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Paul Pévet is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and focuses on research within the field of neuroscience, particularly specializing in circadian rhythm and melatonin. Their work spans multiple subfields including endocrine and autonomic systems, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and social psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and wakefulness research
  • Dietary effects on health
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research

Paul Pévet has published work in various scientific venues, with a notable presence in the following journals:

  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Journal of Pineal Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neuroscience
  • Handbook of clinical neurology

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • Melatonin and the circadian system: Keys for health with a focus on sleep, 2021, Handbook of clinical neurology
  • Melatonin rhythm and other outputs of the master circadian clock in the desert goat (Capra hircus) are entrained by daily cycles of ambient temperature, 2020, Journal of Pineal Research
  • Entrainment of circadian rhythms of locomotor activity by ambient temperature cycles in the dromedary camel, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Melatonin in energy control: Circadian time-giver and homeostatic monitor, 2024, Journal of Pineal Research
  • Sleep pattern in the dromedary camel: a behavioral and polysomnography study, 2022, SLEEP

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Étienne Challet
  • Hicham Farsi
  • Mohamed Rachid Achaâban
  • Mohammed Piro
  • Khalid El Allali

The body of work by Paul Pévet contributes to the understanding of how circadian mechanisms and melatonin influence health, behavior, and physiological regulation. Their research integrates molecular, behavioral, and environmental approaches to explore how biological rhythms adapt and affect organismal functioning.

Best Publications

  • Adrenergic signals direct rhythmic expression of transcriptional repressor CREM in the pineal gland

    Jërg H. Stehle;Nicholas S. Foulkes;Carlos A. Molina;Valérie Simonneaux

  • Melatonin: Both master clock output and internal time-giver in the circadian clocks network

    Paul Pevet;Etienne Challet

  • Pituitary hormone FSH directs the CREM functional switch during spermatogenesis

    Nicholas S. Foulkes;Florence Schlotter;Paul Pévet;Paolo Sassone-Corsi

  • Kisspeptin Mediates the Photoperiodic Control of Reproduction in Hamsters

    Florent G. Revel;Michel Saboureau;Mireille Masson-Pévet;Paul Pévet

  • Daily variation in the concentration of melatonin and 5-methoxytryptophol in the human pineal gland: effect of age and Alzheimer's disease.

    D.J. Skene;B. Vivien-Roels;D.L. Sparks;J.C. Hunsaker

  • Basic aspects of melatonin action.

    Daniel P. Cardinali;Paul Pévet

  • Melatonin effects on behavior: possible mediation by the central GABAergic system.

    Diego A Golombek;Paul Pévet;Daniel P Cardinali

  • The nuclear receptor REV-ERBα is required for the daily balance of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism

    Julien Delezie;Stéphanie Dumont;Hugues Dardente;Hugues Oudart

  • Feeding Cues Alter Clock Gene Oscillations and Photic Responses in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei of Mice Exposed to a Light/Dark Cycle

    Jorge Mendoza;Caroline Graff;Hugues Dardente;Paul Pevet

  • Suprachiasmatic control of melatonin synthesis in rats: inhibitory and stimulatory mechanisms

    Stéphanie Perreau-Lenz;Andries Kalsbeek;Marie-Laure Garidou;Joke Wortel

  • Efferent projections of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

    A Kalsbeek;R Teclemariam-Mesbah;P Pévet

  • Melatonin sees the light: blocking GABA‐ergic transmission in the paraventricular nucleus induces daytime secretion of melatonin

    A. Kalsbeek;M. L. Garidou;I. F. Palm;J. van der Vliet

  • The suprachiasmatic nucleus controls the daily variation of plasma glucose via the autonomic output to the liver: are the clock genes involved?

    Cathy Cailotto;Susanne E. La Fleur;Caroline Van Heijningen;Joke Wortel

  • High‐fat feeding alters the clock synchronization to light

    Jorge Mendoza;Paul Pévet;Etienne Challet

  • RFamide-related peptide gene is a melatonin-driven photoperiodic gene.

    Florent G Revel;Michel Saboureau;Paul Pévet;Valérie Simonneaux

  • Synchronization of the molecular clockwork by light- and food-related cues in mammals.

    Etienne Challet;Ivette Caldelas;Caroline Graff;Paul Pévet

  • Daily rhythm of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 messenger ribonucleic acid within raphe neurons is induced by corticoid daily surge and modulated by enhanced locomotor activity.

    Zeina S. Malek;Dominique Sage;Paul Pévet;Sylvie Raison

  • The chronobiotic properties of melatonin.

    P. Pévet;B. Bothorel;H. Slotten;M. Saboureau

  • Daily Rhythms of Melatonin Binding Sites in the Rat Pars tuberalis and Suprachiasmatic Nuclei; Evidence for a Regulation of Melatonin Receptors by Melatonin Itself

    François Gauer;Mireille Masson-Pévet;Debra Jean Skene;Berthe Vivien-Roels

  • Immunohistochemical evidence for the presence of melatonin in the pineal gland, the retina and the Harderian gland.

    B. Vivien-Roels;P. Pévet;M. P. Dubois;J. Arendt

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne Challet
Etienne Challet University of Strasbourg
Ruud M. Buijs
Ruud M. Buijs National Autonomous University of Mexico
Andries Kalsbeek
Andries Kalsbeek University of Amsterdam
Florence I. Raynaud
Florence I. Raynaud Institute of Cancer Research
Jens D. Mikkelsen
Jens D. Mikkelsen University of Copenhagen
Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital
Carolina Escobar
Carolina Escobar National Autonomous University of Mexico
Dick F. Swaab
Dick F. Swaab Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Paolo Sassone-Corsi
Paolo Sassone-Corsi University of California, Irvine
Nicholas S. Foulkes
Nicholas S. Foulkes Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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