University of Zürich - Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology Section of Psychopharmacology and Sleep Research

Articles in peer-reviewed journals (since 1993)

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• 1994-
• 1995-
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• 1999-
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1993

• Achermann,P.; Dijk,D.J.; Brunner,D.P.; Borbély,A.A. (1993):
  A model of human sleep homeostasis based on EEG slow-wave activity: quantitative comparison of data and simulations. Brain Res. Bull. 31, 97-113.
• Aeschbach,D.; Borbély,A.A. (1993):
  All-night dynamics of the human sleep EEG. J. Sleep Res. 2, 70-81.
• Brunner,D.P.; Dijk,D.J.; Borbély,A.A. (1993):
  Repeated partial sleep deprivation progressively changes in EEG during sleep and wakefulness. Sleep 16, 100-113.
• Franken,P.; Tobler,I.; Borbély,A.A. (1993):
  Effects of 12-h sleep deprivation and of 12-h cold exposure on sleep regulation and cortical temperature in the rat. Physiol. Behav. 54, 885-894.
• Geering,B.A.; Achermann,P.; Eggimann,F.; Borbély,A.A. (1993):
  Period-amplitude analysis and power spectral analysis: a comparison based on all-night sleep EEG recordings. J. Sleep Res. 2, 121-129.
• Tobler,I.; Franken,P. (1993):
  Sleep homeostasis in the guinea pig: similar response to sleep deprivation in the light and dark period. Neurosci. Lett. 164, 105-108.
• Tobler,I.; Franken,P.; Jaggi,K. (1993):
  Vigilance states, EEG spectra, and cortical temperature in the guinea pig. Am. J. Physiol. 264, R1125-R1132.

1994

• Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Simulation of daytime vigilance by the additive interaction of a homeostatic and a circadian process. Biol. Cybern. 71, 115-121.
• Achermann,P.; Hartmann,R.; Gunzinger,A.; Guggenbühl,W.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  All-night sleep EEG and artificial stochastic control signals have similar correlation dimensions. Electroencephalogr. Clin. Neurophysiol. 90, 384-387.
• Achermann,P.; Hartmann,R.; Gunzinger,A.; Guggenbühl,W.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Correlation dimension of the human sleep electroencephalogram: cyclic changes in the course of the night. Eur. J. Neurosci. 6, 497-500.
• Aeschbach,D.; Cajochen,C.; Tobler,I.; Dijk,D.J.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Sleep in a sitting position: effect of triazolam on sleep stages and EEG power spectra. Psychopharmacol. (Berl.) 114, 209-214.
• Aeschbach,D.; Dijk,D.J.; Trachsel,L.; Brunner,D.P.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Dynamics of slow-wave activity and spindle frequency activity in the human sleep EEG: effect of midazolam and zopiclone. Neuropsychopharmacology 11, 237-244.
• Brunner,D.P.; Münch,M.; Biedermann,K.; Huch,R.; Huch,A.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Changes in sleep and sleep electroencephalogram during pregnancy. Sleep 17, 576-582.
• Cajochen,C.; Pischke,J.; Aeschbach,D.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Heart rate dynamics during human sleep. Physiol. Behav. 55, 769-774.
• Deboer,T.; Franken,P.; Tobler,I. (1994):
  Sleep and cortical temperature in the Djungarian hamster under baseline conditions and after sleep deprivation. J. Comp. Physiol. A 174, 145-155.
• Deboer,T.; Tobler,I. (1994):
  Sleep EEG after daily torpor in the Djungarian hamster: similarity to the effect of sleep deprivation. Neurosci. Lett. 166, 35-38.
• Franken,P.; Dijk,D.J.; Tobler,I.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  High-frequency components of the rat electrocorticogram are modulated by the vigilance states. Neurosci. Lett. 167, 89-92.
• Kattler,H.; Dijk,D.J.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Effect of unilateral somatosensory stimulation prior to sleep on the sleep EEG in humans. J. Sleep Res. 3, 159-164.
• Tobler,I.; Franken,P.; Alföldi,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Room light impairs sleep in the albino rat. Behav. Brain Res. 63, 205-211.
• Tobler,I.; Franken,P.; Gao,B.; Jaggi,K.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Sleep deprivation in the rat at different ambient temperatures: effect on sleep, EEG spectra and brain temperature. Arch. Ital. Biol. 132, 39-52.
• Tobler,I.; Jaggi,K.; Borbély,A.A. (1994):
  Effects of melatonin and the melatonin receptor agonist S-20098 on the vigilance states, EEG spectra, and cortical temperature in the rat. J. Pineal. Res. 16, 26-32.

1995

• Beersma,D.G.M.; Achermann,P. (1995):
  Changes of sleep EEG slow-wave activity in response to sleep manipulations: To what extent are they related to changes in REM sleep latency ? J. Sleep Res. 4, 23-29.
• Achermann,P.; Werth,E.; Dijk,D.J.; Borbély,A.A. (1995):
  Time course of sleep inertia after nighttime and daytime sleep episodes. Arch. Ital. Biol. 134, 109-119.
• Asikainen,M.; Deboer,T.; Porkka-Heiskanen,T.; Stenberg,D.; Tobler,I. (1995):
  Sleep deprivation increases brain serotonin turnover in the Djungarian hamster. Neurosci. Lett. 198, 21-24.
• Deboer,T.; Tobler,I. (1995):
  Temperature dependence of EEG frequencies during natural hypothermia. Brain Res. 670, 153-156.
• Dijk,D.J. (1995):
  EEG slow waves and sleep spindles - windows on the sleeping brain. Behav. Brain Res. 69, 109-116.
• Dijk,D.J.; Roth,C.; Landolt,H.P.; Werth,E.; Aeppli,M.; Achermann,P.; Borbély, A.A. (1995):
  Melatonin effect on daytime sleep in men - suppression of EEG low frequency activity and enhancement of spindle frequency activity. Neurosci. Lett. 201, 13-16.
• Franken,P.; Tobler,I.; Borbély,A.A. (1995):
  Varying photoperiod in the laboratory rat - profound effect on 24-h sleep pattern but no effect on sleep homeostasis. Am. J. Physiol. 269, R691-R701.
• Gao,B.; Franken,P.; Tobler,I.; Borbély,A.A. (1995):
  Effect of elevated ambient temperature on sleep, EEG spectra, and brain temperature in the rat. Am. J. Physiol. 268, R1365-R1373.
• Landolt,H.P.; Dijk,D.J.; Gaus,S.E.; Borbély,A.A. (1995):
  Caffeine reduces low-frequency delta activity in the human sleep EEG. Neuropsychopharmacology 12, 229-238.
• Landolt,H.P.; Moser,S.; Wieser,H.G.; Borbély,A.A.; Dijk,D.J. (1995):
  Intracranial temperature across 24-hour sleep-wake cycles in humans. Neuroreport 6, 913-917.
• Landolt,H.P.; Werth,E.; Borbély,A.A.; Dijk,D.J. (1995):
  Caffeine intake (200 mg) in the morning affects human sleep and EEG power spectra at night. Brain Res. 675, 67-74.
• Neuner-Jehle,M.; Rhyner,T.A.; Borbély,A.A. (1995):
  Sleep deprivation differentially alters the mRNA and protein levels of neurogranin in rat brain. Brain Res. 685, 143-153.
• Tobler,I. (1995):
  Is sleep fundamentally different between mammalian species ? Behav. Brain Res. 69, 35-41.
• Werth,E.; Borbély,A.A. (1995):
  Recording the sleep EEG with periorbital skin electrodes. Electroencephalogr. Clin. Neurophysiol. 94, 406-413.

1996

• Aeschbach,D.; Cajochen,C.; Landolt,H.P.; Borbély,A.A. (1996):
  Homeostatic sleep regulation in habitual short sleepers and long sleepers. Am. J. Physiol. 270, R41-R53.
• Deboer,T.; Tobler,I. (1996):
  Shortening of the photoperiod affects sleep distribution, EEG and cortical temperature in the Djungarian hamster. J. Comp. Physiol. A 179, 483-492.
• Deboer,T.; Tobler,I. (1996):
  Natural hypothermia and sleep deprivation: Common effects on recovery sleep in the Djungarian hamster. Am. J. Physiol. 40, R1364-R1371.
• Driver,H.S.; Dijk,D.J.; Werth,E.; Biedermann,K.; Borbély,A.A. (1996):
  Sleep and the sleep electroencephalogram across the menstrual cycle in young healthy women. J. Clin. Endocrin. Metab. 81, 728-735.
• Landolt,H.P.; Dijk,D.J.; Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1996):
  Effect of age on the sleep EEG: Slow-wave activity and spindle frequency activity in young and middle-aged men. Brain Res. 738, 205-212.
• Landolt,H.P.; Roth,C.; Dijk,D.J.; Borbély,A.A. (1996):
  Late afternoon ethanol intake affects nocturnal sleep and the sleep EEG in middle aged men. J. Clin. Psychopharmacol. 16, 428-436.
• Neuner-Jehle,M.; Denizot,J.P.; Borbély,A.A.; Mallet,J. (1996):
  Characterization and sleep deprivation-induced expression modulation of dendrin, a novel dendritic protein in rat brain neurons. J. Neurosci. Res. 46, 138-151.
• Schwierin,B.; Borbély,A.A.; Tobler,I. (1996):
  Effects of N6-Cyclopentyladenosine and caffeine on sleep regulation in the rat. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 300, 163-171.
• Tobler,I.; Gaus,S.E.; Deboer,T.; Achermann,P.; Fischer,M.; Rülicke,T.; Moser,M.; Oesch,B.; McBride,P.A.; Manson,J.C. (1996):
  Altered circadian activity rhythms and sleep in mice devoid of prion protein. Nature 380, 639-642.
• Tobler,I.; Schwierin,B. (1996):
  Behavioral sleep in the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in a zoological garden. J. Sleep Res. 5, 21-32.
• Werth,E.; Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1996):
  Brain topography of the human sleep EEG: antero-posterior shifts of spectral power. Neuroreport 8, 123-127.
• Werth,E.; Dijk,D.J.; Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1996):
  Dynamics of the sleep EEG after an early evening nap: Experimental data and simulations. Am. J. Physiol. 271, R501-R510.

1997

• Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1997):
  Low-frequency (< 1 Hz) oscillations in the human sleep EEG. Neuroscience 81, 213-222.
• Aeschbach,D.; Dijk,D.J.; Borbély,A.A. (1997):
  Dynamics of EEG spindle frequency activity during extended sleep in humans: relationship to slow-wave activity and time of day. Brain Res. 748, 131-136.
• Borbély,A.A. (1997):
  Pharmakologische Beeinflussung von Schlaf und Schlaf EEG durch Hypnotika. [Pharmacological effects of hypnotics on sleep and the sleep EEG. Article in German] Somnologie 1, 42-45.
• Deboer,T.; Tobler,I. (1997):
  Chronic administration of melatonin reduces REM sleep in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus). Neurosci. Lett. 231, 118-122.
• Deboer,T.; Tobler,I. (1997):
  Vigilance state episodes and cortical temperature in the Djungarian hamster: the influence of photoperiod and ambient temperature. Pflügers Arch. 433, 230-237.
• Endo,T.; Schwierin,B.; Borbély,A.A.; Tobler,I. (1997):
  Selective and total sleep deprivation: effect on the sleep EEG in the rat. Psychiatry Res. 66, 97-110.
• Tobler,I.; Deboer,T.; Fischer,M. (1997):
  Sleep and sleep regulation in normal and prion protein deficient mice. J. Neurosci. 17,1869-1879.
• Toppila,J.; Alanko,L.; Asikainen,M.; Tobler,I.; Stenberg,D.; Porkkaheiskanen,T. (1997):
  Sleep deprivation increases Somatostatin and Growth hormone-releasing hormone messenger RNA in the rat hypothalamus. J. Sleep Res. 6,171-178.
• Werth,E.; Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1997):
  Fronto-occipital EEG power gradients in human sleep. J. Sleep Res. 6, 102-112.
• Werth,E.; Achermann,P.; Dijk,D.J.; Borbély,A.A. (1997):
  Spindle frequency activity in the sleep EEG: individual differences and topographical distribution. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol. 103, 535-542.

1998

• Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1998):
  Coherence analysis of the human sleep EEG. Neuroscience 85, 1195-1208.
• Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1998):
  Temporal evolution of coherence and power in the human sleep EEG. J. Sleep Res. 7(Suppl 1), 36-41.
• Borbély,AA. (1998):
  Processes underlying sleep regulation. Hormone Research 49, 114-117.
• Deboer,T. (1998):
  Brain temperature dependent changes in the electroencephalogram power spectrum of humans and animals. J. Sleep Res. 7, 254-262.
• Endo,T.; Roth,C.; Landolt,H.P.; Werth,E.; Aeschbach,D.; Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1998):
  Effect of frequent brief awakenings from nonREM sleep on the nonREM-REM sleep cycle. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 52, 129-130.
• Endo,T.; Roth,C.; Landolt,H.P.; Werth,E.; Aeschbach,D.; Achermann,P.; Borbély,A.A. (1998):
  Selective REM sleep deprivation in humans: effects on sleep and sleep EEG. American Journal of Physiology 274, R1186-R1194.
• Huber,R.; Deboer,T.; Schwierin,B.; Tobler,I. (1998):
  Effect of melatonin on sleep and brain temperature in the Djungarian hamster and rat. Physiol. Behav. 65, 77-82.
• Lugaresi,E.; Tobler,I.; Gambetti,P.; Montagna,P. (1998):
  The pathophysiology of fatal familial insomnia. Brain Pathology 8, 521-526.
• Mckeown,MJ.; Humphries,C.; Achermann,P.; Borbély,AA.; Sejnowski,TJ. (1998):
  A new method for detecting state changes in the EEG - exploratory application to sleep data. J. Sleep Res. 7(Suppl 1), 48-56.
• Roth,C.; Landolt,H.P.; Achermann,P.; Teuscher,A.; Borbély,A.A. (1998):
  Human versus porcine insulin in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: differences in sleep and the sleep EEG during near-normoglycemia. Sleep 21, 92-100.
• Tobler I., Herrmann M., Cooper H.M., Negroni J., Nevo E., Achermann P. (1998):
  Rest-activity rhythm of the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi under different lighting conditions. Behav. Brain Res. 96, 173-183.
• Schwierin,B.; Borbély,A.A.; Tobler,I. (1998):
  Sleep homeostasis in the female rat during the estrous cycle. Brain Res. 811, 96-104.

1999

• Achermann, P.
  Technical note: a problem with identifying nonlinear interactions of circadian and homeostatic processes.
  J Biol Rhythms, 14, 602-603; discussion 604-605 (1999).
• Achermann, P.; Kunz, H.
  Modeling circadian rhythm generation in the suprachiasmatic nucleus with locally coupled self-sustained oscillators: phase shifts and phase response curves.
  J Biol Rhythms, 14, 460-468 (1999).
• Borbély, A.A.; Achermann, P.
  Sleep homeostasis and models of sleep regulation.
  J Biol Rhythms, 14, 557-568 (1999).
• Borbély, A.A.; Huber, R.; Graf, T.; Fuchs, B.; Gallmann, E.; Achermann, P.
  Pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field affects human sleep and sleep electroencephalogram.
  Neurosci Lett, 275, 207-210 (1999).
• Deboer, T.; Ross, R.J.; Morrison, A.R.; Sanford, L.D.
  Electrical stimulation of the amygdala increases the amplitude of elicited ponto-geniculo-occipital waves.
  Physiol Behav, 66, 119-124 (1999).
• Dinges, D.F.; Achermann, P.
  Commentary: future considerations for models of human neurobehavioral function.
  J Biol Rhythms, 14, 598-601 (1999).
• Huber, R.; Deboer, T.; Tobler, I.
  Prion protein: a role in sleep regulation?
  J Sleep Res, 8 Suppl 1, 30-36 (1999).
• Landolt, H.P.; Meier, V.; Burgess, H.J.; Finelli, L.A.; Cattelin, F.; Achermann, P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Serotonin-2 receptors and human sleep: effect of a selective antagonist on EEG power spectra.
  Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, 455-466 (1999).
• Roth, C.; Achermann, P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Alpha activity in the human REM sleep EEG: topography and effect of REM sleep deprivation.
  Clin Neurophysiol, 110, 632-635 (1999).
• Roth, C.; Achermann, P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Frequency and state specific hemispheric asymmetries in the human sleep EEG.
  Neurosci Lett, 271, 139-142 (1999).
• Schwierin, B.; Achermann, P.; Deboer, T.; Oleksenko, A.; Borbély, A.A.; Tobler, I.
  Regional differences in the dynamics of the cortical EEG in the rat after sleep deprivation.
  Clin Neurophysiol, 110, 869-875 (1999).
• Schwierin, B.; Borbély, A.A.; Tobler, I.
  Prolonged effects of 24-h total sleep deprivation on sleep and sleep EEG in the rat.
  Neurosci Lett, 261, 61-64 (1999).

2000

• Deboer, T.; Tobler, I.
  Slow waves in the sleep electroencephalogram after daily torpor are homeostatically regulated.
  Neuroreport, 11, 881-885 (2000).
• Huber, R.; Deboer, T.; Tobler, I.
  Effects of sleep deprivation on sleep and sleep EEG in three mouse strains: empirical data and simulations.
  Brain Res, 857, 8-19 (2000).
• Finelli, L.A.; Landolt, H.P.; Buck, A.; Roth, C.; Berthold, T.; Borbély, A.A.; Achermann, P.
  Functional neuroanatomy of human sleep states after zolpidem and placebo: A H₂¹⁵O -PET study.
  J. Sleep Res., 9, 161-173 (2000).
• Landolt, H.P.; Finelli, L.A.; Roth, C.; Buck, A.; Achermann, P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Zolpidem and sleep deprivation: Different effect on EEG power spectra.
  J. Sleep Res., 9, 175-183 (2000).
• Huber, R.; Deboer, T.; Tobler, I.
  Topography of EEG dynamics after sleep deprivation in mice.
  J. Neurophysiology, 84, 1888-1893 (2000).
• Landolt, H.P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Alkohol und Schlafstörungen.
  Ther. Umsch., 57, 241-245 (2000).
• Roth, C.; Jeanmonod, D.; Magnin, M.; Morel, A.; Achermann, P.
  Effects of medial thalamotomy and pallido-thalamic tractotomy on sleep and waking EEG in pain and Parkinsonian patients.
  Clin. Neurophysiol., 111, 1266-1275 (2000).
• Tobler, I.
  Warum schläft der Mensch? - Hinweise aus der Tierforschung.
  Ther. Umsch., 57, 417-420 (2000).
• Huber, R.; Graf, T.; Cote, K.A.; Wittmann, L.; Gallmann, E.; Matter, D.; Schuderer, J.; Kuster, N.; Borbély, A.A.; Achermann, P.
  Exposure to pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field during waking affects human sleep EEG.
  Neuroreport, 11, 3321-3325 (2000).
• Deboer, T.; Tobler, I.
  Running wheel size influences circadian rhythm period and its phase shift in mice.
  J Comp Physiol [A], 186, 969-973 (2000).
• Deboer, T.; Vyazovskiy, V.V.; Tobler, I.
  Long photoperiod restores the 24-h rhythm of sleep and EEG slow-wave activity in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus).
  J Biol Rhythms, 15, 429-436 (2000).
• Finelli, L.A.; Baumann, H.; Borbély, A.A.; Achermann, P.
  Dual electroencephalogram markers of human sleep homeostasis: correlation between theta activity in waking and slow-wave activity in sleep.
  Neuroscience, 101, 523-529 (2000).
• Vyazovskiy, V.; Borbély, A.A.; Tobler, I.
  Unilateral vibrissae stimulation during waking induces interhemispheric EEG asymmetry during subsequent sleep in the rat.
  J Sleep Res, 9, 367-371 (2000).

2001

• Borbély, A.A.
  From slow waves to sleep homeostasis: New perspectives.
  Arch. Ital. Biol., 139, 53-61 (2001).
• Landolt, H.P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Age-dependent changes in sleep EEG topography.
  Clin. Neurophysiol., 112, 369-377 (2001).
• Tobler, I.; Deboer, T.
  Sleep in the blind mole rat Spalax Ehrenbergi.
  Sleep, 24, 147-154 (2001).
• Achermann P., Finelli L.A., Borbély A.A.
  Unihemispheric enhancement of delta power in human frontal sleep EEG by prolonged wakefulness.
  Brain Research, 913, 220?223, (2001).
• Graf Th., Engeler J., Achermann P., Mosimann U. P., Noss R., Fisch H.-U., Schlaepfer Th.E.
  High frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation rTMS of the left dorsolateral cortex: EEG topography during waking and subsequent sleep.
  Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging Section,107,1-9, (2001).
• Tobler I., Kopp C., Deboer T., Rudolph U.
  Diazepam-induced changes in sleep: Role of the a1 GABA_A receptor subtype.
  PNAS, vol. 98, no. 11, 6464-6469 (2001).
• Finelli, L.A.; Borbély, A.A.; Achermann, P.
  Functional topography of the human nonREM sleep electroencephalogram.
  Eur J Neurosci., 13(12), 2282-90 (2001).
• Finelli, L.A.; Achermann, P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Individual 'Fingerprints' in human sleep EEG topography..
  Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 25 (5 Suppl 1):S57-62 (2001).
• Landolt, H.P.;Posthuma de Boer, L.
  Effect of Chronic Phenelzine Treatment on REM Sleep: Report of Three Patients.
  Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 25, no. S5:63-67 (2001).
• Lehmann, D.; Faber, P. L.; Achermann, P.; Jeanmonod, D.; Gianotti, L. R. R.; Pizzagalli, D.
  Brain sources of EEG gamma frequency during volitionally meditation-induced, altered states of consciousness, and experience of the self.
  Psychiatry Res: Neuroimaging Section, vol. 108, 111-121(2001).

2002

• Gottselig, J.M.; Bassetti, C.L.; Achermann, P.
  Power and coherence of sleep spindle frequency activity following hemispheric stroke.
  Brain, 125, 373-383 (2002).
• Huber, R.; Deboer, T.; Tobler, I.
  Sleep deprivation in prion protein deficient mice and control mice: genotype dependent regional rebound.
  Neuroreport, 13, 1-4 (2002).
• Werth, E.; Cote, K.A.; Gallmann, E.; Borbély, A.A.; Achermann, P.
  Selective REM sleep deprivation during daytime
  I. Time course of interventions and recovery sleep
  Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, 283, R521-R526 (2002).
• Werth, E.; Achermann, P.; Borbély, A.A.
  Selective REM sleep deprivation during daytime
  II. Muscle atonia in non-REM sleep
  Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, 283, R527-R532 (2002).
• Landolt, H.P. and Gillin, J.C.
  Different Effects of Phenelzine Treatment on EEG Topography in Waking and Sleep in Depressed Patients
  Neuropsychopharmacology 27:462?469, (2002).
• Vyazovskiy V.V.; Borbély A.A.; Tobler I.
  Interhemispheric Sleep EEG Asymmetry in the Rat is Enhanced by Sleep Deprivation
  J Neurophysiol. 2002 Nov;88(5):2280-6.
• Petit, J.-M.; Tobler, I.; Allaman, I.; Borbély, A.A.; Magistretti, P.
  Sleep deprivation modulates brain mRNAs encoding genes of glycogen metabolism
  Eur. J. Neurosci.,16, 1163-1167 (2002).
• Vock, J.; Achermann, P.; Bischoff, M.; Milanova, M.; M?ller, C.; Nirkko, A.; Roth, C.; Bassetti, C.
  Evolution of sleep and sleep EEG after hemispheric stroke
  J. Sleep Res.,11, 331-338 (2002).
• Palchykova, S.; Deboer, T.; Tobler, I.
  Selective sleep deprivation after daily torpor in the Djungarian hamster
  J. Sleep Res., 11, 313-319 (2002).
• Huber, R.; Treyer, V.; Borbély, A.A.; Schuderer, J.; Gottselig, J.; Landolt, H.-P.; Werth, E.; Berthold, T.; Kuster, N.; Buck, A.; Achermann, P.
  Electromagnetic fields, such as those from mobile phones, alter regional cerebral blood flow and sleep and waking EEG
  J. Sleep Res., 11, 289-295 (2002).
• Deboer, T; Fontana, A; Tobler, I.
  Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Ligand and TNF Receptor Deficiency Affects Sleep and the Sleep EEG
  J Neurophysiol 88, 839-46. (2002).
• Kopp, C; Albrecht, U; Zheng, B; and Tobler, I.
  Homeostatic sleep regulation is preserved in mPer1 and mPer2 mutant mice
  Eur J Neurosci 16, 1099-106 (2002).
• Kopp, C., Petit, J. M., Magistretti, P., Borb?ly, A. A., and Tobler, I.
  Comparison of the effects of modafinil and sleep deprivation on sleep and cortical EEG spectra in mice
  Neuropharmacology 43, 110-118 (2002).
• Vyazovskiy, V. V., Deboer, T., Rudy, B., Lau, D., Borbély, A. A., and Tobler, I.
  Sleep EEG in mice that are deficient in the potassium channel subunit K.v.3.2
  Brain Research 947, 204-11 (2002).
• Müller, C., Achermann, P., Bischof, M., Nirkko, A. C., Roth, C., and Bassetti, C. L.
  Visual and spectral analysis of sleep EEG in acute hemispheric stroke
  European Neurology 48, 164-171 (2002).

2003

• Shen, Y., Olbrich, E., Achermann, P., and Meier, P. F.
  Dimensional complexity and spectral properties of the human sleep EEG
  Clinical Neurophysiology 114, 199-209 (2003).
• Huber, R., J. Schuderer, T. Graf, K. J?tz, A. Borbély, N. Kuster, and P. Achermann
  Radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure in humans: estimation of SAR distribution in the brain, effects on sleep and heart rate
  Bioelectromagnetics 24:262-276 (2003).
• Olbrich, E., P. Achermann, and P. F. Meier.
  Dynamics of human sleep EEG
  Neurocomputing 857-862 (2003).
• Peter Achermann and Alexander A. Borbély.
  Mathematical Models of Sleep Regulation
  Frontiers in Bioscience 8, s683-693, May 1, (2003).
• Kopp, C., Rudolf, U., Keist, R. and Tobler, I.
  Diazepam-induced changes on sleep and the EEG spectrum in mice: role of the a3-GABAA receptor subtype
  Eur J Neurosci, 17:2226-2230 (2003).
• Kunz, H.P. and Achermann, P.
  Simulation of circadian rhythm generation in the suprachiasmatic nucleus with locally coupled self-sustained oscillators
  J Theor Biol, 224:63-78 (2003).
• Palchykova, S., Deboer, T. and Tobler, I.
  Seasonal aspects of sleep in the Djungarian hamster
  BMC Neuroscience, 4:9 (2003).
• Noser, R., Gygax, L. and Tobler, I.
  Sleep and social status in captive gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada)
  Behav. Brain Res., 147:9-15 (2003).
• Deboer, T. and Tobler, I.
  Sleep regulation in the Djungarian hamster: Comparison of the dynamics leading to the slow-wave activity increase after sleep deprivation and daily torpor.
  Sleep, 26:567-572 (2003).
• Landolt, H.P.; Kelsoe, J.R.; Rapaport, M.H.; Gillin, J.C.
  Rapid tryptophan depletion reverses phenelzine- induced suppression of REM sleep
  Journal of Sleep Research 12:13-18 (2003).

2004

• Jenni, O.G., Borbély, A.A, and Achermann, P.
  Development of the nocturnal sleep electroencephalogram in human infants
  Am J Physiol Regel Integr Comp Physiol 286:R528-R538 (2004)
• Gottselig, J.M., Brandeis, D., Hofer-Tinguely, G., Borbély, A.A. and Achermann, P.
  Human Central Auditory Plasticity Associated With Tone Sequence Learning
  Learning & Memory 11:162?171 (2004)
• Olbrich, E. and Achermann, P.
  Oscillatory events in the human sleep EEG - detection and properties
  Neurocomputing 58-60:129--135 (2004)
• Kopp, C.; Rudolph, U.; L?w, K.; Tobler, I.
  Modulation of rhythmic brain activity by diazepam: GABAA receptor subtype and state specificity.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101:3674-3679 (2004).
• Vyazovskiy, V.; Achermann, P.; Borbély, A.A .; Tobler, I.
  Interhemispheric coherence of the sleep electroencephalogram in mice with congenital callosal dysgenesis.
  Neuroscience 124:481-488 (2004).
• D'Adamo, P.; Wolfer, D.P.; Kopp, C.; Tobler, I.; Toniolo, D.; Lipp, H.P.
  Mice deficient for the synaptic vesicle protein Rab3a show impaired spatial reversal learning and increased explorative activity but none of the behavioral changes shown by mice deficient for the Rab3a regulator Gdi1.
  European Journal of Neuroscience, 19:1895-1905 (2004).
• Khatami, R.; Maret, S.; Werth, E.; R?tey, J.; Schmid, D.; Maly, F.; Tafti, M.; Bassetti, C.L.
  Monozygotic twins concordant for narcolepsy-cataplexy without any detectable abnormality in the hypocretin (orexin) pathway
  Lancet 363:1199-1200 (2004).
• Landolt, H.P.; R?tey, J.V.; T?nz, K.; Gottselig, J.M., Khatami, R.; Buckelm?ller, I.; Achermann, P.
  Caffeine attenuates waking and sleep electroencephalographic markers of sleep homeostasis in humans.
  Neuropsychopharmacology 29:1-7 (2004).
• Gottselig, J.M.; Hofer-Tinguely, G.; Borbély, A.A.; Regel, S.J.; Landolt, H.P.; Retey, J.V. and Achermann, P.
  Sleep and rest facilitate auditory learning.
  Neuroscience, 127: 557-561(2004).
• Achermann, P.
  The two-process model of sleep regulation revisited.
  Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine,75:A37-A43 (2004)
• Kopp, C.; Rudolph, U.; Tobler, I.
  Sleep EEG changes after zolpidem in mice.
  Neuroreport, 15:2299-2302 (2004).
• Vyazovskiy, V.V.; Welker, E.; Fritschy, J.-M.; Tobler, I.
  Regional pattern of metabolic activation is reflected in the sleep EEG after sleep deprivation combined with unilateral whisker stimulation in mice.
  European Journal of Neuroscience, 20:1363-1370 (2004).
• Vyazovskiy V.V., Achermann Peter, Borbély A.A. und Tobler I.
  The dynamics of spindles and EEG slow-wave activity in NREM sleep in mice.
  Archives Italiennes de Biologie, Vol. 142, 511-523 (2004).