Seiji Nishino


Seiji Nishino is a Japanese neuroscientist and writer. He is a professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University. He is also the director of Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine.
Nishino, a well-known sleep researcher, he researches sleep disorders, sleep and circadian physiology using animal models.
Since 2016, he has been director of Good Quality Sleep Research Organization.
He is also the author of a best-selling Japanese book on sleep.

Early life and career

Born in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture in 1955, Nishino studied at Osaka Kyoiku University High School Tennoji school. He graduated from Osaka Medical College.
In 1987, he joined the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine at Stanford University.
In 1999, he discovered the causative gene in canine familial narcolepsy.
In 2000, he identified the main developmental mechanism of human narcolepsy as the center of the group.
In 2005, Nishino became director of the Stanford Institute for Sleep and Biological Rhythms.
In 2007, he became professor of psychiatry at the University of Stanford.

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