Prof. Barbara Jones
Fellow
Current Employer
McGill University
Election Year
2010
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Medical Sciences
Department
Montreal Neurological Institute
Keywords
neuroscience, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, immunohistochemistry, sleep-wake states
Jones, Barbara E. - Medical Sciences - McGill University
Barbara Jones is known worldwide for her life’s work elucidating the basic mechanisms of sleep-wake states. She has delineated by their chemical neurotransmitters, neuroanatomical projections and discharge properties the major neural systems that generate the three distinct states of waking, slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
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Jones, Barbara E. - Medical Sciences - McGill University
Barbara Jones is known worldwide for her life’s work elucidating the basic mechanisms of sleep-wake states. By combining histochemistry, neuroanatomy and electrophysiology, she has delineated by their chemical neurotransmitters, neuroanatomical projections and discharge properties the major neural systems that generate the three distinct states of waking, slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. By in vivo recording of histochemically identified neurons, she has recently revealed the way in which discrete neural systems act and interact to regulate cortical activity and behavior across sleep-wake states and why their selective loss results in disorders such as insomnia, narcolepsy or coma.
Barbara Jones is known worldwide for her life’s work elucidating the basic mechanisms of sleep-wake states. She has delineated by their chemical neurotransmitters, neuroanatomical projections and discharge properties the major neural systems that generate the three distinct states of waking, slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
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Jones, Barbara E. - Medical Sciences - McGill University
Barbara Jones is known worldwide for her life’s work elucidating the basic mechanisms of sleep-wake states. By combining histochemistry, neuroanatomy and electrophysiology, she has delineated by their chemical neurotransmitters, neuroanatomical projections and discharge properties the major neural systems that generate the three distinct states of waking, slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. By in vivo recording of histochemically identified neurons, she has recently revealed the way in which discrete neural systems act and interact to regulate cortical activity and behavior across sleep-wake states and why their selective loss results in disorders such as insomnia, narcolepsy or coma.