A Neuronal Hub Binding Sleep Initiation and Body Cooling in Response to a Warm External Stimulus. | Harding EC, Yu X, Miao A, Andrews N, Ma Y, Ye Z, Lignos L, Miracca G, Ba W, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Wisden W, Franks NP | Curr Biol. 2018 Jul 23;28(14):2263-2273.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.054. Epub 2018 Jul 12. |
A specific circuit in the midbrain detects stress and induces restorative sleep. | Yu X, Zhao G, Wang D, Wang S, Li R, Li A, Wang H, Nollet M, Chun YY, Zhao T, Yustos R, Li H, Zhao J, Li J, Cai M, Vyssotski AL, Li Y, Dong H, Franks NP, Wisden W | Science. 2022 Jul;377(6601):63-72. doi: 10.1126/science.abn0853. Epub 2022 Jun 30. |
Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Induction of Sleep by Zolpidem Acting on Histaminergic and Neocortex Neurons. | Uygun DS, Ye Z, Zecharia AY, Harding EC, Yu X, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Brickley SG, Franks NP, Wisden W | J Neurosci. 2016 Nov 2;36(44):11171-11184. |
GABA and glutamate neurons in the VTA regulate sleep and wakefulness. | Yu X, Li W, Ma Y, Tossell K, Harris JJ, Harding EC, Ba W, Miracca G, Wang D, Li L, Guo J, Chen M, Li Y, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Burdakov D, Yang Q, Dong H, Franks NP, Wisden W | Nat Neurosci. 2019 Jan;22(1):106-119. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0288-9. Epub 2018 Dec 17. |
Neuronal ensembles sufficient for recovery sleep and the sedative actions of alpha2 adrenergic agonists. | Zhang Z, Ferretti V, Guntan I, Moro A, Steinberg EA, Ye Z, Zecharia AY, Yu X, Vyssotski AL, Brickley SG, Yustos R, Pillidge ZE, Harding EC, Wisden W, Franks NP | Nat Neurosci. 2015 Apr;18(4):553-61. doi: 10.1038/nn.3957. Epub 2015 Feb 23. |
NMDA Receptors in the Lateral Preoptic Hypothalamus Are Essential for Sustaining NREM and REM Sleep. | Miracca G, Anuncibay-Soto B, Tossell K, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Franks NP, Wisden W | J Neurosci. 2022 May 31. pii: JNEUROSCI.0350-21.2022. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0350-21.2022. |
Wakefulness Is Governed by GABA and Histamine Cotransmission. | Yu X, Ye Z, Houston CM, Zecharia AY, Ma Y, Zhang Z, Uygun DS, Parker S, Vyssotski AL, Yustos R, Franks NP, Brickley SG, Wisden W | Neuron. 2015 Jun 17. pii: S0896-6273(15)00516-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.06.003. |