Anita Luthi
@anitaluthi.bsky.social
Sleeping professionally but remaning vigilant. If not in the lab @LabLuthi, then in Casa Pepino.
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@labluthi.bsky.social congratulates Lila Banterle for her successful PhD thesis - an excellent defense was followed by excellent festivities! @anitaluthi.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@labluthi.bsky.social congratulates Lila Banterle for her successful PhD thesis - an excellent defense was followed by excellent festivities! @anitaluthi.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @anitaluthi.bsky.social and @manumameli.bsky.social 🎓👏
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Two new full professorships strengthen neuroscience at UNIL! | Department of Fundamental Neurosciences - DNF, University of Lausanne
Two new full professorships strengthen neuroscience at UNIL!
We are delighted to announce that two leading researchers from the Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (DNF) of the FBM UNIL - Faculté...
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August 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Congratulations to @anitaluthi.bsky.social and @manumameli.bsky.social 🎓👏
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Our conclusion: there is a signature of IH in sleep but the causes might be found in wake!
Thanks @institutducerveau.bsky.social, @inserm.fr, @aphp.bsky.social and @erc.europa.eu for supporting this work!
Thanks @institutducerveau.bsky.social, @inserm.fr, @aphp.bsky.social and @erc.europa.eu for supporting this work!
May 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Our conclusion: there is a signature of IH in sleep but the causes might be found in wake!
Thanks @institutducerveau.bsky.social, @inserm.fr, @aphp.bsky.social and @erc.europa.eu for supporting this work!
Thanks @institutducerveau.bsky.social, @inserm.fr, @aphp.bsky.social and @erc.europa.eu for supporting this work!
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And here is the preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
EEG Signature of Idiopathic Hypersomnia: Insights from Sleep Microarchitecture and Hypnodensity Metrics
Background and Objectives: Patients with idiopathic hypersomnia with long sleep time (IH) report daytime hypersomnolence despite prolonged sleep time and normal sleep macrostructure. As they often hav...
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May 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And here is the preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@LabLuthi congratulates Dr. Georgios Foustoukos for the Best Publication Award 2025 from the #SSSSC, the #Swiss Society for #Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and #Chronobiology. A nice recognition of your outstanding experimental and analytical skills!👏 @fbm-unil.bsky.social @natneuro.nature.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@LabLuthi congratulates Dr. Georgios Foustoukos for the Best Publication Award 2025 from the #SSSSC, the #Swiss Society for #Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and #Chronobiology. A nice recognition of your outstanding experimental and analytical skills!👏 @fbm-unil.bsky.social @natneuro.nature.com
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👉👉new paper alert from @labluthi.bsky.social - so proud for talented and determined Dr.Najma Cherrad who opened the lab‘s access to brain-body communication! #sleep #locuscoeruleus #parasympathetic @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Vagal afferent activation induces a NREM-sleep-like state with brain-body cooling, but locus coeruleus activation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643122v1
March 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
👉👉new paper alert from @labluthi.bsky.social - so proud for talented and determined Dr.Najma Cherrad who opened the lab‘s access to brain-body communication! #sleep #locuscoeruleus #parasympathetic @fbm-unil.bsky.social
👉👉new paper alert from @labluthi.bsky.social - so proud for talented and determined Dr.Najma Cherrad who opened the lab‘s access to brain-body communication! #sleep #locuscoeruleus #parasympathetic @fbm-unil.bsky.social
Vagal afferent activation induces a NREM-sleep-like state with brain-body cooling, but locus coeruleus activation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643122v1
March 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
👉👉new paper alert from @labluthi.bsky.social - so proud for talented and determined Dr.Najma Cherrad who opened the lab‘s access to brain-body communication! #sleep #locuscoeruleus #parasympathetic @fbm-unil.bsky.social
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Can you learn while sleeping? Does sleep help you solve problems? What is the effect of sleep on brain metabolism?
--> my last editorial @braincomms.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Sleep is not a homogenous state - just like wake. Asking the role of sleep is as fair as asking the role of wake!
--> my last editorial @braincomms.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Sleep is not a homogenous state - just like wake. Asking the role of sleep is as fair as asking the role of wake!
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Pending Publication
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March 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Can you learn while sleeping? Does sleep help you solve problems? What is the effect of sleep on brain metabolism?
--> my last editorial @braincomms.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Sleep is not a homogenous state - just like wake. Asking the role of sleep is as fair as asking the role of wake!
--> my last editorial @braincomms.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Sleep is not a homogenous state - just like wake. Asking the role of sleep is as fair as asking the role of wake!
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Here's our latest issue: www.cell.com/neuron/current
The cover is for a Perspective piece by Lüthi & Nedergaard who discuss microarousals, and propose an inverted U-shaped relationship to reconcile their essential and disruptive roles: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Cover by Nadia Alzoubi
The cover is for a Perspective piece by Lüthi & Nedergaard who discuss microarousals, and propose an inverted U-shaped relationship to reconcile their essential and disruptive roles: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Cover by Nadia Alzoubi
February 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here's our latest issue: www.cell.com/neuron/current
The cover is for a Perspective piece by Lüthi & Nedergaard who discuss microarousals, and propose an inverted U-shaped relationship to reconcile their essential and disruptive roles: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Cover by Nadia Alzoubi
The cover is for a Perspective piece by Lüthi & Nedergaard who discuss microarousals, and propose an inverted U-shaped relationship to reconcile their essential and disruptive roles: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Cover by Nadia Alzoubi
What a pleasure to be interviewed by science writer @davidarobson.bsky.social, what an even greater pleasure to read his visionary narrative in BBC future!
My latest for the BBC explores how the brain's "little blue dot" regulates our sleep, which is inspiring new ways to treat insomnia.
I was especially interested to know that yoga/slow breathing in the evening may reduce micro-awakenings at night, which I now use myself
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I was especially interested to know that yoga/slow breathing in the evening may reduce micro-awakenings at night, which I now use myself
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How the brain's little blue dot regulates your sleep
The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating our attention and sleep.
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February 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What a pleasure to be interviewed by science writer @davidarobson.bsky.social, what an even greater pleasure to read his visionary narrative in BBC future!
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Research on infraslow oscillations during NREM sleep is definitely a hot topic ! 🔥 New paper making the link between norepinephrine oscillations and glymphatic clearance 🧠🚿
@cellcellpress.bsky.social @nataliehauglund.bsky.social
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@cellcellpress.bsky.social @nataliehauglund.bsky.social
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Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep
Norepinephrine oscillations during NREM sleep drive synchronized changes in cerebral blood volume and cerebrospinal fluid, promoting glymphatic clearance. Optogenetic and pharmacological manipulations confirm that vasomotion, regulated by norepinephrine, acts as a pump for brain fluid transport.
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January 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Important study on the timing pattern of #sleep #spindles in human EEG and of fingerprints that characterize individuals across age and demographic factors 👏👏
Timing of spindles are governed by individual rules --> doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @anitaluthi.bsky.social @labnir.bsky.social @vyazovskiy.bsky.social
PNAS
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January 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Amazing work from the team of Anita Lüthi!
Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle
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Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle - Nature Neuroscience
Lüthi and colleagues show that activity of the locus coeruleus (LC) is crucial for the cyclic alternation between non-rapid-eye-movement and rapid-eye-movement sleep. Stressful experiences during waki...
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November 27, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Amazing work from the team of Anita Lüthi!
Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Alors c’est parti: 1er post, en français:
Récente découverte @unil.bsky.social: une toute petite région du cerveau qui s’appelle « locus coeruleus » détermine si nos nuits sont bien rhythmées entre les phases du #sommeil paradoxal et profond.
www.unil.ch/news/1723726...
Récente découverte @unil.bsky.social: une toute petite région du cerveau qui s’appelle « locus coeruleus » détermine si nos nuits sont bien rhythmées entre les phases du #sommeil paradoxal et profond.
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Une nouvelle horloge pour structurer le sommeil
Des scientifiques au sein de la FBM-UNIL ont identifié un nouveau rôle du locus cœruleus dans le sommeil et ses troubles. Cette région cérébrale permet la transition entre les états du sommeil et le m...
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November 29, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Alors c’est parti: 1er post, en français:
Récente découverte @unil.bsky.social: une toute petite région du cerveau qui s’appelle « locus coeruleus » détermine si nos nuits sont bien rhythmées entre les phases du #sommeil paradoxal et profond.
www.unil.ch/news/1723726...
Récente découverte @unil.bsky.social: une toute petite région du cerveau qui s’appelle « locus coeruleus » détermine si nos nuits sont bien rhythmées entre les phases du #sommeil paradoxal et profond.
www.unil.ch/news/1723726...
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🔵 blue spot alert: Anita Luethi's team reports a dual role of #locuscoeruleus in #sleep in Nature Neuroscience @natureportfolio.bsky.social
1) high LC activity facilitates cortical microarousals
2) low LC activity is required for NREMS-to-REMS transitions
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
1) high LC activity facilitates cortical microarousals
2) low LC activity is required for NREMS-to-REMS transitions
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle - Nature Neuroscience
Lüthi and colleagues show that activity of the locus coeruleus (LC) is crucial for the cyclic alternation between non-rapid-eye-movement and rapid-eye-movement sleep. Stressful experiences during waki...
doi.org
November 28, 2024 at 7:40 AM
🔵 blue spot alert: Anita Luethi's team reports a dual role of #locuscoeruleus in #sleep in Nature Neuroscience @natureportfolio.bsky.social
1) high LC activity facilitates cortical microarousals
2) low LC activity is required for NREMS-to-REMS transitions
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
1) high LC activity facilitates cortical microarousals
2) low LC activity is required for NREMS-to-REMS transitions
doi.org/10.1038/s415...