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Mayumi Kimura

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Mayumi Kimura, PhD

Research group leader
Text Link Intern RG Kimura: Neurogenetics of Sleep
Phone: 089/30622-549
Fax: 089/30622-610
Email: kimura[a]mpipsykl.mpg.de
Interests: Sleep-wake regulation, animal models for sleep disorders, sleep-related genes, sleep-promoting substances
   
CV:
Born in Tajimi (Gifu Prefecture, Japan). Study of biology at Kanazawa University and physiology at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Previously appointed at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (1989-2003), University of Tennessee (1990-1993), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1994-1995), and Louisiana State University (1995-1996). Since 2003 group leader at MPI Psychiatry. Text Link Intern CV (pdf)
Selected publications:
Kimura M., Müller-Preuss P., Lu A., Wiesner E., Flachskamm F., Wurst W., Holsboer F., Deussing J. M. (2010) Conditional corticotropin-releasing hormone overexpression in the mouse forebrain enhances rapid eye movement sleep. Mol. Psychiatry 15:154-165.

Steiger A. and Kimura M. (2010) Wake and sleep EEG provide biomarkers in depression. J. Psychiatr. Res. 44:242-252.

Kimura M. and Winkelmann J. (2007) Genetics of sleep and sleep disorders. Cell. Mol. Life Sci.

Kimura, M. Minireview (2005) Gender-specific sleep regulation. Sleep Biol. Rhythm 3,75-79

Kimura, M., Kodama, T., Aguila, M. C., Zhang, S.-Q. and Inoué, S. (2000) Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) modulates rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-REM sleep in rats. J. Neurosci., 20, 5544-5551