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Antonio Zadra

ResearcherCentre d'étude du sommeilUniversité de Montréal

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Antonio Zadra

Researcher

Centre d'étude du sommeil

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2022.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (5 SSHRC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervisor on 6 trainee awards (6 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Eeg Parasomnias Polysomnography Sleep Deprivation Spect

Latest papers

The disintegrated theory of consciousness: Sleep, waking, and meta-awareness.
The Behavioral and brain sciences · 2022 · first author
Self-reported developmental changes in the frequency and characteristics of somnambulistic and sleep terror episodes in chronic sleepwalkers.
Sleep medicine · 2022 · senior author
Autonomic Modulation During Baseline and Recovery Sleep in Adult Sleepwalkers.
Frontiers in neurology · 2021 · senior author

All 27 publications

Latest funding

Pathophysiology and Treatment of Adult Somnambulism
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
L'expérience onirique des personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes : vers une inclusion sociale par le cinéma et la recherche-création
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000
What dreams may come: How cinema shapes the language, experience, and images of dreaming
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$34,260

All 22 grants and awards

27 publications.

The disintegrated theory of consciousness: Sleep, waking, and meta-awareness.

Zadra A, Levitin DJ

The Behavioral and brain sciences2022First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21001850 PMID: 35319408

Self-reported developmental changes in the frequency and characteristics of somnambulistic and sleep terror episodes in chronic sleepwalkers.

Kalantari N, McDuff P, Pilon M, Desautels A, Montplaisir JY, Zadra A

Sleep medicine2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.12.008 PMID: 34990921

Autonomic Modulation During Baseline and Recovery Sleep in Adult Sleepwalkers.

Scavone G, Baril AA, Montplaisir J, Carrier J, Desautels A, Zadra A

Frontiers in neurology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.680596 PMID: 34248823

Sleep: Opening a portal to the dreaming brain.

Stickgold R, Zadra A

Current biology : CB2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.016 PMID: 33848493

Disturbing Dreams and Psychosocial Maladjustment in Children: A Prospective Study of the Moderating Role of Early Negative Emotionality.

Gauchat A, Zadra A, El-Hourani M, Parent S, Tremblay RE, Séguin JR

Frontiers in neurology2020

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00762 PMID: 32849218

Successful Treatment of Somnambulism With OROS-Methylphenidate.

Nigam M, Zadra A, Boucetta S, Gibbs SA, Montplaisir J, Desautels A

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2019

DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.8040 PMID: 31739860

Predicting the affective tone of everyday dreams: A prospective study of state and trait variables.

Samson-Daoust E, Julien SH, Beaulieu-Prévost D, Zadra A

Scientific reports2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50859-w PMID: 31611647

Altered brain perfusion patterns in wakefulness and slow-wave sleep in sleepwalkers.

Desjardins MÈ, Baril AA, Soucy JP, Dang-Vu TT, Desautels A, Petit D, Montplaisir J, Zadra A

Sleep2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy039 PMID: 29514303

Altered Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Idiopathic Hypersomnia.

Boucetta S, Montplaisir J, Zadra A, Lachapelle F, Soucy JP, Gravel P, Dang-Vu TT

Sleep2017

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx140 PMID: 28958044

The content of recurrent dreams in young adolescents.

Gauchat A, Séguin JR, McSween-Cadieux E, Zadra A

Consciousness and cognition2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.08.009 PMID: 26366465

Pathophysiology and Treatment of Adult Somnambulism

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Mechawar, Florence

Keywords: Adult Sleep Disorders; Electrophysiology; Hypnosis; Non-Pharmacological Treatment; Phenomenology; Polysomnography; Sleep Medicine; Sleepwalking; Somnambulism

$120,000

L'expérience onirique des personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes : vers une inclusion sociale par le cinéma et la recherche-création

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Hidalgo, Santiago

Keywords: Rêves ; personnes aveugles ; perceptions sensorielles ; cinéma inclusif ; vidéodescription ; inclusion sociale ; recherche-création

$25,000

What dreams may come: How cinema shapes the language, experience, and images of dreaming

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zadra, Antonio

Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; historiographic studies; text analysis; dreams; dream content; memory sources of dreams; sleep; REM sleep; digital platforms; pre-sleep media use; hypnagogia

$34,260

What dreams may come: How cinema shapes the language, experience, and images of dreaming

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zadra, Antonio

$29,729

Luke the Teacher of Torah: A Defense of Christian Law-Observance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Wendel, Jason S.

Keywords: Luke-acts; new testament; law; torah; mosaic discourse; second temple judaism; narratology; historiography

$57,767

cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; intersectorality; rhythm; visual literacy; techno-social innovation; education; health sciences; screen studies; co-viewing; digital platforms; inclusive media; science of screens

$379,200

cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

$19,965

cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

$689,052

Physiopathologie et traitement du somnambulisme chez l'adulte

SupervisorCIHR2020Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Blanchette-Carrière, Cloé

Keywords: Hypnose; Parasomnie; Physiopathologie; Polysomnographie; Sommeil; Sommeil Lent Profond; Somnambulisme; Stimulation Auditive; Troubles Du Sommeil; Électrophysiologie

$105,000

Pathophysiology and treatment of adult somnambulism

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zadra, Antonio; Montplaisir, Jacques Y

Keywords: Eeg; Parasomnias; Polysomnography; Sleep Deprivation; Spect

$420,750

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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Antonio Zadra

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The disintegrated theory of consciousness: Sleep, waking, and meta-awareness.

Self-reported developmental changes in the frequency and characteristics of somnambulistic and sleep terror episodes in chronic sleepwalkers.

Autonomic Modulation During Baseline and Recovery Sleep in Adult Sleepwalkers.

Sleep: Opening a portal to the dreaming brain.

Disturbing Dreams and Psychosocial Maladjustment in Children: A Prospective Study of the Moderating Role of Early Negative Emotionality.

Successful Treatment of Somnambulism With OROS-Methylphenidate.

Predicting the affective tone of everyday dreams: A prospective study of state and trait variables.

Altered brain perfusion patterns in wakefulness and slow-wave sleep in sleepwalkers.

Altered Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Idiopathic Hypersomnia.

The content of recurrent dreams in young adolescents.

Pathophysiology and Treatment of Adult Somnambulism

L'expérience onirique des personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes : vers une inclusion sociale par le cinéma et la recherche-création

What dreams may come: How cinema shapes the language, experience, and images of dreaming

What dreams may come: How cinema shapes the language, experience, and images of dreaming

Luke the Teacher of Torah: A Defense of Christian Law-Observance

cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society

cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society

cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society

Physiopathologie et traitement du somnambulisme chez l'adulte

Pathophysiology and treatment of adult somnambulism

Frequent collaborators

Jacques Montplaisir

Jean-Paul Soucy

Sophie Parent

Mathieu Pilon

Michel Boivin

Frank Vitaro

Julie Carrier

Francesco Leri