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Clifford B. Saper, M.D.,Ph.D.

Harvard Title

James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Head of the Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Address

Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr
Neurology, Kirstein 406
330 Brookline Ave  
Boston MA 02215

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The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness.
Authors: Saper CB, Chou TC, Scammell TE.
Trends Neurosci
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Orexin (hypocretin) neurons contain dynorphin.
Authors: Chou TC, Lee CE, Lu J, Elmquist JK, Hara J, Willie JT, Beuckmann CT, Chemelli RM, Sakurai T, Yanagisawa M, Saper CB, Scammell TE.
J Neurosci
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A neurohistochemical blueprint for pain-induced loss of appetite.
Authors: Malick A, Jakubowski M, Elmquist JK, Saper CB, Burstein R.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Contrasting effects of ibotenate lesions of the paraventricular nucleus and subparaventricular zone on sleep-wake cycle and temperature regulation.
Authors: Lu J, Zhang YH, Chou TC, Gaus SE, Elmquist JK, Shiromani P, Saper CB.
J Neurosci
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Narcolepsy and low CSF orexin (hypocretin) concentration after a diencephalic stroke.
Authors: Scammell TE, Nishino S, Mignot E, Saper CB.
Neurology
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Differential expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 in the rat brain.
Authors: Marcus JN, Aschkenasi CJ, Lee CE, Chemelli RM, Saper CB, Yanagisawa M, Elmquist JK.
J Comp Neurol
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Characterization of CART neurons in the rat and human hypothalamus.
Authors: Elias CF, Lee CE, Kelly JF, Ahima RS, Kuhar M, Saper CB, Elmquist JK.
J Comp Neurol
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Fos expression in orexin neurons varies with behavioral state.
Authors: Estabrooke IV, McCarthy MT, Ko E, Chou TC, Chemelli RM, Yanagisawa M, Saper CB, Scammell TE.
J Neurosci
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Passages 2001.
Authors: Saper CB.
J Comp Neurol
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An adenosine A2a agonist increases sleep and induces Fos in ventrolateral preoptic neurons.
Authors: Scammell TE, Gerashchenko DY, Mochizuki T, McCarthy MT, Estabrooke IV, Sears CA, Saper CB, Urade Y, Hayaishi O.
Neuroscience
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