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Najma Cherrad

University of LausanneORCID 0000-0002-7627-4601Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Vagal afferent activation induces a NREM-sleep-like state with brain-body cooling, but locus coeruleus activation

Najma Cherrad, Georgios Foustoukos, Laura M. J. Fernandez, Alejandro Osorio-Forero, Yann Emmenegger, Paul Franken, Anita Lüthi

The paper shows that vagal afferent activation induces brain-body cooling and NREM-sleep-like states while increasing locus coeruleus activity.

bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity functionally partitions NREM sleep to gatekeep the NREM-REM sleep cycle

Alejandro Osorio-Forero, Georgios Foustoukos, Romain Cardis, Najma Cherrad, Christiane Devenoges, Laura M. J. Fernandez, Anita Lüthi

This study shows that LC activity partitions NREM sleep into brain and autonomic states that regulate the NREM-REM cycle, with high activity enabling microarousals and low activity required for REMS entries.

bioRxiv · May 20, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience