Stephen Thankachan

Harvard University — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

17h-index1.2kcitations34works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Sleep and Wakefulness Research(27), Circadian rhythm and melatonin(10), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(9), Sleep and related disorders(8), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep(8)

Publications34 total

Prevalence of depression and its associated factors in people with Type 2 DM: A crosssectional study from Kuwait
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice·2025
Photosensitivity of an aging brain
2025Open Access
Calcitonin Gene‐Related Peptide (CGRP)‐Expressing Neurons in the External Lateral Parabrachial Area Regulate Pain‐Induced Sleep Disturbances
Advanced Science·2025Open Access
Identifying the Brain Circuits that Regulate Pain-Induced Sleep Disturbances
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Low frequency visual stimulation enhances slow wave activity without disrupting the sleep pattern in mice
Scientific Reports·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
A general approach for engineering RTKs optically controlled with far-red light
Nature Methods·2022· 22 cited
Optimization of real-time analysis of sleep-wake cycle in mice
MethodsX·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Basal Forebrain Parvalbumin Neurons Mediate Arousals from Sleep Induced by Hypercarbia or Auditory Stimuli
Current Biology·2020· 51 citedOpen Access
0158 Loss of Connexin 36 Elicits Abnormalities in Thalamocortical Network Activity Relevant to Neuropsychiatric Disorders
SLEEP·2020Open Access
0446 A Novel System for Enabling High-Density EEG Recordings in a Mouse
SLEEP·2020Open Access
Basal forebrain parvalbumin neurons mediate arousals from sleep induced by hypercarbia or auditory stimuli
2019· 6 citedOpen Access
Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Parvalbumin Neurons Regulate Sleep Spindles and Electrophysiological Aspects of Schizophrenia in Mice
Scientific Reports·2019· 79 citedOpen Access
Validation of an automated sleep spindle detection method for mouse electroencephalography
SLEEP·2018· 65 citedOpen Access
0074 Pharmacologic And Optogenetic Dissection Of Sleep Homeostatic Circuits In The Basal Forebrain
SLEEP·2018Open Access
A Genetically Defined Circuit for Arousal from Sleep during Hypercapnia
Neuron·2017· 153 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to ‘The menagerie of the basal forebrain: how many (neural) species are there, what do they look like, how do they behave and who talks to whom?’ [Curr Opin Neurobiol 2017, 44:159–166]
Current Opinion in Neurobiology·2017· 3 cited
The menagerie of the basal forebrain: how many (neural) species are there, what do they look like, how do they behave and who talks to whom?
Current Opinion in Neurobiology·2017· 77 citedOpen Access
0098 BASAL FOREBRAIN PARVALBUMIN NEURONS CONTROL THALAMIC RETICULAR NEURONS: AN OPTOGENETIC STUDY INVESTIGATING SPINDLES AND NREM SLEEP REGULATION
SLEEP·2017
0129 LOCAL THALAMIC RETICULAR NUCLEUS INHIBITION OF T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS REDUCES SLEEP SPINDLES IN MICE
SLEEP·2017
0102 BASAL FOREBRAIN PARVALBUMIN NEURONS PROMOTE SHORT-LATENCY AROUSALS AND WAKEFULNESS IN MICE
SLEEP·2017Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Robert W. McCarley(10), Radhika Basheer(9), Satvinder Kaur(9), Ritchie E. Brown(8), Chun Yang(7), James M. McNally(6), Robert E. Strecker(6), Charu Shukla(6), James T Mckenna(5), Karl Deisseroth(5), Fumi Katsuki(5), Dmitry Gerashchenko(5), JM McNally(5), JT McKenna(5), Carlos Blanco‐Centurion(4), Priyattam J. Shiromani(4), David S. Uygun(4), Fakhrul Islam(4), Birendra Nath Mallick(4), RE Brown(4)