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Erik D. Herzog is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include circadian rhythm and melatonin, birth, development, and health, sleep and related disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, stress responses and cortisol, glioma diagnosis and treatment, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Recent publications illustrate the scope of their work:

  • "Circadian neurons in the paraventricular nucleus entrain and sustain daily rhythms in glucocorticoids" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Maternal-Fetal Circadian Communication During Pregnancy" (2020), published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Temozolomide chronotherapy in patients with glioblastoma: a retrospective single-institute study" (2021), published in Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • "Circadian Rhythms and Astrocytes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (2023), published in Annual Review of Neuroscience
  • "Circadian clock synchrony and chronotherapy opportunities in cancer treatment" (2021), published in Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent collaborators have included Sarah K. England, Peinan Zhao, Anna R. Damato, Maria F. Gonzalez-Aponte, and Joshua B. Rubin.

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • INCOSE International Symposium
  • Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Best Publications

  • A circadian clock in macrophages controls inflammatory immune responses.

    Maren Keller;Jeannine Mazuch;Ute Abraham;Gina D. Eom

  • Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mediates circadian rhythmicity and synchrony in mammalian clock neurons

    Sara J Aton;Christopher S Colwell;Anthony J Harmar;James Waschek

  • Circadian rhythms in isolated brain regions.

    Michikazu Abe;Erik D. Herzog;Erik D. Herzog;Shin Yamazaki;Marty Straume

  • Sirt1 Extends Life Span and Delays Aging in Mice through the Regulation of Nk2 Homeobox 1 in the DMH and LH

    Akiko Satoh;Cynthia S. Brace;Nick Rensing;Paul Cliften

  • Circadian clock proteins regulate neuronal redox homeostasis and neurodegeneration

    Erik S. Musiek;Miranda M. Lim;Guangrui Yang;Adam Q. Bauer

  • Clock controls circadian period in isolated suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons.

    Erik D. Herzog;Joseph S. Takahashi;Gene D. Block

  • Come together, right...now: synchronization of rhythms in a mammalian circadian clock.

    Sara J. Aton;Erik D. Herzog

  • Neurons and networks in daily rhythms.

    Erik D. Herzog

  • Temporal Precision in the Mammalian Circadian System: A Reliable Clock from Less Reliable Neurons:

    Erik D. Herzog;Sara J. Aton;Rika Numano;Yoshiyuki Sakaki

  • Clock genes, oscillators, and cellular networks in the suprachiasmatic nuclei.

    Michael H. Hastings;Erik D. Herzog

  • Circadian Rhythm Generation and Entrainment in Astrocytes

    Laura M. Prolo;Joseph S. Takahashi;Erik D. Herzog

  • Guidelines for Genome-Scale Analysis of Biological Rhythms

    Michael E. Hughes;Katherine C. Abruzzi;Ravi Allada;Ron Anafi

  • Intrinsic, nondeterministic circadian rhythm generation in identified mammalian neurons

    Alexis B. Webb;Nikhil Angelo;James E. Huettner;Erik D. Herzog

  • Chronobiology by moonlight.

    Noga Kronfeld-Schor;Davide M. Dominoni;Horacio de la Iglesia;Oren Levy

  • SIRT1 Promotes the Central Adaptive Response to Diet Restriction through Activation of the Dorsomedial and Lateral Nuclei of the Hypothalamus

    Akiko Satoh;Cynthia S. Brace;Gal Ben-Josef;Tim West

  • Astrocytes Regulate Daily Rhythms in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and Behavior

    Chak Foon Tso;Tatiana Simon;Alison C. Greenlaw;Tanvi Puri

  • Regulating the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) Circadian Clockwork: Interplay between Cell-Autonomous and Circuit-Level Mechanisms

    Erik D. Herzog;Tracey Hermanstyne;Nicola J. Smyllie;Michael H. Hastings

  • The imprinted gene Magel2 regulates normal circadian output

    Serguei V Kozlov;James W Bogenpohl;Maureen P Howell;Rachel Wevrick

  • Lithium lengthens the circadian period of individual suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons.

    Michikazu Abe;Erik D. Herzog;Gene D. Block

  • Circadian Regulation of ATP Release in Astrocytes

    Luciano Marpegan;Adrienne E. Swanstrom;Kevin Chung;Tatiana Simon

  • A Molecular Model for Intercellular Synchronization in the Mammalian Circadian Clock

    Tsz-Leung To;Michael A. Henson;Erik D. Herzog;Francis J. Doyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara J. Aton
Sara J. Aton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William J. Schwartz
William J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Joseph S. Takahashi
Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Samer Hattar
Samer Hattar National Institutes of Health
Kevin K. Ohlemiller
Kevin K. Ohlemiller Washington University in St. Louis
Takao K. Hensch
Takao K. Hensch Harvard University
Jeff W. Lichtman
Jeff W. Lichtman Harvard University
Jeffrey M. Zacks
Jeffrey M. Zacks Washington University in St. Louis
Mircea R. Stan
Mircea R. Stan University of Virginia
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Yoshiyuki Sakaki Toyohashi University of Technology

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