Dr. Allan Hobson

In memoriam: J. Allan Hobson, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry , Emeritus
Harvard Title

Professor of Psychiatry , Emeritus

Other Affiliations

Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Address

138 High Street
Brookline, MA 02445

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A neuroanatomical gradient in the pontine tegmentum for the cholinoceptive induction of desynchronized sleep signs.
Authors: Baghdoyan HA, Rodrigo-Angulo ML, McCarley RW, Hobson JA.
Brain Res
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Pontogeniculooccipital waves: spontaneous visual system activity during rapid eye movement sleep.
Authors: Callaway CW, Lydic R, Baghdoyan HA, Hobson JA.
Cell Mol Neurobiol
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Dream bizarreness and the activation-synthesis hypothesis.
Authors: Hobson JA, Hoffman SA, Helfand R, Kostner D.
Hum Neurobiol
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Neuronal excitability control in health and disease: a neurophysiological comparison of REM sleep and epilepsy.
Authors: Elazar Z, Hobson JA.
Prog Neurobiol
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Microinjection of neostigmine into the pontine reticular formation of cats enhances desynchronized sleep signs.
Authors: Baghdoyan HA, Monaco AP, Rodrigo-Angulo ML, Assens F, McCarley RW, Hobson JA.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
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Cortical wave amplitude and eye movement direction are correlated in REM sleep but not in waking.
Authors: Monaco AP, Baghdoyan HA, Nelson JP, Hobson JA.
Arch Ital Biol
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Site-specific enhancement and suppression of desynchronized sleep signs following cholinergic stimulation of three brainstem regions.
Authors: Baghdoyan HA, Rodrigo-Angulo ML, McCarley RW, Hobson JA.
Brain Res
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Forced activity alters sleep cycle periodicity and dorsal raphe discharge rhythm.
Authors: Lydic R, McCarley RW, Hobson JA.
Am J Physiol
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Location and spike-train characteristics of cells in anterodorsal pons having selective decreases in firing rate during desynchronized sleep.
Authors: Hobson JA, McCarley RW, Nelson JP.
J Neurophysiol
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REM sleep burst neurons, PGO waves, and eye movement information.
Authors: Nelson JP, McCarley RW, Hobson JA.
J Neurophysiol
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