurobehavioral meaning of pupil size, 2024, Neuron

Denis Burdakov frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Daria Peleg-Raibstein (33 collaborations)
  • Edward F. Bracey (22 collaborations)
  • Paulius Viskaitis (15 collaborations)
  • Nikola Grujic (14 collaborations)
  • Alexander L. Tesmer (11 collaborations)

The research output predominantly focuses on understanding neural mechanisms underlying behavior and physiological functions related to sleep, appetite, and memory. Their studies on orexin neuropeptides, neural dynamics, and hypothalamic functions contribute to broader insights in neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Narcolepsy - clinical spectrum, aetiopathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment.

    Claudio L. A. Bassetti;Antoine Adamantidis;Denis Burdakov;Denis Burdakov;Denis Burdakov;Fang Han

  • Optogenetic identification of a rapid eye movement sleep modulatory circuit in the hypothalamus

    Sonia Jego;Stephen D. Glasgow;Carolina Gutierrez Herrera;Mats Ekstrand

  • Physiological Changes in Glucose Differentially Modulate the Excitability of Hypothalamic Melanin-Concentrating Hormone and Orexin Neurons In Situ

    Denis Burdakov;Oleg Vsevolodovich Gerasimenko;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Enhanced PIP3 signaling in POMC neurons causes KATP channel activation and leads to diet-sensitive obesity

    Leona Plum;Xiaosong Ma;Brigitte Hampel;Nina Balthasar

  • Glucose-sensing neurons of the hypothalamus

    Denis Burdakov;Simon M Luckman;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Control of hypothalamic orexin neurons by acid and CO2

    Rhîannan H. Williams;Lise T. Jensen;Alex Verkhratsky;Lars Fugger

  • Tandem-Pore K+ Channels Mediate Inhibition of Orexin Neurons by Glucose

    Denis Burdakov;Lise T. Jensen;Haris Alexopoulos;Rhiannan H. Williams

  • Intraluminal calcium as a primary regulator of endoplasmic reticulum function.

    Denis Burdakov;Ole Holger Petersen;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • GABA and glutamate neurons in the VTA regulate sleep and wakefulness

    Xiao Yu;Wen Li;Ying Ma;Kyoko Tossell

  • Coreleased Orexin and Glutamate Evoke Nonredundant Spike Outputs and Computations in Histamine Neurons

    Cornelia Schöne;John Apergis-Schoute;Takeshi Sakurai;Takeshi Sakurai;Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Antoine Roger Adamantidis

  • Activation of central orexin/hypocretin neurons by dietary amino acids.

    Mahesh M Karnani;John Apergis-Schoute;Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Lise T Jensen

  • Awake dynamics and brain-wide direct inputs of hypothalamic MCH and orexin networks

    J Antonio González;Panagiota Iordanidou;Molly Strom;Antoine Roger Adamantidis

  • Inhibitory Control of Prefrontal Cortex by the Claustrum

    Jesse Jackson;Jesse Jackson;Mahesh M. Karnani;Boris V. Zemelman;Denis Burdakov

  • Orexin excites GABAergic neurons of the arcuate nucleus by activating the sodium--calcium exchanger.

    Denis Burdakov;Birgit Liss;Frances M. Ashcroft

  • Inhibitory Interplay between Orexin Neurons and Eating.

    J. Antonio González;Lise T. Jensen;Panagiota Iordanidou;Molly Strom

  • Metabolism-independent sugar sensing in central orexin neurons

    J. Antonio González;Lise T. Jensen;Lars Fugger;Denis Burdakov

  • Optogenetic Probing of Fast Glutamatergic Transmission from Hypocretin/Orexin to Histamine Neurons In Situ

    Cornelia Schöne;Zhen Fang Huang Cao;Zhen Fang Huang Cao;John Apergis-Schoute;Antoine Roger Adamantidis

  • Aversive stimuli drive hypothalamus-to-habenula excitation to promote escape behavior.

    Salvatore Lecca;Salvatore Lecca;Frank Julius Meye;Frank Julius Meye;Massimo Trusel;Massimo Trusel;Anna Tchenio;Anna Tchenio

  • Acute suppressive and long-term phase modulation actions of orexin on the mammalian circadian clock.

    Mino D.C. Belle;Alun T.L. Hughes;David A. Bechtold;Peter Cunningham

  • Adaptive sugar sensors in hypothalamic feeding circuits

    Rhiannan H. Williams;Haris Alexopoulos;Lise T. Jensen;Lars Fugger;Lars Fugger

  • Dissociation between sensing and metabolism of glucose in sugar sensing neurones

    J. Antonio Gonzàlez;Frank Reimann;Denis Burdakov

Frequent Co-Authors

Antoine Roger Adamantidis
Antoine Roger Adamantidis University of Bern
Frances M. Ashcroft
Frances M. Ashcroft University of Oxford
Alexei Verkhratsky
Alexei Verkhratsky University of Manchester
François Georges
François Georges University of Bordeaux
Hugh D. Piggins
Hugh D. Piggins University of Bristol
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
A. Jennifer Morton
A. Jennifer Morton University of Cambridge

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