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Research
Latest papers
The impacts of sleep loss on wake-active neurons.
Sleep · 2025
Homeostatic sleep and body temperature responses to acute sleep deprivation are preserved following chronic sleep restriction in rats.
Journal of sleep research · 2021 · senior author
No loss of orexin/hypocretin, melanin-concentrating hormone or locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons in a rat model of chronic sleep restriction.
The European journal of neuroscience · 2021 · senior author
Latest funding
- $54,000
Role of perisynaptic astrocyte plasticity in sleep/wake regulation
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
Astrocytic modulation of synaptic transmission in sleep/wake regulation
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
- $657,900
Microglia response to chronic sleep restriction
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
24 publications.
The impacts of sleep loss on wake-active neurons.
Bellesi M, Semba K, Veasey S, Adamantidis A, Peever J
Homeostatic sleep and body temperature responses to acute sleep deprivation are preserved following chronic sleep restriction in rats.
Deurveilher S, Shewchuk SM, Semba K
No loss of orexin/hypocretin, melanin-concentrating hormone or locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons in a rat model of chronic sleep restriction.
Deurveilher S, Antonchuk M, Saumure BSC, Baldin A, Semba K
Altered circadian activity and sleep/wake rhythms in the stable tubule only polypeptide (STOP) null mouse model of schizophrenia.
Deurveilher S, Ko KR, Saumure BSC, Robertson GS, Rusak B, Semba K
Microglia dynamics in sleep/wake states and in response to sleep loss.
Deurveilher S, Golovin T, Hall S, Semba K
Homeostatic state of microglia in a rat model of chronic sleep restriction.
Hall S, Deurveilher S, Robertson GS, Semba K
Sleep deprivation-induced pre- and postsynaptic modulation of orexin neurons.
Briggs C, Bowes SC, Semba K, Hirasawa M
Sleep Deprivation Distinctly Alters Glutamate Transporter 1 Apposition and Excitatory Transmission to Orexin and MCH Neurons.
Briggs C, Hirasawa M, Semba K
Sex differences in age-related changes in the sleep-wake cycle.
Carrier J, Semba K, Deurveilher S, Drogos L, Cyr-Cronier J, Lord C, Sekerovick Z
Region-specific increases in FosB/ΔFosB immunoreactivity in the rat brain in response to chronic sleep restriction.
Hall S, Deurveilher S, Ko KR, Burns J, Semba K
Role of perisynaptic astrocyte plasticity in sleep/wake regulation
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
Keywords: sleep homeostasis; orexin; structural remodeling; electron microscopy; glutamate/gaba transporters; patch-clamp recording; synaptic plasticity; connexin-30; immunoconfocal microscopy; polysomnography
Astrocytic modulation of synaptic transmission in sleep/wake regulation
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue; Hirasawa, Michiru
Keywords: Astrocyte; Electron Microscopy; Gaba Transporters; Gene Knockdown; Glutamate Transporter 1; Noradrenaline; Orexin Neurons; Patch Clamping; Sleep Homeostasis; Synaptic Plasticity
Microglia response to chronic sleep restriction
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
Keywords: Chronic Sleep Restriction; Confocal Microscopy; Eeg & Emg Telemetry; Immunohistochemistry; Microglia; Minocycline; Neuroinflammation; Qrt-Pcr; Sex Differences; Synaptic Pruning
Role of astrocytic remodeling in sleep/wake regulation
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
Neurobehavioural impacts of chronic sleep restriction
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
Keywords: Autonomic; Chronic Sleep Loss; Circadian Influence; Eeg/Emg; Gene Expression; Homeostasis And Allostasis; Immunohistochemistry; Rat; Stress; Sustained Attention Task
Effects of aging and female reproductive hormones on responses to chronic sleep loss.
Principal investigators: Seary, Margaret E
Keywords: Aging; Circadian Rhythms; Female Hormones; Rodent Model; Sleep Recovery; Sleep Restriction
Neural mechanisms of REM sleep: circadian influence.
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
Basal forebrain regulation of sleep-wake state.
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
Keywords: And C-Fos; Eeg/Emg Recording And Microinfusion In Rats; Glutamtae Microelectrode And Stimulation In Vivo; Immunohistochemistry; In Vitro Electrophysiology; Neurotransmitters And Neuromodulators; Sleep Deprivation; Tracing
Neural mechanisms of REM sleep
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
Role of neuropeptides in REM sleep
Principal investigators: Semba, Kazue
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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- Medical Neuroscience
- Biomedical Sciences
- Cell and Systems Biology
- Centre d'étude du sommeil
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