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Pierre Denise is affiliated with Université de Caen Normandie in France. Their research focuses on the intersection of neuroscience and medicine, with particular attention to the physiological and cognitive effects of spaceflight as well as vestibular and auditory disorders. They have substantial experience in studying circadian rhythms, sleep and wakefulness, and autonomic nervous system regulation.

Denise's main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these domains, their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Key topics in Denise's work encompass:

  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Denise's recent notable publications include:

  • Paving the way to better understand the effects of prolonged spaceflight on operational performance and its neural bases, 2023, npj Microgravity
  • Comprehensive assessment of physiological responses in women during the ESA dry immersion VIVALDI microgravity simulation, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Spatial Updating Depends on Gravity, 2020, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Spaceflight alters reaction time and duration judgment of astronauts, 2023, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Time perception in astronauts on board the International Space Station, 2023, npj Microgravity

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Gaëlle Quarck
  • Olga Kuldavletova
  • Gilles Clément
  • Tristan Martin
  • Hervé Normand

Denise's work has appeared repeatedly in several academic venues, notably:

  • Sleep Medicine
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Médecine du Sommeil
  • npj Microgravity
  • Frontiers in Neurology

In addition to articles, Denise has authored a book published by Frontiers Media titled Methods and Applications in Clinical and Translational Physiology (2023).

Best Publications

  • A combined neuropsychological and brain imaging study of obstructive sleep apnea.

    Khalid Yaouhi;Françoise Bertran;Patrice Clochon;Florence Mézenge

  • Is there a link between sleep changes and memory in Alzheimer's disease?

    Géraldine Rauchs;Manuel Schabus;Silvia Parapatics;Françoise Bertran;Françoise Bertran

  • Motion sickness susceptibility in healthy subjects and vestibular patients: Effects of gender, age and trait-anxiety

    Aurora Paillard;Gaëlle Quarck;Gaëlle Quarck;Fabio Paolino;Pierre Denise;Pierre Denise

  • Consolidation of Strictly Episodic Memories Mainly Requires Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Géraldine Rauchs;Françoise Bertran;Bérengère Guillery-Girard;Bérengère Guillery-Girard;Béatrice Desgranges

  • Influence of vestibular input on spatial and nonspatial memory and on hippocampal NMDA receptors

    S. Besnard;M.L. Machado;G. Vignaux;M. Boulouard

  • Circadian pattern of motor activity in major depressed patients undergoing antidepressant therapy: relationship between actigraphic measures and clinical course.

    Nadine Raoux;Odile Benoit;Nicolas Dantchev;Pierre Denise

  • Residual effects of zolpidem 10 mg and zopiclone 7.5 mg versus flunitrazepam 1 mg and placebo on driving performance and ocular saccades

    M. L. Bocca;F. Le Doze;O. Etard;M. Pottier

  • Eye movements induced by off-vertical axis rotation (OVAR) at small angles of tilt.

    C Darlot;P Denise;J Droulez;B Cohen

  • Total sleep deprivation effect on disengagement of spatial attention as assessed by saccadic eye movements

    Marie-Laure Bocca;Pierre Denise

  • Editorial: The Vestibular System in Cognitive and Memory Processes in Mammalians.

    Stéphane Besnard;Christophe Lopez;Thomas Brandt;Pierre Denise

  • PET study of the human foveal fixation system.

    Laurent Petit;Samuel Dubois;Nathalie Tzourio;Stephane Dejardin

  • Poor performance in smooth pursuit and antisaccadic eye-movement tasks in healthy siblings of patients with schizophrenia.

    Bouchaı̈b Karoumi;Mohamed Saoud;Thierry d'Amato;Frederic Rosenfeld

  • Total sleep deprivation can increase vestibulo-ocular responses

    G. Quarck;J. Ventre;O. Etard;P. Denise

  • Vestibular function in children with the CHARGE association.

    Sylvette R. Wiener-Vacher;Laurent Amanou;Pierre Denise;Philippe Narcy

  • Evaluation of the chemical model of vestibular lesions induced by arsanilate in rats

    G. Vignaux;C. Chabbert;S. Gaboyard-Niay;C. Travo

  • Vestibulo-ocular reflex and motion sickness in figure skaters.

    Sébastien Tanguy;Gaëlle Quarck;Olivier Etard;Antoine Gauthier

  • Evidence for interacting cortical control of vestibular function and spatial representation in man.

    J Ventre-Dominey;N Nighoghossian;P Denise

  • Early neurological and neurophysiological development of the preterm infant and polyunsaturated fatty acids supply

    D Bouglé;P Denise;F Vimard;A Nouvelot

  • Saccadic and smooth-pursuit eye movements in deficit and non-deficit schizophrenia.

    I. Nkam;F. Thibaut;P. Denise;A. Van Der Elst

  • SPEM impairment in drug-naive schizophrenic patients: Evidence for a trait marker

    Dominique Campion;Florence Thibaut;Pierre Denise;Philippe Courtin

  • Modulation by horizontal eye position of the vestibulo-collic reflex induced by tilting in the frontal plane in the alert cat.

    C. Darlot;P. Denise;J. Droulez

  • Nystagmus induced by off-vertical rotation axis in the cat

    C Darlot;P Denise

  • Modulation by eye position of neck muscle contraction evoked by electrical labyrinthine stimulation in the alert cat.

    P. Denise;C. Darlot;V. J. Wilson;A. Berthoz

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis Eustache
Francis Eustache Université de Caen Normandie
Béatrice Desgranges
Béatrice Desgranges Université de Caen Normandie
Paul F. Smith
Paul F. Smith University of Otago
Alain Berthoz
Alain Berthoz Collège de France
Manuel Schabus
Manuel Schabus University of Salzburg
James R. Lackner
James R. Lackner Brandeis University
Thomas Brandt
Thomas Brandt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Paul Avan
Paul Avan University of Clermont Auvergne
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Peter Anderer
Peter Anderer Philips (Finland)

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