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Overview

Roger Godbout is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their primary research topics include:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Roger Godbout has published frequently in a number of journals and venues, including:

  • SLEEP
  • Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored, notable works include:

  • Sleep and circadian rhythm in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Profiles of sleep changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Demographic, behavioural and psychological factors, 2020, Journal of Sleep Research
  • Social, financial and psychological stress during an emerging pandemic: observations from a population survey in the acute phase of COVID-19, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Emerging New Psychiatric Symptoms and the Worsening of Pre-existing Mental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Canadian Multisite Study, 2021, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Stuck in a lockdown: Dreams, bad dreams, nightmares, and their relationship to stress, depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, PLoS ONE

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

  • Rébecca Robillard
  • Marie-Hélène Pennestri
  • Tetyana Kendzerska
  • Elizaveta Solomonova
  • Mysa Saad

Best Publications

  • Atypical sleep architecture and the autism phenotype.

    Élyse Limoges;Laurent Mottron;Christianne Bolduc;Claude Berthiaume

  • Sleep in Untreated Patients With Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis

    Sylvie Chouinard;Julie Poulin;Emmanuel Stip;Roger Godbout

  • Inhibitory effects of ventral tegmental area stimulation on the activity of prefrontal cortical neurons: evidence for the involvement of both dopaminergic and GABAergic components.

    S. Pirot;R. Godbout;J. Mantz;J.-P. Tassin

  • Combination of Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175 reduces post-myocardial infarction depression symptoms and restores intestinal permeability in a rat model.

    Jessica Arseneault-Bréard;Isabelle Rondeau;Kim Gilbert;Stéphanie-Anne Girard

  • Restless legs syndrome and periodic movements in sleep: physiopathology and treatment with L-dopa.

    Montplaisir J;Godbout R;Poirier G;Bédard Ma

  • Sleep and circadian rhythm in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Charles M. Morin;Julie Carrier;Célyne Bastien;Roger Godbout

  • Restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movements in sleep: the primary role of dopaminergic mechanism.

    Jacques Montplaisir;Dominique Lorrain;Roger Godbout

  • Sleep architecture and its clinical correlates in first episode and neuroleptic-naive patients with schizophrenia.

    Julie Poulin;Anne-Marie Daoust;Geneviève Forest;Emmanuel Stip

  • Familial restless legs with periodic movements in sleep Electrophysiologic, biochemical, and pharmacologic study

    J. Montplaisir;R. Godbout;D. Boghen;J. DeChamplain

  • Effects of gestational stress: 1. Evaluation of maternal and juvenile offspring behavior.

    Stephanie Baker;Mark Chebli;Stephanie Rees;Nathalie LeMarec;Nathalie LeMarec

  • Profiles of sleep changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Demographic, behavioural and psychological factors.

    Rebecca Robillard;Karianne Dion;Marie Helene Pennestri;Elizaveta Solomonova

  • The treatment of the restless legs syndrome with clonazepam: a prospective controlled study.

    Dan Boghen;Lise Lamothe;Robert Elie;Roger Godbout

  • A laboratory study of sleep in Asperger's syndrome.

    Roger Godbout;Cybèle Bergeron;Élyse Limoges;Emmanuel Stip

  • Social, financial and psychological stress during an emerging pandemic: observations from a population survey in the acute phase of COVID-19.

    Rebecca Robillard;Mysa Saad;Jodi Edwards;Elizaveta Solomonova

  • Melatonin for disordered sleep in individuals with autism spectrum disorders: systematic review and discussion.

    Fabian Guénolé;Roger Godbout;Alain Nicolas;Patricia Franco

  • Relationship between poor sleep and daytime cognitive performance in young adults with autism

    Élyse Limoges;Christianne Bolduc;Claude Berthiaume;Laurent Mottron

  • Influence of the ascending monoaminergic systems on the activity of the rat prefrontal cortex.

    A.-M. Thierry;R. Godbout;J. Mantz;J. Glowinski

  • EEG spectral analysis of wakefulness and REM sleep in high functioning autistic spectrum disorders

    Anne-Marie Daoust;Élyse Limoges;Christianne Bolduc;Laurent Mottron

  • Behavioural signs of depression and apoptosis in the limbic system following myocardial infarction: effects of sertraline.

    BP Wann;TM Bah;S Kaloustian;M Boucher

  • Emerging New Psychiatric Symptoms and the Worsening of Pre-existing Mental Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Canadian Multisite Study: Nouveaux symptômes psychiatriques émergents et détérioration des troubles mentaux préexistants durant la pandémie de la COVID-19: une étude canadienne multisite.

    Rebecca Robillard;Alexander R. Daros;Jennifer L. Phillips;Meggan Porteous

  • The effects of total sleep deprivation on recognition memory processes: a study of event-related potential.

    M.A. Mograss;F. Guillem;V. Brazzini-Poisson;R. Godbout

  • Vulnerability for apoptosis in the limbic system after myocardial infarction in rats: a possible model for human postinfarct major depression

    Boubacar Pasto Wann;Thierno Madjou Bah;Matthieu Boucher;Jérôme Courtemanche

  • Inhibition of spontaneous and evoked unit activity in the rat medial prefrontal cortex by mesencephalic raphe nuclei.

    J. Mantz;R. Godbout;J.-P. Tassin;J. Glowinski

  • Lactobacillus helveticus and Bifidobacterium longum taken in combination reduce the apoptosis propensity in the limbic system after myocardial infarction in a rat model

    Stéphanie-Anne Girard;Thierno Madjou Bah;Sévan Kaloustian;Laura Lada-Moldovan

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Mottron
Laurent Mottron University of Montreal
Penny Corkum
Penny Corkum Dalhousie University
Shelly K. Weiss
Shelly K. Weiss University of Toronto
Graham J. Reid
Graham J. Reid University of Western Ontario
Lena C. Quilty
Lena C. Quilty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Christine T. Chambers
Christine T. Chambers Dalhousie University
Isabel M. Smith
Isabel M. Smith Dalhousie University
Julie Carrier
Julie Carrier University of Montreal
Philippe Ryvlin
Philippe Ryvlin University Hospital of Lausanne
Pierre Savard
Pierre Savard University of Toronto

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