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Overview

Jian-Sheng Lin is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France and has a research focus primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their scholarly work extensively covers topics related to Sleep and Wakefulness Research, with additional emphasis on Sleep and related disorders, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

The scientist has contributed notably to several publication venues, frequently publishing in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, Médecine du Sommeil, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SLEEP, and Frontiers in Pediatrics. This range suggests an interdisciplinary approach within neuroscience and clinical research domains.

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • Cerebral organoids transplantation improves neurological motor function in rat brain injury (2020, CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics)
  • A dominant strain of Elizabethkingia anophelis emerged from a hospital water system to cause a three-year outbreak in a respiratory care center (2020, Journal of Hospital Infection)
  • Narcolepsy with cataplexy: Does age at diagnosis change the clinical picture? (2020, CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics)
  • Unilateral biportal endoscopic spine surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023, PubMed)
  • Sleep problems in Rett syndrome animal models: A systematic review (2020, Journal of Neuroscience Research)

Jian-Sheng Lin has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Patricia Franco, Marine Thieux, Aurore Guyon, Laurent Seugnet, and Sabine Plancoulaine, reflecting an active engagement with colleagues across various aspects of neuroscience and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Anatomical, Physiological, and Pharmacological Characteristics of Histidine Decarboxylase Knock-Out Mice: Evidence for the Role of Brain Histamine in Behavioral and Sleep–Wake Control

    Régis Parmentier;Hiroshi Ohtsu;Zahia Djebbara-Hannas;Jean Louis Valatx

  • Neuronal Activity of Histaminergic Tuberomammillary Neurons During Wake–Sleep States in the Mouse

    Kazumi Takahashi;Jian-Sheng Lin;Kazuya Sakai

  • Evidence for histaminergic arousal mechanisms in the hypothalamus of cat

    J.-S. Lin;K. Sakai;M. Jouvet

  • A critical role of the posterior hypothalamus in the mechanisms of wakefulness determined by microinjection of muscimol in freely moving cats

    Jian-Sheng Lin;Kazuya Sakai;Giovanna Vanni-Mercier;Michel Jouvet

  • Involvement of histaminergic neurons in arousal mechanisms demonstrated with H3-receptor ligands in the cat

    Jian-Sheng Lin;Kazuya Sakai;Giovanna Vanni-Mercier;Jean-Michel Arrang

  • Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Ciproxifan, A Potent Histamine H3-Receptor Antagonist

    X. Ligneau;J.-S. Lin;G. Vanni-Mercier;M. Jouvet

  • The histamine H3 receptor as a novel therapeutic target for cognitive and sleep disorders

    Maria Beatrice Passani;Jian-Sheng Lin;Arthur Hancock;Sylvain Crochet

  • BF2.649 [1-{3-[3-(4-Chlorophenyl)propoxy]propyl}piperidine, hydrochloride], a nonimidazole inverse agonist/antagonist at the human histamine H3 receptor: Preclinical pharmacology.

    X. Ligneau;D. Perrin;L. Landais;J.-C. Camelin

  • Locus coeruleus neuronal activity during the sleep-waking cycle in mice.

    K. Takahashi;Y. Kayama;J.S. Lin;K. Sakai

  • Mapping of cholinoceptive brainstem structures responsible for the generation of paradoxical sleep in the cat.

    G Vanni-Mercier;K Sakai;J S Lin;M Jouvet

  • Histaminergic descending inputs to the mesopontine tegmentum and their role in the control of cortical activation and wakefulness in the cat

    Jian-Sheng Lin;Yiping Hou;K. Sakai;M. Jouvet

  • AN INVERSE AGONIST OF THE HISTAMINE H3-RECEPTOR IMPROVES WAKEFULNESS IN NARCOLEPSY: STUDIES IN OREXIN-/- MICE AND PATIENTS

    Jian Sheng Lin;Yves Dauvilliers;Isabelle Arnulf;Hélène Bastuji

  • Role of catecholamines in the modafinil and amphetamine induced wakefulness, a comparative pharmacological study in the cat.

    J.S. Lin;Bernard Roussel;Hideo Akaoka;Patrice Fort

  • Neuronal activity of orexin and non-orexin waking-active neurons during wake-sleep states in the mouse.

    K. Takahashi;J.-S. Lin;K. Sakai

  • Orexin/Hypocretin and Histamine: Distinct Roles in the Control of Wakefulness Demonstrated Using Knock-Out Mouse Models

    Christelle Anaclet;Régis Parmentier;Régis Parmentier;Koliane Ouk;Koliane Ouk;Gérard Guidon;Gérard Guidon

  • The brain H3-receptor as a novel therapeutic target for vigilance and sleep-wake disorders.

    Régis Parmentier;Christelle Anaclet;Christelle Anaclet;Christian Guhennec;Emmanuel Brousseau

  • Histamine H3-receptors and sleep-wake regulation

    Jian-Sheng Lin;Olga A Sergeeva;Helmut L Haas

  • Protean agonism at histamine H3 receptors in vitro and in vivo

    Florence Gbahou;Agnès Rouleau;Séverine Morisset;Régis Parmentier

  • Characterization and mapping of sleep-waking specific neurons in the basal forebrain and preoptic hypothalamus in mice.

    Kasumi Takahashi;Jian-Sheng Lin;Kazuya Sakai

  • Waking selective neurons in the posterior hypothalamus and their response to histamine H3-receptor ligands: an electrophysiological study in freely moving cats.

    G Vanni-Mercier;S Gigout;G Debilly;J.S Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Helmut L. Haas
Helmut L. Haas Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Kazuya Sakai
Kazuya Sakai Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Olga A. Sergeeva
Olga A. Sergeeva Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Michel Jouvet
Michel Jouvet Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Patrice Fort
Patrice Fort University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kunio Kitahama
Kunio Kitahama Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Sylvain Crochet
Sylvain Crochet École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jun Lu
Jun Lu Zhejiang University

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