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Email

laura.jacobson@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
ORCID

0000-0003-2910-8659

Dr Laura Jacobson

Honorary (Principal Fellow)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology

102 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    PS19 mouse tauopathy is associated with sex-dependent sleep loss and hyperarousal, and predicts cognitive performance
    DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2025.12.001
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Locus coeruleus inhibition in tau transgenic mice to treat neuropsychiatric and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease
    DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2025.107597
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Orexin receptor antagonism rescues sleep and improves anxiety in tau-transgenic mice, but only improves cognition sex-dependently
    DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2025.106923
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Characterization of locus coeruleus neuronal properties with aging in two mouse models of tauopathy
    DOI: 10.1177/13872877251393515
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Waking up to the evidence of pharmacological treatments used to manage sleep disorders in people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment—A scoping review
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmr.2025.100094
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2025/26: G protein-coupled receptors
    DOI: 10.1111/bph.70230
  • 2023

    Research Grant

    Orexinergic Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease
Laura Jacobson

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Rapid eye movement sleep: Who needs it? Creativity mechanisms and psychiatric applications of REM sleep enhancement
    DOI: 10.1177/02698811251365179
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    32. Orexin 1 Receptor Antagonism Exacerbates Sleep Deficits and Reduces Anxiety in a Tau Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2025.04.034
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Investigating the effects of orexin receptor 1 antagonism on decision making under uncertainty
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115691
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Orexin receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.3
    DOI: 10.2218/gtopdb/f51/2025.3

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Determining the Contribution of Orexin Receptor Subtypes to Sleep Architecture
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Determining the Contribution of Orexin Receptor Subtypes to Sleep Architecture

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