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Overview

Kazue Semba is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their work focuses on various aspects of neural function and regulation, with a notable emphasis on sleep and circadian rhythms.

Their research spans several subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Neurology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Physiology. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into the physiological and neurological mechanisms underlying sleep and related processes.

Semba's main research topics include Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Sleep and Related Disorders, Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Diet and Metabolism Studies, and Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue.

Frequent publication venues for Semba's work include:

  • SLEEP
  • Neurochemistry International
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • European Journal of Neuroscience

The following recent papers authored or coauthored by Semba illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Microglia dynamics in sleep/wake states and in response to sleep loss, 2020, Neurochemistry International
  • Homeostatic state of microglia in a rat model of chronic sleep restriction, 2020, SLEEP
  • Altered circadian activity and sleep/wake rhythms in the stable tubule only polypeptide (STOP) null mouse model of schizophrenia, 2020, SLEEP
  • Homeostatic sleep and body temperature responses to acute sleep deprivation are preserved following chronic sleep restriction in rats, 2021, Journal of Sleep Research
  • No loss of orexin/hypocretin, melanin-concentrating hormone or locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons in a rat model of chronic sleep restriction, 2021, European Journal of Neuroscience

Collaborations are an integral part of Semba's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Samüel Deurveilher
  • Shannon Hall
  • George S. Robertson
  • Brock St. C. Saumure
  • Tatjana Golovin

Best Publications

  • Afferent connections of the laterodorsal and the pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei in the rat: A retro‐ and antero‐grade transport and immunohistochemical study

    Kazue Semba;Hans C. Fibiger

  • Arousal Effect of Caffeine Depends on Adenosine A2A Receptors in the Shell of the Nucleus Accumbens

    Michael Lazarus;Hai Ying Shen;Yoan Cherasse;Wei Min Qu

  • Indirect projections from the suprachiasmatic nucleus to major arousal-promoting cell groups in rat: implications for the circadian control of behavioural state.

    S. Deurveilher;K. Semba

  • Multiple output pathways of the basal forebrain : organization, chemical heterogeneity, and roles in vigilance

    Kazue Semba

  • Brainstem afferents to the magnocellular basal forebrain studied by axonal transport, immunohistochemistry, and electrophysiology in the rat.

    K. Semba;P. B. Reiner;E. G. McGeer;H. C. Fibiger

  • Sleep, Rhythms, and the Endocrine Brain: Influence of Sex and Gonadal Hormones

    Jessica A. Mong;Fiona C. Baker;Fiona C. Baker;Megan M. Mahoney;Ketema N. Paul

  • Serotonin hyperpolarizes cholinergic low-threshold burst neurons in the rat laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in vitro.

    J I Luebke;R W Greene;K Semba;A Kamondi

  • Organization of HRP‐labeled trigeminal mandibular, primary afferent neurons in the rat

    Mark F. Jacquin;Mark F. Jacquin;Kazue Semba;M. David Egger;Robert W. Rhoades;Robert W. Rhoades

  • The facial "motor" nerve of the rat: control of vibrissal movement and examination of motor and sensory components.

    K Semba;M D Egger

  • Neural substrates of two different rhythmical vibrissal movements in the rat

    K. Semba;B.R. Komisaruk

  • Organization of central cholinergic systems.

    Kazue Semba;Hans C. Fibiger

  • Single cholinergic mesopontine tegmental neurons project to both the pontine reticular formation and the thalamus in the rat.

    K. Semba;P.B. Reiner;H.C. Fibiger

  • Localization of cholinergic neurons in the forebrain and brainstem that project to the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus in rat.

    Keshavan G. Bina;Benjamin Rusak;Kazue Semba

  • The role of basal forebrain neurons in tonic and phasic activation of the cerebral cortex

    László Détári;Douglas D Rasmusson;Kazue Semba

  • Synchrony among rhythmical facial tremor, neocortical ‘ALPHA’ waves, and thalamic non-sensory neuronal bursts in intact awake rats

    Kazue Semba;Henry Szechtman;Barry R. Komisaruk

  • Time of origin of cholinergic neurons in the rat basal forebrain.

    Kazue Semba;Hans C. Fibiger

  • Extent of colocalization of serotonin and GABA in the neurons of the rat raphe nuclei.

    Jennifer A. Stamp;Kazue Semba

  • Aminergic and cholinergic afferents to REM sleep induction regions of the pontine reticular formation in the rat

    Kazue Semba

  • Trigeminal primary afferents project bilaterally to dorsal horn and ipsilaterally to cerebellum, reticular formation, and cuneate, solitary, supratrigeminal and vagal nuclei

    Mark F. Jacquin;Kazue Semba;Robert W. Rhoades;M. David Egger

  • DISTRIBUTION OF PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE (PACAP)IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND EXTENDED AMYGDALA OF THE RAT

    Hugh D. Piggins;Jennifer A. Stamp;Joan Burns;Benjamin Rusak

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin Rusak
Benjamin Rusak Dalhousie University
Hugh D. Piggins
Hugh D. Piggins University of Bristol
Rae Silver
Rae Silver Columbia University
Zhi-Li Huang
Zhi-Li Huang Fudan University
Jessica A. Mong
Jessica A. Mong University of Maryland, Baltimore
Michael Wilkinson
Michael Wilkinson Dalhousie University
Fiona C. Baker
Fiona C. Baker SRI International
Jiang-Fan Chen
Jiang-Fan Chen Boston University
Gail A. Eskes
Gail A. Eskes Dalhousie University
Deborah Suchecki
Deborah Suchecki Federal University of Sao Paulo

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