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Thomas Kilduff: Works, Research, Career & Members

Thomas S. Kilduff is an American neuroscientist and the director of SRI International's Center for Neuroscience. He specializes in neurobiology related to sleep and wakefulness, and was involved in the discovery of hypocretin (also known as orexin), a neuropeptide system that is highly involved in wakefulness regulation.

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Thomas Kilduff topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Research, Career and Members as prominent areas in the source structure around Thomas Kilduff.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
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Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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Awards and memberships · 5 topics
Career · 5 topics
Education · 5 topics
Overview · 4 topics
Research · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Known for
Discovery of hypocretin
Alma mater
University of Florida Stanford University
Academic advisors
Wilse B. Webb, Craig Heller, Bill A. Williams, William C. Dement
Fields
Neuroscience, particularly the neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness
Workplaces
Ames Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine SRI International

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How Thomas Kilduff connects Entity context

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Thomas Kilduff

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Academic advisors · 1
Thomas Kilduff → Wilse B. Webb, Craig Heller, Bill A. Williams, William C. Dement
Alma mater · 1
Thomas Kilduff → University of Florida Stanford University
Fields · 1
Thomas Kilduff → Neuroscience, particularly the neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness
Known for · 1
Thomas Kilduff → Discovery of hypocretin
Workplaces · 1
Thomas Kilduff → Ames Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine SRI International

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Important terminology

also sleep research sri hypocretin center neuroscience university kilduff neurobiology stanford wakefulness known international sciences neuropeptide discovery school career scientist

Thomas Kilduff relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 5 structured relationships around Thomas Kilduff. Examples in this analysis include Thomas Kilduff → Academic advisors → Wilse B. Webb, Craig Heller, Bill A. Williams, William C. Dement and Thomas Kilduff → Alma mater → University of Florida Stanford University. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Thomas KilduffAcademic advisorsWilse B. Webb, Craig Heller, Bill A. Williams, William C. Dement1.00infobox
Thomas KilduffAlma materUniversity of Florida Stanford University1.00infobox
Thomas KilduffFieldsNeuroscience, particularly the neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness1.00infobox
Thomas KilduffKnown forDiscovery of hypocretin1.00infobox
Thomas KilduffWorkplacesAmes Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine SRI International1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Thomas Kilduff bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Center, Neurobiology and Stanford. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Neuropeptide
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Thomas Kilduff, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Thomas Kilduff with Education. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Thomas Kilduff — Education · splits 20 ⟂ 6
Thomas Kilduff — Career · splits 20 ⟂ 6
Thomas Kilduff — Awards and memberships · splits 20 ⟂ 6
Thomas Kilduff — Overview · splits 21 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Thomas Kilduff

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples5
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Thomas Kilduff to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Research, Career & Members, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Thomas Kilduff · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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