Neurologist, assistant professor, MD, PhD
Other affiliations : Lyon 1 University, Hospices Civils de Lyon (Center for Sleep medicine and Respiratory Diseases)

- Study of sleep physiology and of transitions between vigilance states, as well as cognitive correlates of these states, using scalp and intra-cranial EEG.
- Study of interaction between neurological diseases (epilepsy, stroke…) and sleep
- Clinical research in neurological sleep disorders (insomnia, hypersomnia, parasomnia)
Publications
- Chapoutot, M.; Peter-Derex, L.; Bastuji, H.; Leslie, W.; Schoendorff, B.; Heinzer, R.; Siclari, F.; Nicolas, A.; Lemoine, P.; Higgins, S.; Bourgeois, A.; Vallet, G.; Anders, R.; Ounnoughene, M.; Spencer, J.; Meloni, F.; Putois, B. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Discontinuation of Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use in Insomnia and Anxiety Disorders. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(19), 10222; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910222. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/19/10222
- De La Chapelle A, Frauscher B, Valomon A, Ruby P*, Peter-Derex L*. Relationship between epilepsy and dreaming: current knowledge, hypotheses, and perspectives. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021, in press.
- White M, Charbotel B, Fort E, Bastuji H, Franco P, Putois B, Mazza S, Peter-Derex L. Academic and professional paths of narcoleptic patients: the Narcowork study. Sleep Medicine, 2020; 65:96-104
- Peter-Derex L, Derex L. Wake-up stroke: from pathophysiology to management. Sleep Med Rev, 2019; 48:101212.
- Putois B, Peter-derex L, Leslie W, Braboszcz C, El Hage W, Bastuji H. Internet-based intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder: using remote Imagery Rehearsal Therapy to treat nightmares. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2019; 88:315-316.
- Peter-Derex L, Catenoix H, Bastuji H, Chouchou F. Epilepsia or parasomnia : a matter of heart ? Neurophysiol Clin/Clin Neurophysiol, 2018; 48(5):277-286
- Flamand M, Boudet S, Lopes R, Vignal JP, Reyns N, Charley-Monaca C, Peter-Derex L, Szuthaj W. Confusional arousals ; evidence from intracerebral recordings. Sleep, 2018; 41(10)
- Peter-Derex L., Magnin M. Bastuji, H. Heterogeneity of arousals in human sleep: a stereo-electroencephalographic study. Neuroimage, 2015; 123: 229-44.
- Peter-Derex L, Comte JC, Mauguière F, Salin PA. Density and frequency caudo-rostral gradients of sleep spindles recorded in human cortex. Sleep, 2012; 35: 69-79.
Projects
Tools
- Polysomnograph-e (http://www.polysomnograph-e.fr )
Contact and Profil
E-mail professionnel : laure.peter-derex [at] chu-lyon.fr or laure.peter-derex [at] univ-lyon1.fr
ResearchGate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laure_Peter-derex