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Overview

Larry D. Sanford is affiliated with Eastern Virginia Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with significant contributions in various subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, neurology, physiology, and the endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their work centers on sleep and wakefulness research, covering a range of topics including sleep and related disorders, spaceflight effects on biology, circadian rhythm and melatonin, restless legs syndrome research, and the mechanisms of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration as well as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Sanford has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequently appearing publication outlets include:

  • Life
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Their recent papers illustrate the scope of their research and include:

  • "Insomnia and psychological reactions during the COVID-19 outbreak in China," published in 2020 by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • "Sleep in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings," published in 2022 by Translational Psychiatry
  • "Epigenetic regulation in major depression and other stress-related disorders: molecular mechanisms, clinical relevance and therapeutic potential," published in 2023 by Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • "Sleep in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings," published in 2020 by Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • "The individual and combined effects of spaceflight radiation and microgravity on biologic systems and functional outcomes," published in 2021 by the Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part C

Collaborations are a notable part of Sanford's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Xiangdong Tang
  • Ye Zhang
  • Laurie L. Wellman
  • Rong Ren
  • Linghui Yang

Best Publications

  • Insomnia and psychological reactions during the COVID-19 outbreak in China.

    Yun Li;Qingsong Qin;Qimeng Sun;Larry D. Sanford

  • Worldwide and regional prevalence rates of co-occurrence of insomnia and insomnia symptoms with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ye Zhang;Rong Ren;Fei Lei;Junying Zhou

  • Sleep in Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings

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  • Home cage activity and behavioral performance in inbred and hybrid mice.

    Xiangdong Tang;Stuart M Orchard;Larry D Sanford

  • Low (20 cGy) Doses of 1 GeV/u 56Fe-Particle Radiation Lead to a Persistent Reduction in the Spatial Learning Ability of Rats

    Richard A Britten;Leslie K Davis;Angela M Johnson;Sonia Keeney

  • Stress, arousal, and sleep

    Larry D. Sanford;Deborah Suchecki;Peter Meerlo

  • Epigenetic regulation in major depression and other stress-related disorders: molecular mechanisms, clinical relevance and therapeutic potential

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  • Serotonin at the Laterodorsal Tegmental Nucleus Suppresses Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep in Freely Behaving Rats

    Richard L. Horner;Larry D. Sanford;Douglas Annis;Allan I. Pack

  • Influence of shock training and explicit fear-conditioned cues on sleep architecture in mice: strain comparison.

    Larry D. Sanford;Xiangdong Tang;Richard J. Ross;Adrian R. Morrison

  • An Automated System for Recording and Analysis of Sleep in Mice

    Sigrid C. Veasey;Otto Valladares;Polina Fenik;David Kapfhamer

  • Influence of fear conditioning on elicited ponto-geniculo-occipital waves and rapid eye movement sleep.

    L D Sanford;A J Silvestri;R J Ross;A R Morrison

  • Activation of a distinct arousal state immediately after spontaneous awakening from sleep.

    Richard L Horner;Larry D Sanford;Allan I Pack;Adrian R Morrison

  • Sleep in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings.

    Ye Zhang;Rong Ren;Larry D. Sanford;Linghui Yang

  • GABAergic Regulation of REM Sleep in Reticularis Pontis Oralis and Caudalis in Rats

    Larry D. Sanford;Xiangdong Tang;Jihua Xiao;Richard J. Ross

  • Telemetric recording of sleep and home cage activity in mice.

    Xiangdong Tang;Larry D Sanford

  • Differential effects of controllable and uncontrollable footshock stress on sleep in mice

    Larry D. Sanford;Linghui Yang;Laurie L. Wellman;Xianling Liu

  • Influence of contextual fear on sleep in mice: a strain comparison.

    Larry D. Sanford;Linghui Yang;Xiangdong Tang

  • Sleep in posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of polysomnographic findings

    Ye Zhang;Rong Ren;Larry D. Sanford;Linghui Yang

  • Amygdaloid control of alerting and behavioral arousal in rats: involvement of serotonergic mechanisms.

    L. D. Sanford;S. M. Tejani-Butt;R. J. Ross;A. R. Morrison

  • Effects of stimulus intensity on elicited ponto-geniculo-occipital waves

    William A. Ball;Wendy H. Hunt;Larry D. Sanford;Richard J. Ross

  • Central administration of two 5-HT receptor agonists: effect on REM sleep initiation and PGO waves.

    Larry D. Sanford;Richard J. Ross;Amalia E. Seggos;Adrian R. Morrison

  • Differential effects of two types of environmental novelty on activity and sleep in BALB/cJ and C57BL/6J mice

    Xiangdong Tang;Jihua Xiao;Brian S. Parris;Jidong Fang

  • The effects of changing state on elicited ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) waves

    William A Ball;Larry D Sanford;Adrian R Morrison;Richard J Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian R. Morrison
Adrian R. Morrison University of Pennsylvania
Robert E. Strecker
Robert E. Strecker VA Boston Healthcare System
Mahesh M. Thakkar
Mahesh M. Thakkar University of Missouri
Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen
Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen University of Helsinki
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Tom Deboer
Tom Deboer Leiden University Medical Center
Peter Meerlo
Peter Meerlo University of Groningen
Deborah Suchecki
Deborah Suchecki Federal University of Sao Paulo
Maja Bucan
Maja Bucan University of Pennsylvania
Jaehwan Kim
Jaehwan Kim Inha University

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