Jean‐Leigh Kruger

University of the Witwatersrand — South Africa

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

6h-index231citations10works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Circadian rhythm and melatonin(6), Primate Behavior and Ecology(4), Sleep and Wakefulness Research(4), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications(3), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(2)

Publications10 total

Sleep in the East African root rat, <i>Tachyoryctes splendens</i>
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Sleep in the Cape Mole Rat: A Short-Sleeping Subterranean Rodent
Brain Behavior and Evolution·2016· 6 cited
A study of the anatomy and physiology of sleep in African rodents with unusual phenotypes and life histories
2015· 1 cited
Cellular location and major terminal networks of the orexinergic system in the brain of two megachiropterans
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy·2013· 27 cited
The Continuously Growing Central Nervous System of the Nile Crocodile (<i>Crocodylus niloticus</i>)
The Anatomical Record·2013
The Continuously Growing Central Nervous System of the Nile Crocodile (<i>Crocodylus niloticus</i>)
The Anatomical Record·2013· 40 cited
Nuclear organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic, serotonergic and orexinergic systems in the brain of the African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides): Organizational complexity is preserved in small brains
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy·2012· 28 cited
Cellular location and major terminal networks of the orexinergic system in the brains of five microchiropteran species
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy·2010· 26 cited
Nuclear organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic systems in the brains of two megachiropteran species
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy·2010· 67 cited
Nuclear organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic systems in the brains of five microchiropteran species
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy·2010· 34 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Paul R. Manger(9), Leigh‐Anne Dell(6), Adhil Bhagwandin(4), John D. Pettigrew(4), Nina Patzke(3), Nigel C. Bennett(3), Ngalla Jillani(2), Ayanda Ngwenya(2), Muhammad A. Spocter(2), Richard Chawana(2), Pedzisai Mazengenya(2), Brendon K. Billings(2), Olatunbosun Olaleye(2), Suzana Herculano‐Houzel(2), Kjell Fuxé(1), Nadine Gravett(1), Elizabeth Archer(1), Jestina V. Katandukila(1)