Selected publications

Selected publications

 

  1. Caputo R, Schoonderwoerd RA, Ramkisoensing A, Meijer JH. Physical activity stimulates clock neurons of the day-active rodent Arvicanthis ansorgei. Proc Natl Acad Sci  2025;122(21):e2424545122. doi:10.1073/pnas.2424545122. Epub 2025 May 19.
  2. van Beurden AW, Tersteeg MMH, Michel S, van Veldhoven JPD, IJzerman AP, Rohling JHT, Meijer JH. Small-molecule CEM3 strengthens single-cell oscillators in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. FASEB J. 2024 Jan;38(1):e23348. doi: 10.1096/fj.202300597RR. PMID: 38084798.
  3. Schoonderwoerd RA, de Torres Gutiérrez P, Blommers R, van Beurden AW, Coenen TCJJ, Klett NJ, Michel SH, Meijer JH. (2022) Inhibitory responses to retinohypothalamic tract stimulation in the circadian clock of the diurnal rodent Rhabdomys pumilio. The FASEB Journal. 2022;00 :e22415. doi: 10.1096/fj.202200477R
  4. Wang Y, van der Zanden SY, van Leerdam S, Tersteeg MMH, Kastelein A., Michel S., Neefjes J., Meijer JH, Deboer T. (2022) Induction of Fatigue by Specific Anthracycline Cancer Drugs through Disruption of the Circadian Pacemaker. Cancers (Basel). May 13;14(10):2421. doi: 10.3390/cancers14102421
  5. Schoonderwoerd RA, de Rover M, Janse JAM, Hirschler L, Willemse CR, Scholten L, Klop I, van Berloo S, van Osch MJP, Swaab DF, Meijer JH (2022). The photobiology of the human circadian clock. PNAS, Mar 29;119(13):e2118803119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2118803119
  6. Van Diepen HC, Schoonderwoerd RA, Ramkisoensing A, Janse JAM, Hattar S, Meijer JH (2021). Distinct contribution of cone photoreceptor subtypes to the mammalian biological clock. PNAS June 1, 2021 118 (22) e2024500118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024500118
  7. Robbers Y, Tersteeg MMH, Meijer JH, Coomans CP. 2021 Group housing and social dominance hierarchy affect circadian activity patterns in mice. R. Soc. Open Sci. 8:201985. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201985
  8. Olde Engberink, A.H.O., Huisman,J., Michel,S., Meijer, J.H. (2020) Brief light exposure at dawn and dusk can encode day‐length in the neuronal network of the mammalian circadian pacemaker. FASEB 34(10) 13685-13695
  9. Meijer JH & Oude Vrielink TJC (2020): Using surgical wrapping material for the fabrication of respirator masks. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236239
  10. Ananthasubramaniam B & Meijer JH (2020): Regulation of rest, rather than activity, underlies day-night activity differences in mice. Frontiers in Physiology, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00268
  11. Cederroth CR, Albrecht U, Bass J, Brown SA, Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen J, Gachon F, Green CB, Hastings MH, Helfrich-Förster C, Hogenesch J, Lévi F, Loudon A, Lundkvist GB, Meijer JH, Rosbash M, Takahashi JS, Young M, and Canlon B (2019). Medicine in the fourth dimension. Cell Metabolism 30(2):238-250
  12. Michel S, Meijer JH (2019). From clock to functional pacemaker. Eur J Neurosci. 2019 Feb 21. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14388.
  13. Fifel K, Meijer JH, Deboer T (2018). Long-term effects of sleep deprivation on neuronal activity in four hypothalamic areas. Neurobiol Dis. 109(Pt A):54-63. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.10.005.
  14. Meijer, JH. The mammalian circadian pacemaker: an adaptive timekeeper for an ever changing environment. Ed. K-I Honma. Hokkaido Univ Press, Sapporo (2017): 2-18
  15. Lucassen EA, Coomans CP, van Putten M, de Kreij SR , van Genugten JHLT, Sutorius RPM, de Rooij KE, van der Velde M, Verhoeve SL, Smit JWA, Löwik CWGM, Smits HH, Guigas B, Aartsma-Rus AM, Meijer JH. (2016) Environmental 24-hr Cycles Are Essential for Health. Current Biol. IF 9.647.
  16. Gu C, Coomans CP, Hu K, Scheer FAJL, Stanley HE, Meijer JH (2015). Lack of exercise leads to significant and reversible loss of scale invariance in both aged and young mice. PNAS, 112(8), 2320-2324. IF 9.81.
  17. Houben T, Coomans CP, Meijer JH. Regulation of circadian and acute activity levels by the murine suprachiasmatic nuclei. PlosONE, 2014 Oct 8;9(10):e110172. IF3.7
  18. Farajnia S, van Westering TLE, Meijer JH, Michel S., Seasonal induction of GABAergic excitation in the central mammalian clock, PNAS, 111, no 26, 9627-9632. Doi: 10.1073/pnas IF 9.737
  19. Meijer, JH and Robbers, Y, Wheel running in the wild, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2014, 281(1786). doi:
  20. Ramkisoensing, A, Gu, C, van Engeldorp Gastelaars, HMD, Michel, S, Deboer, T, Rohling, JHT, Meijer, JH, Enhanced Phase Resetting in the Synchronized Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Network, J Biol Rhythms, 29, 2014, 4-15 IF 3.22910.1098/rspb.2014.0210. IF 5.7
  21. van Diepen,H.C., Ramkisoensing,A., Peirson,S.N., Foster,R.G., and Meijer, J.H., Irradiance encoding in the suprachiasmatic nuclei by rod and cone photoreceptors FASEB J. 27, 4204–4212 (2013) IF 5.6
  22. Michel, S, Marek, R, vanderLeest, HT, vanSteensel, MJ, Schwartz, WJ, Colwell, CS, Meijer, JH, Mechanism of bilateral communication in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Eur J. Neurosci, 37, 2013, 964-971 IF 3.631
  23. Coomans, CP, van den Berg, SAA, Houben, T., van Klinken, JB., van den Berg, R., Pronk, A., Havekes, L., Romijn, JA, Willems van Dijk, K., Biermasz, N.R., Meijer, J.H., Additive effects of rhythm disturbances and diet on energy metabolism and insulin sensitivity, 2013, FASEB. Doi.1096/fj.12-210898, IF 5.6
  24. Coomans CP, van den Berg SAA, Lucassen EA, Houben T, Pronk ACM, van der Spek RDC, Kalsbeek A, Biermasz NR, Willems van Dijk K, Romijn JA, Meijer JH., The suprachiasmatic nucleus controls circadian energy metabolism and insulin sensitivity, Diabetes, 2013, doi 10.2337/db12-0507. IF 8.286.
  25. Van Oosterhout, F, Fisher, SP, van Diepen, H., Houben, T., VanderLeest, HT, Thompson, S., Peirson, SN, Foster, RG, and Meijer, JH, Persistent responsiveness of the circadian system to UV light in the absence of melanopsin, Current Biol. 22 (2012) 1-6. IF 9.647.
  26. Van Oosterhout, F., Lucassen, E.A., Houben, T., vanderLeest, H.T., Antle, M.C., and Meijer, J.H., Amplitude of the SCN clock enhanced by behavioral activity, PLoSONE 7 (6) (2012) e39693. IF 4.092.
  27. Farajnia, S., Michel, S., Deboer, T., Houben, T., vanderLeest, H.T., Rohling, J.H.T., Ramkisoensing, A., Yasenkov, R., and Meijer, J.H., Evidence for neuronal desynchrony in the aged SCN clock, J. Neurosci, 32 (2012) 5891-5899. IF 7.115.
  28. Houben, T., Deboer, T, van Oosterhout, F, and Meijer, JH, Correlation with behavioral activity and rest implies circadian regulation by SCN neuronal activity levels, J. Biol. Rhythms, (2009) 477-487.
  29. vanderLeest HT, Rohling JHT, Michel S, Meijer JH. Phase shifting capacity of the circadian pacemaker determined by the SCN neuronal network organization. PLoS ONE 4(3) (2009) e4976.
  30. Hampp, G., Ripperger, J.A., Houben, T., Schmutz, I., Blex, C., Perreau-Lenz, S., Brunk, I., Spanagel, R., Ahnert-Hilger, G., Meijer, J.H. and Albrecht, U., Regulation of the murine Monoamine Oxidase A Gene by Circadian Clock Components Implies Clock Influence on Mood, Current Biol., 18 (2008) 678-83. IF 10.777
  31. Deboer T, Detari L, Meijer JH (2007) Long term effects of sleep deprivation on the mammalian circadian pacemaker. Sleep 30: 257-262.
  32. VanderLeest HT, Houben T, Michel S, Deboer T, Albus H, Vansteensel MJ, Block GD, Meijer JH (2007) Seasonal encoding by the circadian pacemaker of the SCN. Curr Biol 17: 468-473. IF 10.539
  33. Itri, J.N., Michel, S., Vansteensel, M.J., Meijer, J.H., and Colwell, C.S., Fast delayed rectifier potassium current is required for circadian neural activity, Nature Neuroscience, 8(5) (2005) 650-656. IF 15.456
  34. Albus, H., Vansteensel, M.J., Michel, S., Block, G.D. and Meijer, J.H., A GABAergic mechanism is necessary for coupling dissociable ventral and dorsal regional oscillators within the circadian clock., Current Biol., 15 (2005) 886-893. IF 11.732
  35. Vansteensel MJ, Yamazaki S, Albus H, Deboer T, Block GD, Meijer JH (2003) Dissociation between mPer1 bioluminescence, neuronal activity of isolated SCN and neuronal activity of integrated SCN in response to shifts of environmental light-dark cycle. Curr Biol 13: 1538-1542.
  36. Schaap, J., Albus, H., van der Leest, H.T., Eilers, P.H.C., Détari, L., Meijer, J.H., Heterogeneity of rhythmic suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons: implications for circadian waveform and photoperiodic encoding, PNAS, 26 (2003) 15994-15999. IF 10.272
  37. Deboer, T., Vansteensel, M.J., Détari, L., Meijer, J.H., Sleep states alter activity of suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons, Nature Neuroscience, 10 (2003) 1086-1090. IF 15.141
  38. Albus, H., Bonnefont, X., Chaves, I. Yasui, A., Doczy, J., van der Horst, G.T.J., Meijer, J.H., Cryptochrome-deficient mice lack circadian electrical activity in the suprachiasmatic nuclei, Current Biology 12 (2002) 1130-1133.
  39. Schaap, J., Meijer. J.H., Opposing effect of behavioural activity and light on neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Eur. J. of Neuroscience, 13 (2001) 1955-1962.
  40. Meijer, J.H., Watanabe, K., Schaap, J., Albus, H. and L. Détári, Light responsiveness of the suprachiasmatic nucleus: long‑term multiunit and single‑unit recordings in freely moving rats, J. Neurosci.18 (1998) 9078‑9087.
  41. Meijer, J.H., Schaap, J., Watanabe, K. and Albus, H., Multiunit activity recordings in the suprachiasmatic nuclei: in vivo versus in vitro models, Brain Res. 753 (1997) 322‑327.
  42. Meijer, J.H., Groos, G.A. and Rusak, B., Luminance coding in a circadian pacemaker: the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat and the hamster, Brain Res., 382 (1986) 109‑118.