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Our research aims to understand how the brain generates and regulates behavioral arousal states. My research team uses optogenetic and pharmacogenetic methods to dissect the brain circuitry controlling behavioral arousal state, particularly sleep. This work will not only identify the pathways that trigger sleep and wakefulness, it will also be invaluable in understanding how breakdown in brain circuits contributes to sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and REM sleep behavior disorder.

Recent News


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June 1, 2023
​​Staying up for the Awards: Anita Taksokhan earns CSS-Jazz award for sleep research
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May 23, 2023
Keep on moving: paralysis of narcolepsy relieved by chemogenetic cell therapy in mice
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February 9, 2023
Professor John Peever earns Distinguished Scientist Award from the Canadian Sleep Society

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Address

Center for Biological Timing and Cognition (CBTC)
​Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto

​325 Huron Street, 
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5S 3J7

Contact Us

Office Phone: 416-978-5652
Office: 325 Huron St, Room 278a
Lab: 325 Huron St, Room 380

Principal Investigator email: [email protected]
Co-investigator email: [email protected]
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