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John H. Peever

John H. Peever

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Neuroscience

D-Index
35
Citations
11469
World Ranking
9093
National Ranking
535

Overview

John H. Peever is a researcher affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, specializing in neuroscience with a focus on sleep and wakefulness research. Their work spans several intersecting fields, including cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, experimental and cognitive psychology, neurology, and cell biology.

The following topics are central to their research:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

John H. Peever has published extensively, with a total of 33 publications in neuroscience-related fields. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Current Biology (6 publications)
  • SLEEP (5 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • Molecular Neurodegeneration (1 publication)
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (1 publication)

Their recent papers highlight a range of studies related to sleep mechanisms, disorders, and neuronal modulation. Notable recent publications include:

  • From mechanisms to future therapy: a synopsis of isolated REM sleep behavior disorder as early synuclein-related disease, 2025, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area modulate rapid eye movement sleep, 2023, SLEEP
  • Immortal orexin cell transplants restore motor-arousal synchrony during cataplexy, 2023, Current Biology
  • The association between sleep quality and obstructive sleep apnea with health-related quality of life in children with obesity, 2023, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • A novel machine learning system for identifying sleep-wake states in mice, 2023, SLEEP

John H. Peever has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field. The most common co-authors in their work are:

  • Jimmy J. Fraigne (11 publications)
  • Sara Katherine Pintwala (4 publications)
  • Hanhee Lee (4 publications)
  • Russell Luke (3 publications)
  • Brittany J Dugan (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Release of Hypocretin (Orexin) during Waking and Sleep States

    Lyudmila I. Kiyashchenko;Boris Y. Mileykovskiy;Boris Y. Mileykovskiy;Boris Y. Mileykovskiy;Nigel Maidment;Hoa A. Lam

  • The Biology of REM Sleep

    John Peever;Patrick M. Fuller

  • Breakdown in REM sleep circuitry underlies REM sleep behavior disorder

    John Peever;Pierre-Hervé Luppi;Jacques Montplaisir

  • Cataplexy--clinical aspects, pathophysiology and management strategy

    Yves Dauvilliers;Jerry M. Siegel;Regis Lopez;Zoltan A. Torontali

  • REM Sleep at its Core – Circuits, Neurotransmitters, and Pathophysiology

    Jimmy J. Fraigne;Zoltan A. Torontali;Matthew B. Snow;John H. Peever

  • Identification of the Transmitter and Receptor Mechanisms Responsible for REM Sleep Paralysis

    Patricia L. Brooks;John H. Peever

  • Mania-like behavior induced by genetic dysfunction of the neuron-specific Na+,K+-ATPase α3 sodium pump

    Greer S. Kirshenbaum;Steven J. Clapcote;Steven Duffy;Christian R. Burgess

  • Impaired GABA and Glycine Transmission Triggers Cardinal Features of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder in Mice

    Patricia L. Brooks;John H. Peever

  • Glycinergic and GABAA-Mediated Inhibition of Somatic Motoneurons Does Not Mediate Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Motor Atonia

    Patricia L. Brooks;John H. Peever

  • An Endogenous Glutamatergic Drive onto Somatic Motoneurons Contributes to the Stereotypical Pattern of Muscle Tone across the Sleep–Wake Cycle

    Christian Burgess;Diane Lai;Jerome Siegel;John Peever

  • Amygdala Lesions Reduce Cataplexy in Orexin Knock-Out Mice

    Christian R. Burgess;Yo Oishi;Takatoshi Mochizuki;John H. Peever

  • Excitatory effects of hypocretin-1 (orexin-A) in the trigeminal motor nucleus are reversed by NMDA antagonism.

    John H. Peever;Yuan-Yang Lai;Jerome M. Siegel

  • Respiratory pre-motor control of hypoglossal motoneurons in the rat.

    J.H Peever;L Shen;J Duffin

  • Presynaptic glycine receptors as a potential therapeutic target for hyperekplexia disease

    Wei Xiong;Shao Rui Chen;Liming He;Kejun Cheng

  • Neurotoxic lesions at the ventral mesopontine junction change sleep time and muscle activity during sleep: an animal model of motor disorders in sleep.

    Yuan-Yang Lai;Kung-Chiao Hsieh;Darian Nguyen;John Peever

  • Dopaminergic regulation of sleep and cataplexy in a murine model of narcolepsy.

    Christian R. Burgess;Gavin Tse;Lauren Gillis;John H. Peever

  • A Noradrenergic Mechanism Functions to Couple Motor Behavior with Arousal State

    Christian R. Burgess;John H. Peever

  • Bötzinger-complex expiratory neurons monosynaptically inhibit phrenic motoneurons in the decerebrate rat.

    Guo-Feng Tian;John H. Peever;J. Duffin

  • Respiratory control of hypoglossal motoneurones in the rat.

    John H. Peever;Jason H. Mateika;James Duffin

  • Neurobiological and immunogenetic aspects of narcolepsy: Implications for pharmacotherapy.

    Steven T. Szabo;Steven T. Szabo;Michael J. Thorpy;Geert Mayer;John H. Peever

  • Bötzinger-complex, bulbospinal expiratory neurones monosynaptically inhibit ventral-group respiratory neurones in the decerebrate rat

    Guo-Feng Tian;John H. Peever;J. Duffin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome M. Siegel
Jerome M. Siegel University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas E. Scammell
Thomas E. Scammell Harvard Medical School
Oliviero Bruni
Oliviero Bruni Sapienza University of Rome
Patrick M. Fuller
Patrick M. Fuller Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas S. Kilduff
Thomas S. Kilduff SRI International
Antoine Roger Adamantidis
Antoine Roger Adamantidis University of Bern
Miguel A. Cortez
Miguel A. Cortez Hospital for Sick Children
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Takatoshi Mochizuki
Takatoshi Mochizuki Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh

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