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Nigel Pedersen

Vice Chair, Clinical and Basic Research · University of California Davis Health

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History

Clinical and Basic Research · University of California Davis Health
Present
Department of Neurology · University of California Davis Health
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Research · University of California Davis Health
Present

Clinical Neurophysiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
2014–2015
Epilepsy
Massachusetts General Hospital
2013–2014
Neurology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2009–2013
Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2009–2010
M.B.B.S. (Hons.), Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2003–2007
Hons. I), Cognitive Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
1997–2001

Research

Sleep state switching
Review · Neuron · 2010 · 969 citations
The sleep-wake cycle regulates brain interstitial fluid tau in mice and CSF tau in humans
Science · 2019 · 662 citations
Reassessment of the structural basis of the ascending arousal system
The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 2011 · 392 citations

DD
Daniel Drane
24 papers
Robert Gross
13 papers
Jon Willie
11 papers
Adam Dickey
9 papers
Ammar Kheder
9 papers
Clifford Saper
6 papers
Abdulrahman Alwaki
4 papers
DB
Donald Bearden
4 papers
KH
Kelsey Hewitt
4 papers
Leonardo Bonilha
4 papers
Amit Saindane
3 papers
Carrie McDonald
3 papers

Grants

Slow-Wave Sleep Enhancement to Treat Epilepsy and Its Comorbidities
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R01
Contact PI · $548.4K · University of California at Davis
2026–2031
Investigations of Spatial Recognition Memory to Improve Cognitive Outcomes in Epilepsy Surgery
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R01
Contact PI · $1.3M · University of California at Davis
2025–2030
Control of the Hippocampal Formation by the Supramammillary Hypothalamus - Anatomy Physiology and in a Model of Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · K08
Contact PI · $962.8K · University of California at Davis
2018–2025
Sleep-Wake and Epilepsy Interactions in a Mouse Model of Temporal Lobe Epileps
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R21
Contact PI · $430K · Emory University
2021–2022

Clinical trials

Cognitive and Electrophysiological Assessment of Non-Invasive Temporally-Interfering Electric Fields Stimulation (TIEFS)
Principal investigator · Recruiting
University of California, Davis
2025–2027