Summary
Research interests and techniques
- Neuroscience: molecular biology; transgenics, neuroanatomy, physiology, behaviour.
- Mechanisms of sleep
- Hypothalamic function: the regulation of neurons which make histamine: the tuberomammillary nucleus and sleep regulation
- other neuromodulators which regulate sleep
Degrees:
1986 BA, Zoology - Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
1989 PhD Molecular Neuroscience, University of Cambridge (with Stephen P. Hunt).
Posts held:
1990-1992 EMBO Long-term Fellowship, ZMBH, University of Heidelberg (with Peter H. Seeburg)
1993-2001 Group Leader, MRC LMB, Cambridge
2001-2005 Group Leader, IZN, University of Heidelberg
2005-2009 Professor & Chair of Neuroscience, Head of Neurobiology programme, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
2009- Professor of Molecular Neuroscience
Publications:
- See William Wisden''s publications on ResearcherID
- See William Wisden''s publications on PubMed
- See William Wisden's publications on Google Scholar
- See William Wisden's profile on ORCID
- See William Wisden's profile on SCOPUS
- The Sleep, Anaesthetics and Neuronal Excitability Group
Location
How to find us: click here for a map - we are on the 4th floor of the Sir Ernst Chain Building (marked "30" on the map)
Imperial College''s location in London:
Royal Albert Hall - next to Imperial College
Southbank
Publications
Journals
Harding E, Franks N, Wisden W, The Temperature Dependence of Sleep, Frontiers in Neuroscience, ISSN:1662-4548
Yu X, Ma Y, Harding EC, et al., 2019, Genetic lesioning of histamine neurons increases sleep-wake fragmentation and reveals their contribution to modafinil-induced wakefulness., Sleep
Scammell TE, Jackson AC, Franks NP, et al., 2019, Histamine: neural circuits and new medications, Sleep, Vol:42, ISSN:1550-9109
Yu X, Li W, Ma Y, et al., 2019, GABA and glutamate neurons in the VTA regulate sleep and wakefulness, Nature Neuroscience, Vol:22, ISSN:1097-6256, Pages:106-+
Paul EJ, Kalk E, Tossell K, et al., 2018, nNOS-Expressing Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area and Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta, Eneuro, Vol:5, ISSN:2373-2822