Search Results - "Luthi, Anita"
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Coordinated infraslow neural and cardiac oscillations mark fragility and offline periods in mammalian sleep
Published in Science advances (01-02-2017)“…Rodents sleep in bouts lasting minutes; humans sleep for hours. What are the universal needs served by sleep given such variability? In sleeping mice and…”
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T-type Ca2+ channels, SK2 channels and SERCAs gate sleep-related oscillations in thalamic dendrites
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-06-2008)“…T-type Ca 2+ channels (T channels) underlie rhythmic burst discharges during neuronal oscillations that are typical during sleep. However, the Ca 2+ -dependent…”
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Phasic, nonsynaptic GABA-A receptor-mediated inhibition entrains thalamocortical oscillations
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (21-05-2014)“…GABA-A receptors (GABA-ARs) are typically expressed at synaptic or nonsynaptic sites mediating phasic and tonic inhibition, respectively. These two forms of…”
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Sleep Spindles: Mechanisms and Functions
Published in Physiological reviews (01-04-2020)“…Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal…”
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Sleep: Switching Off the Off-Switch
Published in Current biology (22-08-2016)“…What are the synaptic drives controlling the sleep–wake circuitry in the mammalian brain? In a new study it was found that GABAergic cells in posterior lateral…”
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NR2A at CA1 Synapses Is Obligatory for the Susceptibility of Hippocampal Plasticity to Sleep Loss
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (15-07-2009)“…A loss in the necessary amount of sleep alters expression of genes and proteins implicated in brain plasticity, but key proteins that render neuronal circuits…”
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Abolishing cAMP sensitivity in HCN2 pacemaker channels induces generalized seizures
Published in JCI insight (02-05-2019)“…Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels are dually gated channels that are operated by voltage and by neurotransmitters via the cAMP…”
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Contrasting the Functional Properties of GABAergic Axon Terminals with Single and Multiple Synapses in the Thalamus
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (12-11-2008)“…Diverse sources of GABAergic inhibition are a major feature of cortical networks, but distinct inhibitory input systems have not been systematically…”
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When the Locus Coeruleus Speaks Up in Sleep: Recent Insights, Emerging Perspectives
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (30-04-2022)“…For decades, numerous seminal studies have built our understanding of the (LC), the vertebrate brain's principal noradrenergic system. Containing a numerically…”
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Noradrenergic circuit control of non-REM sleep substates
Published in Current biology (22-11-2021)“…To understand what makes sleep vulnerable in disease, it is useful to look at how wake-promoting mechanisms affect healthy sleep. Wake-promoting neuronal…”
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Thalamic reticular control of local sleep in mouse sensory cortex
Published in eLife (25-12-2018)“…Sleep affects brain activity globally, but many cortical sleep waves are spatially confined. Local rhythms serve cortical area-specific sleep needs and…”
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Homeostatic regulation of rapid eye movement sleep by the preoptic area of the hypothalamus
Published in eLife (17-06-2024)“…Rapid eye movement sleep (REMs) is characterized by activated electroencephalogram (EEG) and muscle atonia, accompanied by vivid dreams. REMs is…”
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Insufficient Sleep Reversibly Alters Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity and NMDA Receptor Function
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (29-11-2006)“…Insufficient sleep impairs cognitive functions in humans and animals. However, whether long-term synaptic plasticity, a cellular substrate of learning and…”
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Regulation of Local Sleep by the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (05-06-2019)“…In spite of the uniform appearance of sleep as a behavior, the sleeping brain does not produce electrical activities in unison. Different types of brain…”
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Do all norepinephrine surges disrupt sleep?
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The lactate receptor HCAR1: A key modulator of epileptic seizure activity
Published in iScience (17-05-2024)“…Epilepsy affects millions globally with a significant portion exhibiting pharmacoresistance. Abnormal neuronal activity elevates brain lactate levels, which…”
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Consequences of sleep deprivation on neurotransmitter receptor expression and function
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-05-2009)“…Several pieces of evidence suggest that sleep deprivation causes marked alterations in neurotransmitter receptor function in diverse neuronal cell types. To…”
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Cortical afferents onto the nucleus Reticularis thalami promote plasticity of low-threshold excitability through GluN2C-NMDARs
Published in Scientific reports (25-09-2017)“…Thalamus and cortex represent a highly integrated processing unit that elaborates sensory representations. Interposed between cortex and thalamus, the nucleus…”
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Optogenetic Dissection of Sleep-Wake States In Vitro and In Vivo
Published in Handbook of experimental pharmacology (01-01-2019)“…Optogenetic tools have revolutionized insights into the fundamentals of brain function. This is particularly true for our current understanding of sleep-wake…”
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Diurnal inhibition of NMDA‐EPSCs at rat hippocampal mossy fibre synapses through orexin‐2 receptors
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-10-2014)“…Key points Orexins are well described for their excitatory actions on feeding‐ and arousal‐promoting brain centres; we describe here an inhibitory action of…”
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