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Eric A. Nofzinger is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, clinical psychology, dermatology, and public health.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Menstrual Health and Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Eric A. Nofzinger has contributed scholarly articles to prominent venues such as:

  • SLEEP
  • Behavioral Sleep Medicine
  • Current Sleep Medicine Reports
  • Sleep And Breathing

Their recent published papers include:

  • Sleep Disturbance in Tourette's Disorder: Potential Underlying Mechanisms, 2023, Current Sleep Medicine Reports
  • Effects of forehead cooling and supportive care on menopause-related sleep difficulties, hot flashes and menopausal symptoms: a pilot study, 2020, Behavioral Sleep Medicine
  • Effects of a forehead cooling device in veterans with chronic insomnia disorder and co-morbid medical and psychiatric conditions: a pilot study, 2020, Sleep And Breathing
  • 0515 Durability of Effects of Forehead Cooling on EEG Sleep Measures in Insomnia Patients from 2- to 30-Nights Use and 6-Month Safety Results, 2020, SLEEP
  • 0482 A Preliminary Study on the Efficacy of Forehead-Cooling for Relieving Menopausal Sleep Difficulties and Hot Flashes, 2020, SLEEP

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric A. Nofzinger include:

  • Laurel Chiappetta
  • Fiona C. Baker
  • Massimiliano de Zambotti
  • Jurjen Schirm
  • Emily J. Ricketts

Best Publications

  • Functional Neuroimaging Evidence for Hyperarousal in Insomnia

    Eric A. Nofzinger;Daniel J. Buysse;Anne Germain;Julie C. Price

  • Forebrain activation in REM sleep: an FDG PET study.

    Eric A Nofzinger;Mark A Mintun;MaryBeth Wiseman;David J Kupfer

  • Sleep-specific mechanisms underlying posttraumatic stress disorder: Integrative review and neurobiological hypotheses

    Anne Germain;Daniel J. Buysse;Eric Nofzinger

  • Symptoms of stress and depression as correlates of sleep in primary insomnia.

    M Hall;D J Buysse;P D Nowell;E A Nofzinger

  • Human regional cerebral glucose metabolism during non-rapid eye movement sleep in relation to waking

    Eric A. Nofzinger;Daniel J. Buysse;Jean M. Miewald;Carolyn C. Meltzer

  • Daytime symptoms in primary insomnia: a prospective analysis using ecological momentary assessment.

    Daniel J. Buysse;Wesley Thompson;John Scott;Peter L. Franzen

  • Placebo-controlled comparison of prazosin and cognitive-behavioral treatments for sleep disturbances in US Military Veterans.

    Anne Germain;Robin Richardson;Douglas E. Moul;Oommen Mammen

  • Symptom reports in severe chronic insomnia.

    Douglas E Moul;Eric A Nofzinger;Paul A Pilkonis;Patricia R Houck

  • EEG Spectral Analysis in Primary Insomnia: NREM Period Effects and Sex Differences

    Daniel J. Buysse;Anne Germain;Martica L. Hall;Douglas E. Moul

  • Hypersomnia in bipolar depression: a comparison with narcolepsy using the multiple sleep latency test.

    E A Nofzinger;M E Thase;C F Reynolds rd;J M Himmelhoch

  • A Neurobiological Model of Insomnia.

    Daniel J. Buysse;Anne Germain;Martica Hall;Timothy H. Monk

  • Financial strain is a significant correlate of sleep continuity disturbances in late-life.

    Martica Hall;Daniel J. Buysse;Eric A. Nofzinger;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Towards a neurobiology of dysfunctional arousal in depression: the relationship between beta EEG power and regional cerebral glucose metabolism during NREM sleep.

    Eric A Nofzinger;Julie C Price;Carolyn C Meltzer;Daniel J Buysse

  • Cerebral glucose metabolic response to combined total sleep deprivation and antidepressant treatment in geriatric depression.

    Gwenn S. Smith;Charles F. Reynolds;Bruce Pollock;Stuart Derbyshire

  • REM sleep enhancement by bupropion in depressed men.

    E. A. Nofzinger;C. F. Reynolds;M. E. Thase;E. Frank

  • Sleeping Well, Aging Well: A Descriptive and Cross-Sectional Study of Sleep in “Successful Agers” 75 and Older

    Henry C. Driscoll;Linda Serody;Susan Patrick;Jennifer Maurer

  • Increased activation of anterior paralimbic and executive cortex from waking to rapid eye movement sleep in depression.

    Eric A. Nofzinger;Daniel J. Buysse;Anne Germain;Cameron S Carter

  • Changes in forebrain function from waking to REM sleep in depression: preliminary analyses of [18F]FDG PET studies.

    Eric A. Nofzinger;Thomas E. Nichols;Thomas E. Nichols;Carolyn C. Meltzer;Julie Price

  • Sexual Function in Depressed Men: Assessment by Self-report, Behavioral, and Nocturnal Penile Tumescence Measures Before and After Treatment With Cognitive Behavior Therapy

    Eric A. Nofzinger;Michael E. Thase;Charles F. Reynolds;Ellen Frank

  • Impaired sleep-related memory consolidation in primary insomnia--a pilot study.

    Christoph Nissen;Corinna Kloepfer;Eric A. Nofzinger;Bernd Feige

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Germain
Anne Germain University of Pittsburgh
Julie C. Price
Julie C. Price Harvard University
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Christoph Nissen
Christoph Nissen University of Geneva
Robert Y. Moore
Robert Y. Moore University of Pittsburgh
Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
Wesley K. Thompson
Wesley K. Thompson University of California, San Diego
Bernd Feige
Bernd Feige University of Freiburg
Brant P. Hasler
Brant P. Hasler University of Pittsburgh
J. Richard Jennings
J. Richard Jennings University of Pittsburgh

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