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Overview

Johannes Mathis is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with particular attention to cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, epidemiology, physiology, and neurology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Johannes Mathis has authored several papers in respected journals. Some of the recent publications include:

  • The diagnostic value of sleep and vigilance tests in central disorders of hypersomnolence, 2022, SLEEP
  • Multiple sleep latency test and polysomnography in patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence, 2021, Sleep Medicine
  • Automatic Detection of Microsleep Episodes With Deep Learning, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Automatically Detected Microsleep Episodes in the Fitness-to-Drive Assessment, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • New 2013 incidence peak in childhood narcolepsy: more than vaccination?, 2020, SLEEP

The frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • SLEEP
  • Somnologie - Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Neurological Research and Practice

Johannes Mathis often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • David R. Schreier
  • Claudio L. Bassetti
  • Anneke Hertig-Godeschalk
  • Jelena Skoručak
  • Anna Heidbreder

Best Publications

  • Sleepiness-related accidents in sleep apnea patients.

    Sabine Horstmann;Christian W. Hess;Claudio Bassetti;Matthias Gugger

  • High prevalence of glaucoma in patients with sleep apnea syndrome

    Daniel S Mojon;Christian W Hess;David Goldblum;Johannes Fleischhauer

  • T cells in patients with narcolepsy target self-antigens of hypocretin neurons

    Daniela Latorre;Ulf Kallweit;Eric Armentani;Mathilde Foglierini;Mathilde Foglierini

  • Early prognosis in coma after cardiac arrest: a prospective clinical, electrophysiological, and biochemical study of 60 patients.

    C Bassetti;F Bomio;J Mathis;C W Hess

  • Association Between Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

    Daniel S. Mojon;Thomas R. Hedges;Bruce Ehrenberg;Emely Z. Karam

  • Hypersomnia following paramedian thalamic stroke: a report of 12 patients.

    C Bassetti;J Mathis;M Gugger;K O Lovblad

  • Clinical, polysomnographic and genome-wide association analyses of narcolepsy with cataplexy: a European Narcolepsy Network study

    Gianina Luca;José Haba-Rubio;Yves Dauvilliers;Gert-Jan Lammers

  • Restless legs syndrome: a clinical study of 55 patients.

    Claudio L. Bassetti;Doris Mauerhofer;Matthias Gugger;Johannes Mathis

  • Evolution of Neurological, Neuropsychological and Sleep-Wake Disturbances After Paramedian Thalamic Stroke

    Dirk M. Hermann;Massimiliano Siccoli;Peter Brugger;Karen Wachter

  • Genome-wide association study identifies new HLA class II haplotypes strongly protective against narcolepsy

    Hyun Hor;Hyun Hor;Zoltán Kutalik;Zoltán Kutalik;Yves Dauvilliers;Armand Valsesia;Armand Valsesia;Armand Valsesia

  • DQB1 locus alone explains most of the risk and protection in narcolepsy with cataplexy in Europe.

    Mehdi Tafti;Mehdi Tafti;Hyun Hor;Hyun Hor;Yves Dauvilliers;Gert J. Lammers

  • The significance of the sympathetic nervous system in the pathophysiology of periodic leg movements in sleep.

    Adrian G. Guggisberg;Christian W. Hess;Johannes Mathis

  • Sleep-wake habits and disorders in a series of 100 adult epilepsy patients—A prospective study

    Ramin Khatami;Daniel Zutter;Adrian Siegel;Johannes Mathis

  • Normal-tension glaucoma is associated with sleep apnea syndrome.

    Daniel S. Mojon;Christian W. Hess;David Goldblum;Matthias Boehnke

  • Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Is Associated with Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Daniel S. Mojon;Christian W. Hess;David Goldblum;Matthias Böhnke

  • Eyelid, conjunctival, and corneal findings in sleep apnea syndrome

    Daniel S Mojon;David Goldblum;Johannes Fleischhauer;Auguste G.Y Chiou

  • The narcoleptic borderland: a multimodal diagnostic approach including cerebrospinal fluid levels of hypocretin-1 (orexin A)

    Claudio Bassetti;Matthias Gugger;Matthias Bischof;Johannes Mathis

  • Why do we yawn

    Adrian G. Guggisberg;Johannes Mathis;Armin Schnider;Christian W. Hess

  • Cabergoline compared to levodopa in the treatment of patients with severe restless legs syndrome: results from a multi-center, randomized, active controlled trial.

    Claudia Trenkwalder;Heike Benes;Ludger Grote;Svenja Happe

  • Sleep stage II contributes to the consolidation of declarative memories

    Simon Ruch;Oliver Markes;Simone B. Duss;Daniel Oppliger

  • Optic neuropathy associated with sleep apnea syndrome

    Daniel S Mojon;Johannes Mathis;Mario Zulauf;Fritz Koerner

  • Isolated mediotegmental lesion causing narcolepsy and rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: a case evidencing a common pathway in narcolepsy and rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder

    J Mathis;C W Hess;C Bassetti

  • Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in adults: a reappraisal of clinical, CSF, EEG, and MRI findings.

    Peter Höllinger;Matthias Sturzenegger;Johannes Mathis;Gerhard Schroth

  • Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

    Adrian G. Guggisberg;Johannes Mathis;Armin Schnider;Christian W. Hess

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Christian W. Hess
Christian W. Hess University of Bern
Adrian G. Guggisberg
Adrian G. Guggisberg University of Geneva
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Mehdi Tafti
Mehdi Tafti University of Lausanne
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Joan Santamaria
Joan Santamaria University of Barcelona
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Gert Jan Lammers
Gert Jan Lammers Leiden University
Kaspar Schindler
Kaspar Schindler University of Bern

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