Main scientific interests:
- The regulation and function of sleep
- The role of sleep in neuronal plasticity and memory processes
- The neurobiological consequences of disrupted and restricted sleep
- Effects of sleep loss on stress systems and stress sensitivity
- Effects of stress on the sleep-wake rhythm, sleep architecture and sleep EEG
- Individual differences and gender differences in stress and sleep
- Psychiatric disorders: causes, mechanisms, and therapies
Selection of recent publications:
Meerlo P
, Mistlberger R, Jacobs BL, Heller C, McGinty D. New neurons in the adult brain: the role of sleep and consequences of sleep loss. Sleep Medicine Reviews 13: 187-194, 2009
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Meerlo P
, Sgoifo A, Suchecki D. Restricted and disrupted sleep: effects on autonomic function, neuroendocrine stress systems and stress responsivity. Sleep Medicine Reviews 12: 197-210, 2008.
