# Clifford B. Saper

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/clifford-b-saper/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 82,683 |
| Field | Sleep and Wakefulness Research |
| h-index | 144 |
| i10-index | 320 |
| Last Known Institution | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5027042734 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5788-3014 |
| Works | 557 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 13.

- [Narcolepsy in orexin Knockout Mice](https://scholariq.org/papers/narcolepsy-in-orexin-knockout-mice/)
- [Hypothalamic regulation of sleep and circadian rhythms](https://scholariq.org/papers/hypothalamic-regulation-of-sleep-and-circadian-rhythms/)
- [Differential expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 in the rat brain](https://scholariq.org/papers/differential-expression-of-orexin-receptors-1-and-2-in-the-rat-brain/)
- [The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-sleep-switch-hypothalamic-control-of-sleep-and-wakefulness/)
- [Sleep State Switching](https://scholariq.org/papers/sleep-state-switching/)
- [Cortical projections arising from the basal forebrain: A study of cholinergic and noncholinergic components employing combined retrograde tracing and immunohistochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase](https://scholariq.org/papers/cortical-projections-arising-from-the-basal-forebrain-a-study-of-cholinergic-and/)
- [Fos Expression in Orexin Neurons Varies with Behavioral State](https://scholariq.org/papers/fos-expression-in-orexin-neurons-varies-with-behavioral-state/)
- [Melanopsin in cells of origin of the retinohypothalamic tract](https://scholariq.org/papers/melanopsin-in-cells-of-origin-of-the-retinohypothalamic-tract/)
- [Critical Role of Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus in a Wide Range of Behavioral Circadian Rhythms](https://scholariq.org/papers/critical-role-of-dorsomedial-hypothalamic-nucleus-in-a-wide-range-of-behavioral/)
- [Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus of the rat: Cytoarchitecture, cytochemistry, and some extrapyramidal connections of the mesopontine tegmentum](https://scholariq.org/papers/pedunculopontine-tegmental-nucleus-of-the-rat-cytoarchitecture-cytochemistry-and/)
- [Concomitant loss of dynorphin, NARP, and orexin in narcolepsy](https://scholariq.org/papers/concomitant-loss-of-dynorphin-narp-and-orexin-in-narcolepsy/)
- [A Proposal for a Coordinated Effort for the Determination of Brainwide Neuroanatomical Connectivity in Model Organisms at a Mesoscopic Scale](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-proposal-for-a-coordinated-effort-for-the-determination-of-brainwide/)

## Researcher topics

- [Sleep and Wakefulness Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/sleep-and-wakefulness-research/)
- [Neuroscience of respiration and sleep](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-of-respiration-and-sleep/)
- [Circadian rhythm and melatonin](https://scholariq.org/topics/circadian-rhythm-and-melatonin/)
- [Regulation of Appetite and Obesity](https://scholariq.org/topics/regulation-of-appetite-and-obesity/)
- [Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-and-neuropharmacology-research/)

## Researcher university

- [Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center](https://scholariq.org/institutions/beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center/)

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