Loss of Melanopsin Photoreception and Antagonism of the Histamine H3 Receptor by Ciproxifan Inhibit Light-Induced Sleep in Mice

Brief light stimulation during the mouse nocturnal activity phase simultaneously induces a decline in core temperature and locomotor activity followed by EEG-determined sleep

(2013) Keith M. Studholme et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Awakening properties of newly discovered highly selective H3 receptor antagonists in rats

(2012) Guy Griebel et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Ultraviolet Light Provides a Major Input to Non-Image-Forming Light Detection in Mice

(2012) Floor van Oosterhout et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Melanopsin-Positive Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells: From Form to Function

(2011) T. M. Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Separation of function for classical and ganglion cell photoreceptors with respect to circadian rhythm entrainment and induction of photosomnolence

(2011) L.P. Morin et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Two Components of Nocturnal Locomotor Suppression by Light

(2010) Lawrence P. Morin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Sleep State Switching

(2010) Clifford B. Saper et al.   NEURON

Millisecond Light Pulses Make Mice Stop Running, then Display Prolonged Sleep-Like Behavior in the Absence of Light

(2009) L.P. Morin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Melanopsin as a Sleep Modulator: Circadian Gating of the Direct Effects of Light on Sleep and Altered Sleep Homeostasis in Opn4−/− Mice

(2009) Jessica W. Tsai et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The histamine H3receptor: an attractive target for the treatment of cognitive disorders

(2008) T A Esbenshade et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

The acute light-induction of sleep is mediated by OPN4-based photoreception

(2008) Daniela Lupi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Rods-cones and melanopsin detect light and dark to modulate sleep independent of image formation

(2008) C. M. Altimus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sleep and EEG features in genetic models of Down syndrome

(2007) Damien Colas et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE