Stuart N. Peirson

The paper investigates EMG activity during daily torpor in Djungarian hamsters, finding periodic motility and brain activation linked to thermoregulation and vigilance.

This study shows that inhibiting FKBP51 early in joint pain reduces both sensory and emotional symptoms for up to 6 months, while late inhibition only provides temporary relief.

This study shows magnetic fields affect c-Fos expression in mouse retinas and influence exploratory behavior and circadian rhythms, suggesting a retinal response to magnetic fields in mammals.

This study shows that a mutation in synaptobrevin 2 in mice leads to abnormal cortical activity patterns across sleep and wake states, resembling deep anaesthesia.

This study compares visual code restoration in retinal degenerate mice by targeting opsins to bipolar cells versus retinal ganglion cells, finding that bipolar cell targeting produces a richer visual code.

The paper develops a consensus checklist and guidelines for reporting non-visual light effects in human studies, resulting in a 25-item checklist after expert feedback.

The paper shows that early functional measures in joint disease models predict long-term sensory and emotional symptoms, suggesting their use in clinical settings for better pain management and prevention of emotional comorbidities.

The paper shows that surviving retinal circuits can generate a functional visual code similar to wildtype even after advanced photoreceptor degeneration using optogenetic stimulation.

The paper identifies a peripheral molecular clock in sensory neurons that regulates diurnal pain behaviors and shows that stabilizing cryptochromes reduces pain sensitivity.

This study identifies claustrum neurons and their connectivity patterns, showing they integrate inputs from multiple cortical regions and contribute to multimodal sensory processing.

This study shows that SIK1 activity modulates synaptic phosphoproteome to induce sleep independently of sleep pressure, revealing a causal mechanism for sleep regulation.

This study shows that silencing specific cortical neurons in mice increases wakefulness and reduces sleep rebound after deprivation, highlighting the cortex's role in sleep regulation.

The paper introduces a portable hyperspectral imaging system to capture spectrally and spatially resolved light environments in woodland areas, demonstrating its application in Wytham Woods.

This study investigates the relationship between fasting-induced torpor, sleep, and wakefulness in mice by analyzing EEG, EMG, and body temperature data.

This study shows that hypothalamic stimulation increases cortical activity and accelerates sleep pressure buildup, indicating the hypothalamus regulates both state transitions and within-state arousal intensity.

This study identifies a Vamp2 mutation in mice that causes sleep-wake transition deficits by reducing synaptic release probability.