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Peter Achermann
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 222
Citations - 16534
Peter Achermann is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sleep spindle & Non-rapid eye movement sleep. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 215 publications receiving 14963 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Achermann include ETH Zurich & Boston Children's Hospital.
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Sleep homeostasis and models of sleep regulation
TL;DR: Simulation of the time course of EEG slow-wave activity, the major marker of non-REM sleep homeostasis, as well as daytime alertness and nonlinear interactions between homeostatic and circadian processes were identified.
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Altered circadian activity rhythms and sleep in mice devoid of prion protein.
Irene Tobler,S. E. Gaus,Tom Deboer,Peter Achermann,Markus Fischer,Thomas Rülicke,Markus Moser,Bruno Oesch,P A McBride,Jean Manson +9 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the pathology of at least one of the inherited prion diseases, fatal familial insomnia, where there is a profound alteration in sleep and the daily rhythms of many hormones, may be related to the normal function of the prion protein.
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Low-frequency (< 1 Hz) oscillations in the human sleep electroencephalogram.
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that distinct components below 1 Hz are also present in the human sleep electroencephalogram spectrum, in accordance with results from animal experiments.
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A model of human sleep homeostasis based on eeg slow-wave activity - quantitative comparison of data and simulations
TL;DR: The simulations demonstrate that the concept of sleep homeostasis as proposed in the two-process model of sleep regulation can be refined to account in quantitative terms for empirical data and to predict the changes induced by the prolongation of waking or sleep.
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Dual electroencephalogram markers of human sleep homeostasis: correlation between theta activity in waking and slow-wave activity in sleep.
TL;DR: It is suggested that theta activity in waking and slow-wave activity in sleep are markers of a common homeostatic sleep process.