David M. Raizen - Publications

Affiliations: 
Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States 
Area:
Neuroscience Biology, Behavioral Psychology, Genetics, Microbiology Biology

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2020 Van der Auwera P, Frooninckx L, Buscemi K, Vance RT, Watteyne J, Mirabeau O, Temmerman L, De Haes W, Fancsalszky L, Gottschalk A, Raizen DM, Nelson MD, Schoofs L, Beets I. RPamide neuropeptides NLP-22 and NLP-2 act through GnRH-like receptors to promote sleep and wakefulness in C. elegans. Scientific Reports. 10: 9929. PMID 32555288 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-66536-2  0.393
2020 Grubbs JJ, Lopes LE, van der Linden AM, Raizen DM. A salt-induced kinase is required for the metabolic regulation of sleep. Plos Biology. 18: e3000220. PMID 32315298 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pbio.3000220  0.401
2020 McClanahan PD, Dubuque JM, Kontogiorgos-Heintz D, Habermeyer BF, Xu JH, Ma AM, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. A quiescent state following mild sensory arousal in Caenorhabditis elegans is potentiated by stress. Scientific Reports. 10: 4140. PMID 32139752 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-60994-4  0.422
2019 Churgin MA, Szuperak M, Davis KC, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C, Kayser MS. Quantitative imaging of sleep behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans and larval Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Protocols. PMID 30953041 DOI: 10.1038/S41596-019-0146-6  0.449
2019 Grubbs JJ, Lopes LL, van der Linden AM, Raizen DM. 0028 SIK-HDAC4 Signaling Is Required For The Metabolic Regulation Of Sleep Sleep. 42: A11-A11. DOI: 10.1093/Sleep/Zsz067.027  0.364
2018 Anafi RC, Kayser MS, Raizen DM. Exploring phylogeny to find the function of sleep. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience. PMID 30573905 DOI: 10.1038/S41583-018-0098-9  0.415
2018 Szuperak M, Churgin MA, Borja AJ, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C, Kayser MS. A sleep state in Drosophila larvae required for neural stem cell proliferation. Elife. 7. PMID 29424688 DOI: 10.7554/Elife.33220  0.421
2018 Szuperak M, Churgin MA, Borja AJ, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C, Kayser MS. Author response: A sleep state in Drosophila larvae required for neural stem cell proliferation Elife. DOI: 10.7554/Elife.33220.032  0.372
2017 DeBardeleben H, Lopes LE, Nessel MP, Raizen DM. Stress-Induced Sleep After Exposure to Ultraviolet Light Is Promoted by p53 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. PMID 28754659 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.117.300070  0.422
2017 Iannacone MJ, Beets I, Lopes LE, Churgin MA, Fang-Yen C, Nelson MD, Schoofs L, Raizen DM. The RFamide receptor DMSR-1 regulates stress-induced sleep in C. elegans. Elife. 6. PMID 28094002 DOI: 10.7554/Elife.19837  0.434
2016 Davis KC, Raizen DM. A mechanism for sickness sleep: lessons from invertebrates. The Journal of Physiology. PMID 28028818 DOI: 10.1113/Jp273009  0.419
2016 Iannacone MJ, Raizen DM. Sleep: How Many Switches Does It Take To Turn Off the Lights? Current Biology : Cb. 26: R847-9. PMID 27676303 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2016.07.051  0.43
2016 Trojanowski NF, Raizen DM. Call it Worm Sleep. Trends in Neurosciences. 39: 54-62. PMID 26747654 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tins.2015.12.005  0.429
2016 Iannacone MJ, Beets I, Lopes LE, Churgin MA, Fang-Yen C, Nelson MD, Schoofs L, Raizen DM. Author response: The RFamide receptor DMSR-1 regulates stress-induced sleep in C. elegans Elife. DOI: 10.7554/Elife.19837.018  0.387
2015 Nelson MD, Janssen T, York N, Lee KH, Schoofs L, Raizen DM. FRPR-4 Is a G-Protein Coupled Neuropeptide Receptor That Regulates Behavioral Quiescence and Posture in Caenorhabditis elegans. Plos One. 10: e0142938. PMID 26571132 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0142938  0.329
2015 Trojanowski NF, Nelson MD, Flavell SW, Fang-Yen C, Raizen DM. Distinct Mechanisms Underlie Quiescence during Two Caenorhabditis elegans Sleep-Like States. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 35: 14571-84. PMID 26511247 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.1369-15.2015  0.465
2015 Yuan J, Zhou J, Raizen DM, Bau HH. High-throughput, motility-based sorter for microswimmers such as C. elegans. Lab On a Chip. 15: 2790-8. PMID 26008643 DOI: 10.1039/C5Lc00305A  0.328
2015 Yuan J, Raizen DM, Bau HH. Propensity of undulatory swimmers, such as worms, to go against the flow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112: 3606-11. PMID 25775552 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1424962112  0.319
2015 Lenz O, Xiong J, Nelson MD, Raizen DM, Williams JA. FMRFamide signaling promotes stress-induced sleep in Drosophila. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 47: 141-8. PMID 25668617 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbi.2014.12.028  0.414
2014 Hill AJ, Mansfield R, Lopez JM, Raizen DM, Van Buskirk C. Cellular stress induces a protective sleep-like state in C. elegans. Current Biology : Cb. 24: 2399-405. PMID 25264259 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2014.08.040  0.45
2014 Nelson MD, Lee KH, Churgin MA, Hill AJ, Van Buskirk C, Fang-Yen C, Raizen DM. FMRFamide-like FLP-13 neuropeptides promote quiescence following heat stress in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Biology : Cb. 24: 2406-10. PMID 25264253 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2014.08.037  0.36
2014 Nagy S, Raizen DM, Biron D. Measurements of behavioral quiescence in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods (San Diego, Calif.). 68: 500-7. PMID 24642199 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ymeth.2014.03.009  0.341
2014 Yu CC, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Multi-well imaging of development and behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 223: 35-9. PMID 24321627 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneumeth.2013.11.026  0.326
2013 Nelson MD, Trojanowski NF, George-Raizen JB, Smith CJ, Yu CC, Fang-Yen C, Raizen DM. The neuropeptide NLP-22 regulates a sleep-like state in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature Communications. 4: 2846. PMID 24301180 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms3846  0.434
2013 Belfer SJ, Chuang HS, Freedman BL, Yuan J, Norton M, Bau HH, Raizen DM. Caenorhabditis-in-drop array for monitoring C. elegans quiescent behavior. Sleep. 36: 689-698G. PMID 23633751 DOI: 10.5665/Sleep.2628  0.347
2013 Nelson MD, Raizen DM. A sleep state during C. elegans development. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23: 824-30. PMID 23562486 DOI: 10.1016/J.Conb.2013.02.015  0.418
2013 Driver RJ, Lamb AL, Wyner AJ, Raizen DM. DAF-16/FOXO regulates homeostasis of essential sleep-like behavior during larval transitions in C. elegans Current Biology. 23: 501-506. PMID 23477722 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2013.02.009  0.449
2012 Raizen D, Song BM, Trojanowski N, You YJ. Methods for measuring pharyngeal behaviors. Wormbook : the Online Review of C. Elegans Biology. 1-13. PMID 23255345 DOI: 10.1895/Wormbook.1.154.1  0.318
2011 Dabbish NS, Raizen DM. GABAergic synaptic plasticity during a developmentally regulated sleep-like state in C. elegans. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 31: 15932-43. PMID 22049436 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.0742-11.2011  0.682
2011 Chuang HS, Raizen DM, Dabbish N, Bau HH. Electro-worming: The behaviors of Caenorhabditis (C.) elegans in DC and AC electric fields. Physics of Fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994). 23: 91107-911071. PMID 22046098 DOI: 10.1063/1.3640009  0.675
2011 Raizen DM, Zimmerman JE. Non-mammalian genetic model systems in sleep research. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 6: 131-139. PMID 21731528 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jsmc.2011.04.005  0.415
2011 Wu MN, Raizen DM. Notch signaling: a role in sleep and stress. Current Biology : Cb. 21: R397-8. PMID 21601800 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2011.04.014  0.393
2011 Raizen DM, Wu MN. Genome-wide association studies of sleep disorders. Chest. 139: 446-52. PMID 21285061 DOI: 10.1378/Chest.10-1313  0.353
2011 Chuang HS, Raizen DM, Lamb A, Dabbish N, Bau HH. Dielectrophoresis of Caenorhabditis elegans. Lab On a Chip. 11: 599-604. PMID 21225036 DOI: 10.1039/C0Lc00532K  0.675
2008 Zimmerman JE, Raizen DM, Maycock MH, Maislin G, Pack AI. A video method to study Drosophila sleep. Sleep. 31: 1587-98. PMID 19014079 DOI: 10.1093/Sleep/31.11.1587  0.393
2008 Zimmerman JE, Naidoo N, Raizen DM, Pack AI. Conservation of sleep: insights from non-mammalian model systems. Trends in Neurosciences. 31: 371-6. PMID 18538867 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tins.2008.05.001  0.415
2008 Raizen DM, Zimmerman JE, Maycock MH, Ta UD, You YJ, Sundaram MV, Pack AI. Lethargus is a Caenorhabditis elegans sleep-like state. Nature. 451: 569-72. PMID 18185515 DOI: 10.1038/Nature06535  0.429
2006 Raizen DM, Mason TB, Pack AI. Genetic basis for sleep regulation and sleep disorders. Seminars in Neurology. 26: 467-83. PMID 17048148 DOI: 10.1055/S-2006-951619  0.387
2006 Zimmerman JE, Rizzo W, Shockley KR, Raizen DM, Naidoo N, Mackiewicz M, Churchill GA, Pack AI. Multiple mechanisms limit the duration of wakefulness in Drosophila brain. Physiological Genomics. 27: 337-50. PMID 16954408 DOI: 10.1152/Physiolgenomics.00030.2006  0.415
2005 Raizen DM, Pack AI, Sundaram M. A cGMP-dependent protein kinase plays a pivotal role in the control of behavioral quiescence in C. elegans Bmc Pharmacology. 5: S8. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-5-S1-S8  0.416
1994 Raizen DM, Avery L. Electrical activity and behavior in the pharynx of Caenorhabditis elegans. Neuron. 12: 483-95. PMID 8155316 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(94)90207-0  0.345
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2006 Raizen DM, Cullison KM, Pack AI, Sundaram MV. A novel gain-of-function mutant of the cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase egl-4 affects multiple physiological processes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 173: 177-87. PMID 16547093 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.106.057380  0.3
2020 Grubbs JJ, van der Linden AM, Raizen DM. Regulation of sleep by KIN-29 is not developmental. Micropublication Biology. 2020. PMID 32550493 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000247  0.294
2008 Raizen DM, Zimmerman JE, Maycock MH, Ta UD, You YJ, Sundaram MV, Pack AI. Lethargus is a Caenorhabditis elegans sleep-like state (Nature (2008) 451, (569-572)) Nature. 453: 952. DOI: 10.1038/Nature07044  0.293
2014 Yuan J, Raizen DM, Bau HH. Gait synchronization in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: 6865-70. PMID 24778261 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1401828111  0.293
2017 Churgin MA, Jung SK, Yu CC, Chen X, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Longitudinal imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans in a microfabricated device reveals variation in behavioral decline during aging. Elife. 6. PMID 28537553 DOI: 10.7554/Elife.26652  0.292
2020 Sparacio AP, Trojanowski NF, Snetselaar K, Nelson MD, Raizen DM. Teething during sleep: Ultrastructural analysis of pharyngeal muscle and cuticular grinder during the molt in Caenorhabditis elegans. Plos One. 15: e0233059. PMID 32433687 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0233059  0.291
2004 McKay JP, Raizen DM, Gottschalk A, Schafer WR, Avery L. eat-2 and eat-18 are required for nicotinic neurotransmission in the Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx. Genetics. 166: 161-9. PMID 15020415 DOI: 10.1534/Genetics.166.1.161  0.288
2021 Raizen D. Worms sleep: a perspective. Journal of Neurogenetics. 34: 427-429. PMID 33446018 DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1833007  0.288
2014 Trojanowski NF, Padovan-Merhar O, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Neural and genetic degeneracy underlies Caenorhabditis elegans feeding behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology. 112: 951-61. PMID 24872529 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.00150.2014  0.284
2017 Fouad AD, Teng S, Pu SH, Mark JR, Fu M, Zhang K, Huang J, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Quantitative Assessment of Fat Levels in Caenorhabditis elegans Using Dark Field Microscopy. G3 (Bethesda, Md.). PMID 28404661 DOI: 10.1534/G3.117.040840  0.281
2016 Trojanowski NF, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Pharyngeal pumping in Caenorhabditis elegans depends on tonic and phasic signaling from the nervous system. Scientific Reports. 6: 22940. PMID 26976078 DOI: 10.1038/Srep22940  0.277
2014 Ryu MH, Kang IH, Nelson MD, Jensen TM, Lyuksyutova AI, Siltberg-Liberles J, Raizen DM, Gomelsky M. Engineering adenylate cyclases regulated by near-infrared window light. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: 10167-72. PMID 24982160 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1324301111  0.276
2006 Prober DA, Raizen DM. Caenorhabditis elegans and zebrafish in sleep research The Genetic Basis of Sleep and Sleep Disorders. 54-65. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139649469.008  0.269
2015 Trojanowski NF, Raizen DM. Neural Circuits: From Structure to Function and Back. Current Biology : Cb. 25: R711-3. PMID 26294182 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2015.06.048  0.264
2015 Yuan J, Raizen DM, Bau HH. A hydrodynamic mechanism for attraction of undulatory microswimmers to surfaces (bordertaxis). Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 12: 20150227. PMID 26156298 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2015.0227  0.261
2008 You YJ, Kim J, Raizen DM, Avery L. Insulin, cGMP, and TGF-beta signals regulate food intake and quiescence in C. elegans: a model for satiety. Cell Metabolism. 7: 249-57. PMID 18316030 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cmet.2008.01.005  0.259
2017 Churgin MA, Jung S, Yu C, Chen X, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Author response: Longitudinal imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans in a microfabricated device reveals variation in behavioral decline during aging Elife. DOI: 10.7554/Elife.26652.034  0.258
2014 George-Raizen JB, Shockley KR, Trojanowski NF, Lamb AL, Raizen DM. Dynamically-expressed prion-like proteins form a cuticle in the pharynx of Caenorhabditis elegans. Biology Open. 3: 1139-49. PMID 25361578 DOI: 10.1242/Bio.20147500  0.255
2016 Yuan J, Ko H, Raizen DM, Bau HH. Terrain following and applications: Caenorhabditis elegans swims along the floor using a bump and undulate strategy. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 13. PMID 27903784 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2016.0612  0.241
1995 Avery L, Raizen D, Lockery S. Chapter 11 Electrophysiological Methods Methods in Cell Biology. 48: 251-269. PMID 8531728 DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)61391-6  0.238
2020 Flavell SW, Raizen DM, You YJ. Behavioral States. Genetics. 216: 315-332. PMID 33023930 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303539  0.238
2021 Chávez-Pérez C, Jafari N, Keenan BT, Raizen DM, Rohacek AM. Motivated displacement assay distinguishes ALA neuron mutants from RIS neuron mutants during recovery from heat stress in . Micropublication Biology. 2021. PMID 34557657 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000468  0.238
2023 Davis K, Mitchell C, Weissenfels O, Bai J, Raizen DM, Ailion M, Topalidou I. G protein-coupled receptor kinase-2 (GRK-2) controls exploration through neuropeptide signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans. Plos Genetics. 19: e1010613. PMID 36652499 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010613  0.226
2024 Nguyen AD, Costa PC, Raizen DM. A perfect storm: sleep loss causes systemic inflammation and death. Cell Research. PMID 38212509 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-023-00924-x  0.224
2015 Bau HH, Raizen D, Yuan J. Why do worms go against the flow? C. elegans behaviors explained by simple physics. Worm. 4: e1118606. PMID 27123373 DOI: 10.1080/21624054.2015.1118606  0.216
2017 Chao HH, Doucette A, Raizen DM, Vapiwala N. Factors associated with fatigue in prostate cancer (PC) patients undergoing external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). Practical Radiation Oncology. PMID 28988662 DOI: 10.1016/J.Prro.2017.09.002  0.212
2005 Raizen DM, Brooks-Kayal A, Steinkrauss L, Tennekoon GI, Stanley CA, Kelly A. Central nervous system hyperexcitability associated with glutamate dehydrogenase gain of function mutations. The Journal of Pediatrics. 146: 388-94. PMID 15756227 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jpeds.2004.10.040  0.208
2014 Davis EM, Raizen DM. Prolonging apneas in a hospitalized patient. A potential harm of routine medical therapy. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 11: 1500-3. PMID 25423004 DOI: 10.1513/Annalsats.201404-167Cc  0.202
2002 Taylor R, Vergilio JA, Shapiro M, Raizen D, Hunt J, McGrath C, Rook A, Bagg A. T cell receptor gamma-chain gene polymerase chain reaction to diagnose central nervous system involvement by cutaneous T cell lymphoma. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics : Jmd. 4: 118-20. PMID 11986404 DOI: 10.1016/S1525-1578(10)60691-5  0.198
2017 Chao H, Doucette A, Raizen D, Vapiwala N. Factors Associated With Increase in Fatigue in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiation Therapy International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 99: E531-E532. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijrobp.2017.06.1877  0.197
2017 Chao H, Doucette A, Raizen DM, Vapiwala N. (P109) Factors Associated With Increase in Fatigue in Prostate Cancer (PC) Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 98: E45. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijrobp.2017.02.205  0.197
2001 Hinkle DA, Raizen DM, McGarvey ML, Liu GT. Cerebral air embolism complicating cardiac ablation procedures. Neurology. 56: 792-4. PMID 11274320 DOI: 10.1212/Wnl.56.6.792  0.191
2001 Kleopa KA, Raizen DM, Friedrich CA, Brown MJ, Bird SJ. Acute axonal neuropathy in maple syrup urine disease. Muscle & Nerve. 24: 284-7. PMID 11180212 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200102)24:2<284::Aid-Mus140>3.0.Co;2-U  0.184
2021 Grubbs JJ, Raizen DM. Sleep: AMPs Mediate Injury-Induced Lethargy. Current Biology : Cb. 31: R131-R133. PMID 33561412 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.048  0.183
2023 Koop K, Yuan W, Tessadori F, Rodriguez-Polanco WR, Grubbs J, Zhang B, Osmond M, Graham G, Sawyer S, Conboy E, Vetrini F, Treat K, Płoski R, Pienkowski VM, Kłosowska A, ... ... Raizen D, et al. Macrocephaly and developmental delay caused by missense variants in RAB5C. Human Molecular Genetics. PMID 37552066 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad130  0.14
2021 Chen WL, Ko H, Chuang HS, Raizen DM, Bau HH. Caenorhabditis elegans exhibits positive gravitaxis. Bmc Biology. 19: 186. PMID 34517863 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01119-9  0.128
2023 Raizen DM, Mullington J, Anaclet C, Clarke G, Critchley H, Dantzer R, Davis R, Drew KL, Fessel J, Fuller PM, Gibson EM, Harrington M, Lipkin WI, Klerman EB, Klimas N, et al. Beyond the Symptom: The Biology of Fatigue. Sleep. PMID 37224457 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad069  0.119
2022 Brenner IR, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Pharyngeal timing and particle transport defects in Caenorhabditis elegans feeding mutants. Journal of Neurophysiology. PMID 35730757 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00444.2021  0.119
2023 Li Z, Fouad AD, Bowlin PD, Fan Y, He S, Chang MC, Du A, Teng C, Kassouni A, Ji H, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. A robotic system for automated genetic manipulation and analysis of . Pnas Nexus. 2: pgad197. PMID 37416871 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad197  0.116
2023 Raizen D, Bhavsar R, Keenan BT, Liu PZ, Kegelman TP, Chao HH, Vapiwala N, Rao H. Increased posterior cingulate cortex blood flow in cancer-related fatigue. Frontiers in Neurology. 14: 1135462. PMID 37576014 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1135462  0.109
2020 McClanahan PD, McCloskey RJ, Ng Tung Hing M, Raizen DM, Fang-Yen C. Dehydrated Stocks Are Resistant to Multiple Freeze-Thaw Cycles. G3 (Bethesda, Md.). PMID 33033066 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401825  0.084
2022 Liu W, Liu J, Bhavsar R, Mao T, Mamikonyan E, Raizen D, Detre JA, Weintraub D, Rao H. Perfusion Imaging of Fatigue and Time-on-Task Effects in Patients With Parkinson's Disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14: 901203. PMID 35754969 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.901203  0.063
2020 Alcedo J, Jin Y, Portman DS, Prahlad V, Raizen D, Rapti G, Xu XZS, Zhang Y, Wu CF. Nature's gift to neuroscience. Journal of Neurogenetics. 34: 223-224. PMID 33446019 DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1841760  0.034
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