RG Kimura: Neurogenetics of Sleep
Group leader
Contact
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Kraepelinstrasse 2
80804 Munich
Phone: +49-(0)89-30622-549
Fax: +49-(0)89-30622-610
E-mail: kimura[a]mpipsykl.mpg.de
Scientific profile
Our research focuses on genes or gene products that contribute to sleep-wake regulation or sleep disorders. Manipulating gene activity can affect a structure of sleep patterns and would be able to provide us models for studying the mechanism of disturbed sleep. To monitor such possibilities, we are efficiently equipped to analyze spontaneous sleep-wake behavior of unrestrained mice and rats from continuous EEG and EMG recordings. In correlation with alterations in sleep patterns, we also investigate an influence of endocrine factors and neurotransmitter changes.
top
print