Winding the clock: development of hypothalamic neural circuitry controlling circadian timing and sleep
Kim DW and Blackshaw S. Masterclass in Developmental Neuroendocrinology, Springer, in press.
Lhx6-positive GABAergic neurons of the zona incerta promote sleep
Liu K, Kim J, Kim DW, Zhang S, Denaxa M, Bao H, Lim SA, Kim E, Liu C, Wickersham IR, Pachinis V, Hattar S, Song J, Brown SR, and Blackshaw S. Nature 2017 548:582-587.
An Lhx1-Regulated Transcriptional Network Controls Sleep-Wake Coupling and Thermal Resistance of the Central Circadian Clockworks
Bedont JL, LeGates TA, Buhr E, Bathini A, Ling J, Wong P, van Gelder R, Mongrain V, Hattar S, and Blackshaw S. Curr Biol 2017 27:128-136.
EphA4 is involved in sleep regulation but not in the electrophysiological response to sleep deprivation
Freyburger M, Pierre A, Paquette G, Belanger-Nelson E, Bedont J, Gaudreault P-O, Rolet G, Laforest S, Blackshaw S, Cermakian N, Doucet G, and Mondrain V. Sleep 2016 39:613-24.
Development of hypothalamic neural circuitry controlling circadian timing and sleep
Bedont JL and Blackshaw S. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2015 9:74.
WIDE AWAKE mediates the circadian timing of sleep onset
Liu S, Lamaze A, Liu Q, Tabuchi M, Yang Y, Fowler M, Bharadwaj R, Zhang J, Bedont JL, Blackshaw S, Lloyd TE, Montell C, Sehgal A, Koh K, and Wu MN. Neuron 2014 82:151-6.