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  • 2012 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation NRJ, Institut de France

Overview

Mehdi Tafti is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on areas within neuroscience and psychology, with notable contributions to sleep and wakefulness studies.

Tafti's main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Subfields of study particularly relevant to their work are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Core topics investigated in Tafti's research encompass:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Epigenetic silencing of selected hypothalamic neuropeptides in narcolepsy with cataplexy" (2023), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The evolutionarily conserved miRNA-137 targets the neuropeptide hypocretin/orexin and modulates the wake to sleep ratio" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Hypocretinergic interactions with the serotonergic system regulate REM sleep and cataplexy" (2020), Nature Communications
  • "The Swiss Primary Hypersomnolence and Narcolepsy Cohort study (SPHYNCS): Study protocol for a prospective, multicentre cohort observational study" (2021), Journal of Sleep Research
  • "Neurobiology of cataplexy" (2021), Sleep Medicine Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tafti are:

  • Anne Vassalli
  • Mojtaba Bandarabadi
  • Ali Seifinejad
  • Sha Li
  • Marie-Laure Possovre

Tafti often publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Nature Communications

In 2012, Tafti was awarded the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation NRJ, Institut de France.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study

    R Heinzer;S Vat;P Marques-Vidal;H Marti-Soler

  • The Homeostatic Regulation of Sleep Need Is under Genetic Control

    Paul Franken;Didier Chollet;Mehdi Tafti

  • Narcolepsy - clinical spectrum, aetiopathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment.

    Claudio L. A. Bassetti;Antoine Adamantidis;Denis Burdakov;Denis Burdakov;Denis Burdakov;Fang Han

  • Sleep modulates haematopoiesis and protects against atherosclerosis.

    Cameron S. McAlpine;Máté G. Kiss;Máté G. Kiss;Máté G. Kiss;Sara Rattik;Shun He

  • Homer1a is a core brain molecular correlate of sleep loss

    Stéphanie Maret;Stéphane Dorsaz;Laure Gurcel;Sylvain Pradervand

  • CSF hypocretin-1 levels in narcolepsy, Kleine-Levin syndrome, and other hypersomnias and neurological conditions

    Y Dauvilliers;C R Baumann;B Carlander;M Bischof

  • Genetic variation in EEG activity during sleep in inbred mice

    Paul Franken;Alain Malafosse;Mehdi Tafti

  • Elevated Tribbles homolog 2–specific antibody levels in narcolepsy patients

    Vesna Cvetkovic-Lopes;Laurence Bayer;Stéphane Dorsaz;Stéphanie Maret

  • Genetic determinants of sleep regulation in inbred mice.

    Paul Franken;Alain Malafosse;Mehdi Tafti

  • The NoSAS score for screening of sleep-disordered breathing: a derivation and validation study.

    Helena Marti-Soler;Camila Hirotsu;Pedro Marques-Vidal;Peter Vollenweider

  • The loss of circadian PAR bZip transcription factors results in epilepsy

    Frédéric Gachon;Philippe Fonjallaz;Francesca Damiola;Pascal Gos

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

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

  • Kleine-Levin syndrome An autoimmune hypothesis based on clinical and genetic analyses

    Y. Dauvilliers;G. Mayer;M. Lecendreux;E. Neidhart

  • 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

  • HLA and genetic susceptibility to sleepwalking

    M Lecendreux;C Bassetti;Y Dauvilliers;G Mayer

  • 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

  • Hypocretin (orexin) biology and the pathophysiology of narcolepsy with cataplexy.

    Roland S Liblau;Anne Vassalli;Ali Seifinejad;Mehdi Tafti

  • Key Electrophysiological, Molecular, and Metabolic Signatures of Sleep and Wakefulness Revealed in Primary Cortical Cultures

    Valérie Hinard;Cyril Mikhail;Sylvain Pradervand;Thomas Curie

  • Successful management of cataplexy with intravenous immunoglobulins at narcolepsy onset.

    Yves Dauvilliers;Bertrand Carlander;François Rivier;Jacques Touchon

  • Objective and subjective sleep disturbances in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A reappraisal.

    Marco Hirsch;Bertrand Carlander;Bertrand Carlander;Monick Vergé;Monick Vergé;Mehdi Tafti;Mehdi Tafti

  • Deficiency in short-chain fatty acid β-oxidation affects theta oscillations during sleep

    Mehdi Tafti;Brice Petit;Didier Chollet;Elisabeth Neidhart

  • Genetics of normal and pathological sleep in humans

    Y. Dauvilliers;S. Maret;Mehdi Tafti

  • The Transcription Factor DBP Affects Circadian Sleep Consolidation and Rhythmic EEG Activity

    Paul Franken;Luis Lopez-Molina;Lysiane Marcacci;Ueli Schibler

  • Narcolepsy and immunity.

    Emmanuel Mignot;Mehdi Tafti;William C. Dement;F.Carl Grumet

  • GENETICS OF SLEEP AND SLEEP DISORDERS

    Paul Franken;Mehdi Tafti

  • How Much Sleep Do We Need

    Hyun Hor;Mehdi Tafti

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Paul Franken
Paul Franken University of Lausanne
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne
Gert Jan Lammers
Gert Jan Lammers Leiden University
Joan Santamaria
Joan Santamaria University of Barcelona
Johannes Mathis
Johannes Mathis University of Bern
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Jerome M. Siegel
Jerome M. Siegel University of California, Los Angeles

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