Selected Publications

Toshihiro Imamura, Max B Kelz : Alluring Potential to Accelerate Emergence and Ameliorate Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression without Antagonizing Analgesia: Danavorexton Enters the Anesthetic Landscape Anesthesiology 2025.

Toshihiro Imamura, Andrzej Z Wasilczuk, Sarah L Reitz, Jie Lian, Miyoko Imamura, Brendan T Keenan, Naoki Shimizu, Allan I Pack, Max B Kelz : Parafacial GABAergic neurone ablation induces behavioural resistance to volatile anaesthetic-induced hypnosis without reducing sleep. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2025.

Imamura T, Chen CC, Tapia IE, Lim DC: Characterizing the Complexity of REM Sleep Across Pediatric Development: A Novel Metric Approach. SLEEP, Seattle, WA 2025.

Imamura T, Wasilczuk AZ, Pack AI, Kelz MB: Parafacial GABAergic neurons Modulate Anesthetic-Induced Hypnosis but Not Sleep-Wake State. Advances in Sleep and Circadian Science 2025 Conference, Clearwater, FL 2025.

Yujie Wang, Cheng-Bang Chen, Toshihiro Imamura, Ignacio E Tapia, Virend K Somers, Phyllis C Zee, Diane C Lim : A novel methodology for emotion recognition through 62-lead EEG signals: multilevel heterogeneous recurrence analysis. Frontiers in Physiology 2024.

Imamura T, Wasilczuk AZ, Kelz MB: Divergent Effects on Sleep and Anesthesia: Ablation of Sleep-Promoting GABAergic Neurons in the Parafacial Zone in Murine Models. Sleep Regulation and Function, Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, TX 2024.

Imamura T, Wasilczuk AZ, Kelz MB, Pack AI: Sleep-promoting GABAergic neurons in the Parafacial zone in mouse play a role in anesthetic-induced unconscious state. SLEEP 2023, Indianapolis, IN 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

Yook S, Choi SJ, Imamura T, Chen C, Kim J, Lim DC, Joo EY, Kim H: Electrophysiological brain aging consequences of night shift work. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Montreal, Canada 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

Doldur-Balli F*, Imamura T*, Veatch OJ, Gong NN, Lim DC, Hart MP, Abel T, Kayser MS, Brodkin ES, Pack AI (*co-first authors): Synaptic dysfunction connects autism spectrum disorder and sleep disturbances: A perspective from studies in model organisms. Sleep Medicine Review 62: 101595, Apr 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101595.

Wang JJ, Imamura T, Lee J, Wright M, Goldman RD: Continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea in children. Can Fam Physician 67(1): 21-23, Jan 2021.