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Anita Lüthi is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their primary research focus is in the field of Neuroscience, with a specialization across various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their research encompasses several main topics, notably Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Recent notable publications include the following:

  • Noradrenergic circuit control of non-REM sleep substates (2021) published in Current Biology
  • Complement factor C1q mediates sleep spindle loss and epileptic spikes after mild brain injury (2021) published in Science
  • When the Locus Coeruleus Speaks Up in Sleep: Recent Insights, Emerging Perspectives (2022) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM-REM sleep cycle (2024) published in Nature Neuroscience
  • The continued need for animals to advance brain research (2021) published in Neuron

Lüthi frequently coauthors with researchers such as Alejandro Osorio-Forero, Romain Cardis, Laura M. J. Fernandez, Gil Vantomme, and Georgia Katsioudi. Their collaborations emphasize consistent scientific partnerships within related fields of study.

The main publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature Neuroscience, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Neuron. They have contributed extensively especially to bioRxiv with nine publications, followed by several other outlets.

Best Publications

  • Essential Role of Phosphoinositide Metabolism in Synaptic Vesicle Recycling

    Ottavio Cremona;Ottavio Cremona;Gilbert Di Paolo;Markus R Wenk;Anita Lüthi

  • Molecular and Functional Heterogeneity of Hyperpolarization-Activated Pacemaker Channels in the Mouse CNS

    Bina Santoro;Shan Chen;Anita Lüthi;Paul Pavlidis

  • Sleep Spindles: Mechanisms and Functions.

    Laura M. J. Fernandez;Anita Lüthi

  • H-Current: Properties of a Neuronal and Network Pacemaker

    Anita Lüthi;David A McCormick

  • Sleep Spindles: Where They Come From, What They Do

    Anita Lüthi

  • T-type Ca2+ channels, SK2 channels and SERCAs gate sleep-related oscillations in thalamic dendrites

    Lucius Cueni;Marco Canepari;Rafael Luján;Yann Emmenegger

  • Periodicity of Thalamic Synchronized Oscillations: the Role of Ca2+-Mediated Upregulation of Ih

    Anita Lüthi;David A McCormick

  • The Ca(V)3.3 calcium channel is the major sleep spindle pacemaker in thalamus.

    Simone Astori;Ralf D. Wimmer;Haydn M. Prosser;Haydn M. Prosser;Corrado Corti

  • Coordinated infraslow neural and cardiac oscillations mark fragility and offline periods in mammalian sleep.

    Sandro Lecci;Laura M. J. Fernandez;Frederik D. Weber;Romain Cardis

  • Selective GABAergic Control of Higher-Order Thalamic Relays

    Hajnalka Bokor;Samuel G.A. Frère;Mark D. Eyre;Andrea Slézia

  • Insufficient Sleep Reversibly Alters Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity and NMDA Receptor Function

    Caroline Kopp;Fabio Longordo;Janet R. Nicholson;Anita Lüthi

  • Noradrenergic circuit control of non-REM sleep substates.

    Alejandro Osorio-Forero;Romain Cardis;Gil Vantomme;Aurélie Guillaume-Gentil

  • Manipulating sleep spindles--expanding views on sleep, memory, and disease.

    Simone Astori;Ralf D. Wimmer;Anita Lüthi

  • Modulation of a pacemaker current through Ca(2+)-induced stimulation of cAMP production.

    Anita Lüthi;David A. McCormick

  • Consequences of sleep deprivation on neurotransmitter receptor expression and function.

    Fabio Longordo;Caroline Kopp;Anita Lüthi

  • Periodicity of thalamic spindle waves is abolished by ZD7288,a blocker of Ih.

    Anita Lüthi;Thierry Bal;David A. McCormick

  • When the Locus Coeruleus Speaks Up in Sleep: Recent Insights, Emerging Perspectives

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  • Complement factor C1q mediates sleep spindle loss and epileptic spikes after mild brain injury.

    Stephanie S. Holden;Fiorella C. Grandi;Oumaima Aboubakr;Oumaima Aboubakr;Bryan Higashikubo;Bryan Higashikubo

  • Sustaining Sleep Spindles through Enhanced SK2-Channel Activity Consolidates Sleep and Elevates Arousal Threshold

    Ralf D. Wimmer;Simone Astori;Chris T. Bond;Zita Rovó

  • Functional stabilization of weakened thalamic pacemaker channel regulation in rat absence epilepsy

    Mira Kuisle;Nicolas Wanaverbecq;Amy L. Brewster;Samuel G. A. Frère

  • Do mice habituate to "gentle handling?" A comparison of resting behavior, corticosterone levels and synaptic function in handled and undisturbed C57BL/6J mice.

    Fabio Longordo;Fabio Longordo;Jing Fan;Thierry Steimer;Caroline Kopp

  • Experience-dependent changes in NMDA receptor composition at mature central synapses

    Caroline Kopp;Fabio Longordo;Anita Lüthi

  • Regulation of Local Sleep by the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus

    Gil Vantomme;Alejandro Osorio-Forero;Anita Lüthi;Laura M J Fernandez

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. McCormick
David A. McCormick University of Oregon
Paul Franken
Paul Franken University of Lausanne
László Acsády
László Acsády Institute of Experimental Medicine
Beat H. Gähwiler
Beat H. Gähwiler University of Zurich
Markus Wöhr
Markus Wöhr Philipp University of Marburg
Isabelle Decosterd
Isabelle Decosterd University of Lausanne
Maarten Kamermans
Maarten Kamermans Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Rafael Luján
Rafael Luján University of Castilla-La Mancha
Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy
Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy University of Oxford
István Ulbert
István Ulbert Pázmány Péter Catholic University

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