Stephen Thankachan

1.2k total citations
22 papers, 845 citations indexed

About

Stephen Thankachan is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Thankachan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 845 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Thankachan's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (20 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (8 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (7 papers). Stephen Thankachan is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (20 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (8 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (7 papers). Stephen Thankachan collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Japan. Stephen Thankachan's co-authors include Satvinder Kaur, Ritchie E. Brown, Robert W. McCarley, Chun Yang, Carlos Blanco‐Centurion, Priyattam J. Shiromani, Radhika Basheer, James M. McNally, Robert E. Strecker and James T Mckenna and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Thankachan

21 papers receiving 842 citations

Peers

Stephen Thankachan
Simon P. Fisher United Kingdom
Sonia Jego Canada
Richard Boyce Canada
Theresa E. Bjorness United States
Patricia Bonnavion United States
James P. Shaffery United States
Chenyan Ma United States
Sawako Tabuchi Japan
J. M. Siegel United States
Isabel de Andrés Spain
Simon P. Fisher United Kingdom
Stephen Thankachan
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All Works

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Lynch, Nicole, Roberto De Luca, Sathyajit S. Bandaru, et al.. (2025). Calcitonin Gene‐Related Peptide (CGRP)‐Expressing Neurons in the External Lateral Parabrachial Area Regulate Pain‐Induced Sleep Disturbances. Advanced Science. 12(35). e00325–e00325.
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Thankachan, Stephen, et al.. (2022). A general approach for engineering RTKs optically controlled with far-red light. Nature Methods. 19(7). 871–880. 8 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen, Chun Yang, Ksenia V. Kastanenka, Brian J. Bacskai, & Dmitry Gerashchenko. (2022). Low frequency visual stimulation enhances slow wave activity without disrupting the sleep pattern in mice. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12278–12278. 4 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen, et al.. (2022). Optimization of real-time analysis of sleep-wake cycle in mice. MethodsX. 9. 101811–101811. 1 indexed citations
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Mckenna, James T, Stephen Thankachan, David S. Uygun, et al.. (2020). Basal Forebrain Parvalbumin Neurons Mediate Arousals from Sleep Induced by Hypercarbia or Auditory Stimuli. Current Biology. 30(12). 2379–2385.e4. 33 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen, Fumi Katsuki, James T Mckenna, et al.. (2019). Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Parvalbumin Neurons Regulate Sleep Spindles and Electrophysiological Aspects of Schizophrenia in Mice. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3607–3607. 51 indexed citations
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Uygun, David S., Fumi Katsuki, David D. Aguilar, et al.. (2018). Validation of an automated sleep spindle detection method for mouse electroencephalography. SLEEP. 42(2). 41 indexed citations
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Yang, Chun, Stephen Thankachan, Robert W. McCarley, & Ritchie E. Brown. (2017). 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. 44. 159–166. 46 indexed citations
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Kaur, Satvinder, Joshua Wang, Loris L. Ferrari, et al.. (2017). A Genetically Defined Circuit for Arousal from Sleep during Hypercapnia. Neuron. 96(5). 1153–1167.e5. 111 indexed citations
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Kim, Tae, Stephen Thankachan, James T Mckenna, et al.. (2015). Cortically projecting basal forebrain parvalbumin neurons regulate cortical gamma band oscillations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(11). 3535–3540. 220 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen, Patrick M. Fuller, & Jun Lu. (2012). Movement- and behavioral state-dependent activity of pontine reticulospinal neurons. Neuroscience. 221. 125–139. 13 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen, Satvinder Kaur, & Priyattam J. Shiromani. (2009). Activity of Pontine Neurons during Sleep and Cataplexy in Hypocretin Knock-Out Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(5). 1580–1585. 15 indexed citations
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Kaur, Satvinder, Stephen Thankachan, Suraiya Begum, et al.. (2008). Entrainment of temperature and activity rhythms to restricted feeding in orexin knock out mice. Brain Research. 1205. 47–54. 53 indexed citations
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Liu, Meng, Stephen Thankachan, Satvinder Kaur, et al.. (2008). Orexin (hypocretin) gene transfer diminishes narcoleptic sleep behavior in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 28(7). 1382–1393. 48 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shengwen, Liang‐In Lin, Satvinder Kaur, et al.. (2007). The development of hypocretin (OREXIN) deficiency in hypocretin/ataxin-3 transgenic rats. Neuroscience. 148(1). 34–43. 41 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen & Benjamin Rusak. (2005). Juxtacellular Recording/Labeling Analysis of Physiological and Anatomical Characteristics of Rat Intergeniculate Leaflet Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(40). 9195–9204. 33 indexed citations
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Mallick, Birendra Nath, Stephen Thankachan, & Fakhrul Islam. (2003). Influence of hypnogenic brain areas on wakefulness‐ and rapid‐eye‐movement sleep‐related neurons in the brainstem of freely moving cats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 75(1). 133–142. 20 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen, Fakhrul Islam, & Birendra Nath Mallick. (2001). Role of wake inducing brain stem area on rapid eye movement sleep regulation in freely moving cats. Brain Research Bulletin. 55(1). 43–49. 26 indexed citations
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Thankachan, Stephen, et al.. (1998). Differential responses of brain stem neurons during spontaneous and stimulation-induced desynchronization of the cortical eeg in freely moving cats.. PubMed. 1(4). 132–46. 13 indexed citations

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