Biography
During the last years, I have been working in the field of Academic Education as well as neuroscience research. I am currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the Erasmus University College in Rotterdam, while beforehand I was appointed as a Lecturer at the international University Medical Center in Hamburg. My research interests include sleep, the circadian clock, animal models, consciousness as well as VR-systems.
My research during my PhD in Leiden University Medical Center in the Neurophysiology department focused on the areas of sleep and aging in mouse models. I've additionally obtained a Master's degree in Cognitive Neuroscience (Research Master) in Radboud University of Nijmegen with a specialization in Perception, action & control (2 years, 120 ECTS) as well as a Master's degree in Bioinformatics & Neuroinformatics (2 years, 90 ECTS). Previously, I have studied Pharmacy in Athens (5 years, 300 ECTS).
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Work
- Maria Panagiotou, Johanna H. Meijer & Tom Deboer (2025) - The effects of diazepam on sleep depend on the photoperiod - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 46 (4), 892-903 - doi: 10.1038/s41401-024-01440-3 - [link]
- Maria Panagiotou, Jos H T Rohling & Tom Deboer (2020) - Sleep Network Deterioration as a Function of Dim-Light-At-Night Exposure Duration in a Mouse Model - Clocks and Sleep, 2 (3), 308-324 - doi: 10.3390/clockssleep2030023
- M Panagiotou & T Deboer (2020) - Effects of Chronic Dim-light-at-night Exposure on Sleep in Young and Aged Mice - Neuroscience, 426, 154-167 - doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.11.033
- Mieke Aw van Aken, Patrick G Groothuis, Maria Panagiotou, Marcel van Duin, Annemiek W Nap, Tineke Cm van Rijn, Tamas Kozicz, Didi Dm Braat & Ard Bwmm Peeters (2019) - An objective and automated method for evaluating abdominal hyperalgesia in a rat model for endometriosis - Laboratory Animals, 54 (4), 365-372 - doi: 10.1177/0023677219856915
- M Panagiotou & T Deboer (2019) - Chronic high-caloric diet accentuates age-induced sleep alterations in mice - Behavioural Brain Research, 362, 131-139 - doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.01.017
- Maria Panagiotou, Mandy Meijer, Johanna H Meijer & Tom Deboer (2019) - Effects of chronic caffeine consumption on sleep and the sleep electroencephalogram in mice - Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33 (1), 122-131 - doi: 10.1177/0269881118806300
- Maria Panagiotou, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, Jos H T Rohling, Johanna H Meijer & Tom Deboer (2018) - How Old Is Your Brain?: Slow-Wave Activity in Non-rapid-eye-movement Sleep as a Marker of Brain Rejuvenation After Long-Term Exercise in Mice - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 10, 233 - doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00233
- Maria Panagiotou, Johanna H Meijer & Tom Deboer (2018) - Chronic high-caloric diet modifies sleep homeostasis in mice - European Journal of Neuroscience, 47 (11), 1339-1352 - doi: 10.1111/ejn.13932
- Maria Panagiotou, Vladyslav V Vyazovskiy, Johanna H Meijer & Tom Deboer (2017) - Differences in electroencephalographic non-rapid-eye movement sleep slow-wave characteristics between young and old mice - Scientific Reports, 7, 43656 - doi: 10.1038/srep43656
Capstone Thesis
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- EUC-CAP400
