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Prof.dr. E.J.W. van Someren

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Expertise	Sleep; Circadian rhythms; Aging; Alzheimers' disease; Parkinsons' disease; Neurobiology; Neuropsychology; Physiology; Ambulatory monitoring; Thermoregulation; Melatonin; Light-therapy; Hypothalamus; Fitness training; Elderly people
Expertise (NL)	Slaap; Circadiane ritmen; Veroudering; Ziekte van Alzheimer; Ziekte van Parkinson; Neurobiologie; Neuropsychologie; Fysiologie; Ambulante registratie; Thermoregulatie; Melatonine; Lichttherapie; Hypothalamus; Fitness training; Ouderen
Digital Author ID	info:eu-repo/dai/nl/160329329
Addition	Bijzonder hoogleraar vanwege de Stichting VU Fonds
Grants/prizes	NWO-Vici 2007

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Researcher
Organisation	Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam (VU)
URL	http://www.neurosciencecampus-amsterdam.nl/en/people/staff-a...

Extraordinary professor
Organisation	Section of Integrative Neurophysiology (VU)
Chair (EN)	Human brain activity of sleep, rest and vigilance
Chair (NL)	Humane hersenactiviteit van slaap, rust en vigilantie

Programm leader / Group leader
Organisation	Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience NIN (KNAW)
Phone	+31 20 5665497
Email	e. van. someren -at- nin. knaw. nl

Publications

Reduction of scale invariance of activity fluctuations with aging and Alzheimer's disease: Involvement of the circadian pacemaker.
Fragmentation of the rest-activity rhythm correlates with age-related cognitive deficits.
Sleep benefits subsequent hippocampal functioning.
Disturbances in the circadian pattern of activity and sleep after laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgery.
Adult neurogenesis and the unfolded protein response: new cellular and molecular avenues in sleep research.

All publications..

Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Project leader	Sleep & Cognition (S&C)
Project leader	The role of sleep in learning; opportunities to improve child performance

Completed research projects

(the most recent research is at the top)
Project leader	Prevention of depression and sleeping disorders in an early stage of dementia: activation of the biological clock by means of light
Project leader	Functional imaging study into the effects of acute slow wave sleep deprivation and chronic insomnia on brain activation and connectivity patterns associated with performance on executive and memory tasks
Project leader	Laboratory and feasibility study on the possibility to enhance sleep and daytime performance by manipulations presumed to activate thermosensitive neurons in sleep-regulating hypothalamic areas
Project leader	Longitudinal randomized clinical trial on the preventive effect of supplementation of light and melatonin on the development of disturbances in sleep, rhythms, mood, behavior and cognition in demented elderly
Project leader	Can sleep therapy increase functional connectivity in early dementia?

Classification

A70000	Public health and health care
D23231	Neurology
D53000	Gerontology

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