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Joseph LeSauter

Joseph LeSauter

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Neuroscience

D-Index
34
Citations
6100
World Ranking
9286
National Ranking
3924

Overview

Joseph LeSauter is affiliated with Barnard College in the United States and focuses on neuroscience, with a specialization in endocrine and autonomic systems. Their research spans various subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and physiology.

The scientist's main research topics include circadian rhythm and melatonin, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, neural dynamics and brain function, adipose tissue and metabolism, and sirtuins and resveratrol in medicine.

Recent publications by Joseph LeSauter cover several significant areas in neuroscience and related fields:

  • Identification of the suprachiasmatic nucleus venous portal system in the mammalian brain (2021, Nature Communications)
  • PPARγ Acetylation Orchestrates Adipose Plasticity and Metabolic Rhythms (2022, Advanced Science)
  • Arginine Vasopressin-Containing Neurons of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Project to CSF (2021, eNeuro)
  • Phase Gradients and Anisotropy of the Suprachiasmatic Network: Discovery of Phaseoids (2021, eNeuro)
  • Vasculature of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Pathways for Diffusible Output Signals (2023, Journal of Biological Rhythms)

Joseph LeSauter frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alana Taub
  • Rae Silver
  • Yifan Yao
  • Ruya Tazebay
  • T. Yoshikawa

Their research has been published in a range of venues that include:

  • eNeuro
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Science
  • Journal of Biological Rhythms

Best Publications

  • Relationship of arousal to circadian anticipatory behavior: ventromedial hypothalamus: one node in a hunger-arousal network.

    Ana C. Ribeiro;Joseph LeSauter;Christophe Dupré;Donald W. Pfaff

  • A diffusible coupling signal from the transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus controlling circadian locomotor rhythms

    Rae Silver;Joseph LeSauter;Patrick A. Tresco;Michael N. Lehman

  • Stomach ghrelin-secreting cells as food-entrainable circadian clocks

    Joseph LeSauter;Nawshin Hoque;Michael Weintraub;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Expression of Period Genes: Rhythmic and Nonrhythmic Compartments of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Pacemaker

    Toshiyuki Hamada;Joseph LeSauter;Judith M. Venuti;Rae Silver;Rae Silver

  • Localization of a Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Subregion Regulating Locomotor Rhythmicity

    J. LeSauter;Rae Silver;Rae Silver

  • Calbindin-D28K cells in the hamster SCN express light-induced Fos.

    Rae Silver;M.-T. Romero;H. R. Besmer;R. Leak

  • Organization of suprachiasmatic nucleus projections in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus): an anterograde and retrograde analysis.

    Lance J. Kriegsfeld;Rehana K. Leak;Charles B. Yackulic;Joseph LeSauter

  • Phenotype Matters: Identification of Light-Responsive Cells in the Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Ilia N. Karatsoreos;Lily Yan;Joseph LeSauter;Rae Silver

  • Output signals of the SCN.

    Joseph Lesauter;Rae Silver

  • Exploring Spatiotemporal Organization of SCN Circuits

    L. Yan;I. Karatsoreos;J. LeSauter;D. K. Welsh

  • Cellular Location and Circadian Rhythm of Expression of the Biological Clock Gene Period 1 in the Mouse Retina

    Paul Witkovsky;Eleonora Veisenberger;Joseph LeSauter;Lily Yan

  • Multiple regulatory elements result in regional specificity in circadian rhythms of neuropeptide expression in mouse SCN.

    Rae Silver;Alicia I. Sookhoo;Joseph LeSauter;Paula Stevens

  • Retinal Innervation of Calbindin-D28K Cells in the Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Ultrastructural Characterization:

    Damani N. Bryant;Joseph LeSauter;Rae Silver;Maria Teresa Romero

  • Targeted Microlesions Reveal Novel Organization of the Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Lance J. Kriegsfeld;Joseph LeSauter;Rae Silver

  • Androgens Modulate Structure and Function of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Brain Clock

    Ilia N. Karatsoreos;Matthew P. Butler;Joseph LeSauter;Rae Silver;Rae Silver;Rae Silver

  • Characterization of orderly spatiotemporal patterns of clock gene activation in mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Nicholas C. Foley;Tina Y. Tong;Duncan Foley;Joseph LeSauter

  • Calbindin-D28K Cells Selectively Contact Intra-Scn Neurons

    J LeSauter;L.J Kriegsfeld;J Hon;R Silver;R Silver

  • A short half-life GFP mouse model for analysis of suprachiasmatic nucleus organization

    Joseph LeSauter;Lily Yan;Bhavana Vishnubhotla;Jorge E Quintero

  • Restoration of Circadian Rhythmicity by Transplants of SCN "Micropunches"

    Joseph LeSauter;Michael N. Lehman;Rae Silver

  • Differential contributions of intra-cellular and inter-cellular mechanisms to the spatial and temporal architecture of the suprachiasmatic nucleus circadian circuitry in wild-type, cryptochrome-null and vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 2-null mutant mice.

    S. Pauls;N. C. Foley;D. K. Foley;J. LeSauter

  • Dose-dependent effects of androgens on the circadian timing system and its response to light.

    Matthew P. Butler;Ilia N. Karatsoreos;Joseph LeSauter;Joseph LeSauter;Rae Silver;Rae Silver

Frequent Co-Authors

Rae Silver
Rae Silver Columbia University
Paul Witkovsky
Paul Witkovsky New York University
Peter D. Balsam
Peter D. Balsam Columbia University
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
Ken-ichi Honma
Ken-ichi Honma Hokkaido University
Sato Honma
Sato Honma Hokkaido University
Fuat Balcı
Fuat Balcı University of Manitoba
Michael C. Antle
Michael C. Antle University of Calgary
David R. Weaver
David R. Weaver University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Douglas G. McMahon
Douglas G. McMahon Vanderbilt University

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