Kamran Diba, PhD

 Kamran Diba
Professor
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Kamran Diba, PhD
Kamran Diba
Professor
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    • Qualifications
    • PhD
      Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
      1997 - 2002
    • Master of Science, Physics
      Brown University, Providence, United States
      1996 - 1997
    • Bachelor of Arts
      University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
      1990 - 1994

    Recent Publications

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    • Preprint
      Psilocybin lengthens hippocampal sharp wave ripples
      Bozkir IK, Lashin R, Liu T, Pal D, Diba K, Kinsky NR. 2026 Aug 22; bioRxiv, DOI:10.64898/2026.08.17.745042
    • Journal Article
      Sleep lowers waking theta frequency in the rat hippocampus
      Kaya U, Alam MJ, Giri B, Havekes R, Abel T, Diba K. Cell Reports, 2026 Jul 28; 45 (7): DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117593
      PMID: 42340847
    • Presentation
      Hippocampal Ensemble Activities from Waking to Sleep
      Diba K. 2026 Aug 19;
    • Presentation
      Submillisecond interactions in neuronal spike trains: evidence for an ephaptic hypothesis
      Diba K. 2026 Aug 19;
    • Journal Article
      The Role of Plasticity in Replay: Stability Through Anti-Hebbian Rules
      Baron L, Diba K, Amarasingham A. Hippocampus, 2026 May 1; 36 (3): DOI:10.1002/hipo.70089
      PMID: 41964401
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Psilocybin disrupts sleep architecture and upregulates high voltage spindles
      Lashin R, Bozkir I, Liu T, Pal D, Diba K, Kinsky N. 2026 Apr 25;
    • Presentation
      Neural Refinement in the Quiet Brain: Hippocampal Retuning and the Slowing of Theta
      Diba K. 2026 Aug 19;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Sleep loss impairs the specificity of future place field representations and mimics a de novo learning state in the hippocampus
      Kinsky N, Giri B, Diba K. 2026 Mar 1;

    Featured News & Stories

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    Department News

    Experience to Memory: Kamran Diba’s Research on the Sleeping Brain

    Kamran Diba, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and faculty member in the Michigan Neuroscience Institute, studies memory and sleep by tracking when groups of neurons fire. The goal is to understand the full arc of memory processing – from the moment an experience is encoded, through the changes that stabilize it, to its later recall.
         Dr. Kamran Diba
    Research News

    MNI Member Dr. Kamran Diba honored with Sleep Research Society’s 2026 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award

    MNI member Dr. Kamran Diba named the Sleep Research Society’s 2026 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award recipient
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    Health Lab

    Studies uncover the critical role of sleep in the formation of memories

    Two new studies from University of Michigan reveal what's happening inside the brain during sleep and sleep deprivation to help or harm the formation of memories.