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Eus J.W. Van Someren is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and psychology, with significant contributions to the study of sleep and related disorders. They have a strong emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience, along with interests spanning endocrine and autonomic systems, psychiatry and mental health, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, notably:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Sleep Medicine
  • SLEEP
  • Translational Psychiatry

Their collaboration network features several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Jeanne Leerssen
  • Tessa F. Blanken
  • Jennifer R. Ramautar
  • Oti Lakbila-Kamal
  • Rick Wassing

Some of the scientist's recent papers are:

  • "ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "The European Insomnia Guideline: An update on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia 2023," 2023, Journal of Sleep Research
  • "Brain mechanisms of insomnia: new perspectives on causes and consequences," 2020, Physiological Reviews
  • "Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Insomnia disorder: State of the science and challenges for the future," 2022, Journal of Sleep Research

Best Publications

  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

    Paul M Thompson;Neda Jahanshad;Christopher R K Ching;Lauren E Salminen

  • Bright Light Therapy: Improved Sensitivity to Its Effects on Rest-Activity Rhythms in Alzheimer Patients by Application of Nonparametric Methods

    E. J. W. Van Someren;D. F. Swaab;C. C. Colenda;W. Cohen

  • Indirect bright light improves circadian rest-activity rhythm disturbances in demented patients

    E.J.W. van Someren;A. Kessler;M. Mirmiran;D.F. Swaab

  • Circadian rest-activity rhythm disturbances in Alzheimer's disease

    Eus J.W. van Someren;Eveline E.O. Hagebeuk;Cees Lijzenga;Philip Scheltens

  • Brain mechanisms of insomnia: new perspectives on causes and consequences

    Unknown

  • Correlating the alpha rhythm to BOLD using simultaneous EEG/fMRI: inter-subject variability.

    S.I. Gonçalves;J.C. de Munck;P.J.W. Pouwels;R. Schoonhoven

  • Disrupted daily activity/rest cycles in relation to daily cortisol rhythms of home-dwelling patients with early Alzheimer's dementia.

    C. F. Hatfield;J. Herbert;E. J. W. van Someren;J. R. Hodges

  • Sleep benefits subsequent hippocampal functioning

    Ysbrand D Van Der Werf;Ysbrand D Van Der Werf;Ellemarije Altena;Ellemarije Altena;Menno M Schoonheim;Ernesto J Sanz-Arigita;Ernesto J Sanz-Arigita

  • Reduced Orbitofrontal and Parietal Gray Matter in Chronic Insomnia: A Voxel-Based Morphometric Study

    Ellemarije Altena;Ellemarije Altena;Hugo Vrenken;Ysbrand D. Van Der Werf;Ysbrand D. Van Der Werf;Odile A. van den Heuvel

  • Age-associated difference in circadian sleep-wake and rest-activity rhythms.

    Yong-Lu Huang;Rong-Yu Liu;Qing-Song Wang;Eus J.W Van Someren

  • Delayed Circadian Rhythm in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Chronic Sleep-Onset Insomnia

    Maaike M. Van Veen;J.J. Sandra Kooij;A. Marije Boonstra;Marijke C.M. Gordijn

  • Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia complaints identifies risk genes and genetic overlap with psychiatric and metabolic traits

    Anke R Hammerschlag;Sven Stringer;Christiaan A de Leeuw;Suzanne Sniekers

  • Prefrontal hypoactivation and recovery in insomnia

    Ellemarije Altena;Ellemarije Altena;Ysbrand D Van Der Werf;Ysbrand D Van Der Werf;Ernesto J Sanz-Arigita;Ernesto J Sanz-Arigita;Thom A Voorn

  • The relationship between insomnia and body temperatures.

    Leon C. Lack;Michael Gradisar;Eus J.W. Van Someren;Eus J.W. Van Someren;Helen R. Wright

  • Quality and Quantity of Sleep and Factors Associated With Sleep Disturbance in Hospitalized Patients

    Hilde M. Wesselius;Eva S. van den Ende;Jelmer Alsma;Jan C. ter Maaten

  • MORE THAN A MARKER: INTERACTION BETWEEN THE CIRCADIAN REGULATION OF TEMPERATURE AND SLEEP, AGE-RELATED CHANGES, AND TREATMENT POSSIBILITIES

    Unknown

  • Mechanisms and functions of coupling between sleep and temperature rhythms.

    Eus J W Van Someren

  • Sleep loss affects vigilance: effects of chronic insomnia and sleep therapy

    Ellemarije Altena;Ysbrand D. Van Der Werf;Ysbrand D. Van Der Werf;Rob L. M. Strijers;Eus J. W. Van Someren;Eus J. W. Van Someren

  • Discovery of key whole-brain transitions and dynamics during human wakefulness and non-REM sleep.

    A. B. A. Stevner;A. B. A. Stevner;D. Vidaurre;J. Cabral;J. Cabral;K. Rapuano

  • Circadian and sleep disturbances in the elderly

    Unknown

  • Circadian and age-related modulation of thermoreception and temperature regulation: mechanisms and functional implications.

    Eus J W Van Someren;Roy J E M Raymann;Erik J A Scherder;Hein A M Daanen

  • Colocalization of corticotropin-releasing hormone and oestrogen receptor-alpha in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in mood disorders.

    Ai-Min Bao;Andon Hestiantoro;Eus J. W. Van Someren;Dick F. Swaab

  • Cutaneous warming promotes sleep onset

    Roy J. E. M. Raymann;Dick F. Swaab;Eus J. W. Van Someren

  • CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND SLEEP IN HUMAN AGING

    Eus J. W. Van Someren

  • Effect of morning bright light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with severe Alzheimer's disease.

    Glenna A. Dowling;Erin M. Hubbard;Judy Mastick;Jay S. Luxenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ysbrand D. van der Werf
Ysbrand D. van der Werf Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dick F. Swaab
Dick F. Swaab Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Diederick Stoffers
Diederick Stoffers Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Morten L. Kringelbach
Morten L. Kringelbach University of Oxford
Erik J. A. Scherder
Erik J. A. Scherder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Martin Walter
Martin Walter Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen
Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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