Alexei Vyssotski

Alexei Vyssotski

Affiliation Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zürich / ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

		Professional address:
		Institute of Neuroinformatics
		University of Zürich / ETH Zürich
		Winterthurerstrasse 190
		CH-8057 Zürich
		Switzerland
		Tel: +41 79 756 5177
		Fax:+41 44 635 3053
		a.vyssotski(at)gmail.com

Scientific interests:		Behavioral Neuroscience, animal behavior and neurophysiology under naturalistic conditions, advanced methods of electrophysiological recording and stimulation in freely-moving animals

Technical development:		Neurologger-System

Teaching:		Basics of instrumentation, measurement and analysis Fall semester, INI-502, 402-0821-00

Career:
Sept '89 - May '95		Graduated at the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, faculty of Physical & Chemical Biology, division “Ecology”.
Sept '95 - Oct '98		Doctorand at the Institute of Normal Physiology of the Moscow Medical Academy, Research in long-term memory formation in chicks, mice and rats using nootropics (with Prof. K.V. Anokhin).
Nov '98 - Sept '01		Postdiplomand at the Institute of Anatomy, University Zurich (with Prof. H.-P. Lipp).
Sept '01		Ph. D. in Physiology, Moscow. Title of the thesis: “Comparative investigation of mechanisms of long-term memory formation using nootropics and genetically modified animal strains”.
Sept '01 - Aug '07		Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Anatomy, University Zurich . Research in animal behavior, orientation, natural selection and electrophysiology (with Prof. H.-P. Lipp).
Sept '07 - Oct '08		Research fellow at the Institute of Anatomy, University Zurich. Research in animal navigation and electrophysiology of avian brain, sharing responsibility of IT support of the Institute.
Since Apr '09		Research fellow, Senior scientist at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich / ETH Zurich. Research in electrophysiology of avian and mammalian brain. Development of massively parallel neural recording and stimulation in behaving animals.

Publications :
2024		Chen Z, Han Y, Ma Z, Wang X, Xu S, Tang Y, Vyssotski AL, Si B, Zhan Y. (2024) A prefrontal-thalamic circuit encodes social information for social recognition. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 3;15(1):1036. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45376-y.

		Zaid E, Rainsford FW, Johnsson RD, Valcu M, Vyssotski AL, Meerlo P, Lesku JA. (2024) Semelparous marsupials reduce sleep for sex. Curr Biol. 2024 Jan 11:S0960-9822(23)01764-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.064.

2023		Sotelo MI, Markunas C, Kudlak T, Kohtz C, Vyssotski AL, Rothschild G, Eban-Rothschild A. (2023) Neurophysiological and behavioral synchronization in group-living and sleeping mice. Curr Biol. 2023 Dec 14:S0960-9822(23)01652-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.065.

		van Hasselt SJ, Coscia M, Allocca G, Vyssotski AL, Meerlo P. (2023) Seasonal variation in sleep time: jackdaws sleep when it is dark, but do they really need it? J Comp Physiol B. 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1007/s00360-023-01517-1.

		Tossell K, Yu X, Giannos P, Anuncibay Soto B, Nollet M, Yustos R, Miracca G, Vicente M, Miao A, Hsieh B, Ma Y, Vyssotski AL, Constandinou T, Franks NP, Wisden W. (2023) Somatostatin neurons in prefrontal cortex initiate sleep-preparatory behavior and sleep via the preoptic and lateral hypothalamus. Nat Neurosci. 2023 Sep 21. doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01430-4.

		Kendall-Bar JM, Williams TM, Mukherji R, Lozano DA, Pitman JK, Holser RR, Keates T, Beltran RS, Robinson PW, Crocker DE, Adachi T, Lyamin OI, Vyssotski AL, Costa DP. (2023) Brain activity of diving seals reveals short sleep cycles at depth. Science. 2023 Apr 21;380(6642):260-265. doi: 10.1126/science.adf0566. [Supplementary Materials][Supplementary Movie]

2022		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. (2022) A specific circuit in the midbrain detects stress and induces restorative sleep. Science. 2022 Jul; 377(6601):63-72. doi: 10.1126/science.abn0853.[Supplementary Materials 1][Supplementary Materials 2]

		Miracca G, Anuncibay-Soto B, Tossell K, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Franks NP, Wisden W. (2022) NMDA Receptors in the Lateral Preoptic Hypothalamus Are Essential for Sustaining NREM and REM Sleep. J Neurosci. 2022 Jul 6; 42(27):5389-5409. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0350-21.2022.

		Kendall-Bar JM, Mukherji R, Nichols J, Lopez C, Lozano DA, Pitman JK, Holser RR, Beltran RS, Schalles M, Field CL, Johnson SP, Vyssotski AL, Costa DP, Williams TM (2022) Eavesdropping on the brain at sea: development of a surface-mounted system to detect weak electrophysiological signals from wild animals. Animal Biotelemetry 10, Article number: 16.[Suppl 1][Suppl 2][Suppl 3][Suppl 4][Suppl 5][Suppl 6][Suppl 7][Suppl 8][Suppl 9][Suppl 10][Suppl 11][Suppl 12]

		Zaid E, Vyssotski AL, Lesku JA. (2022) Sleep architecture and regulation of male dusky antechinus, an Australian marsupial. Sleep. 2022 May 14:zsac114. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsac114.[Supplement]

		Johnsson RD, Connelly F, Gaviraghi Mussoi J, Vyssotski AL, Cain KE, Roth TC 2nd, Lesku JA (2022) Sleep loss impairs cognitive performance and alters song output in Australian magpies. Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 22;12(1):6645. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10162-7. [SI 1][SI 2][SI 3][SI 4][SI 5][SI 6]

2021		Harding EC, Ba W, Zahir R, Yu X, Yustos R, Hsieh B, Lignos L, Vyssotski AL, Merkle FT, Constandinou TG, Franks NP, Wisden W. (2021) Nitric Oxide Synthase Neurons in the Preoptic Hypothalamus Are NREM and REM Sleep-Active and Lower Body Temperature. Front Neurosci. 2021 Oct 14;15:709825. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.709825.

		Johnsson RD, Connelly F, Vyssotski AL, Roth TC, Lesku JA. (2021) Homeostatic regulation of NREM sleep, but not REM sleep, in Australian magpies. Sleep. 2021 Aug 25:zsab218. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab218.

		Dong W, Chen H, Sit T, Han Y, Song F, Vyssotski AL, Gross CT, Si B, Zhan Y. (2021) Characterization of exploratory patterns and hippocampal-prefrontal network oscillations during the emergence of free exploration. Sci Bull (Beijing). 2021 Nov 15;66(21):2238-2250. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2021.05.018.

		van Hasselt SJ, Hut RA, Allocca G, Vyssotski AL, Piersma T, Rattenborg NC, Meerlo P. (2021) Cloud cover amplifies the sleep-suppressing effect of artificial light at night in geese. Environ Pollut. 2021 Jan 7;273:116444. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116444.

		van Hasselt SJ, Mekenkamp GJ, Komdeur J, Allocca G, Vyssotski AL, Piersma T, Rattenborg NC, Meerlo P. (2021) Seasonal variation in sleep homeostasis in migratory geese: a rebound of NREM sleep following sleep deprivation in summer but not in winter. Sleep. 2021 Apr 9;44(4):zsaa244. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa244.

2020		van Hasselt SJ, Mekenkamp GJ, Komdeur J, Allocca G, Vyssotski AL, Piersma T, Rattenborg NC, Meerlo P. (2020) Seasonal variation in sleep homeostasis in migratory geese: a rebound of NREM sleep following sleep deprivation in summer but not in winter. Sleep. 2020 Nov 21:zsaa244. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa244.

		Connelly, F., Johnsson, R.D., Aulsebrook, A.E., Mulder, R.A., Hall, M.L.,Vyssotski, A.L., Lesku, J.A. (2020) Urban noise restricts, fragments, and lightens sleep in Australian magpies. Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115484.

		Aulsebrook AE, Connelly F, Johnsson RD, Jones TM, Mulder RA, Hall ML, Vyssotski AL, Lesku JA. (2020) White and Amber Light at Night Disrupt Sleep Physiology in Birds. Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 17:S0960-9822(20)30937-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.085. [Supplemental Information] [ Journal Cover ] [Video Abstract]

		Padovani L, Tesoriero C, Vyssotski A, Bentivoglio M, Chiamulera C. (2020) Hippocampal gamma oscillations by sucrose instrumental memory retrieval in rats across sleep/wake cycle. Neurosci Lett. 2020 Jul 16:135255. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135255.

		Yu X, Ba W, Zhao G, Ma Y, Harding EC, Yin L, Wang D, Li H, Zhang P, Shi Y, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Dong H, Franks NP, Wisden W. (2020) Dysfunction of ventral tegmental area GABA neurons causes mania-like behavior. Mol Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 17. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0810-9. [Supplemental Information]

		van Hasselt SJ, Rusche M, Vyssotski AL, Verhulst S, Rattenborg NC, Meerlo P. (2020) The European Starling (Sturnus Vulgaris) Shows Signs of NREM Sleep Homeostasis but Has Very Little REM Sleep and No REM Sleep Homeostasis. Sleep. 2020 Jun 15;43(6):zsz311. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz311. [Supplemental Information]

		van Hasselt SJ, Rusche M, Vyssotski AL, Verhulst S, Rattenborg NC, Meerlo P. (2020) Sleep Time in the European Starling Is Strongly Affected by Night Length and Moon Phase. Curr Biol. 2020 Mar 17. pii: S0960-9822(20)30259-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.052.

2019		Ma Y, Miracca G, Yu X, Harding EC, Miao A, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Franks NP, Wisden W. (2019) Galanin Neurons Unite Sleep Homeostasis and α2-Adrenergic Sedation. Curr Biol. 2019 Oct 7;29(19):3315-3322.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.087.

		Gent TC, Vyssotski AL, Detotto C, Isler S, Wehrle M and Bettschart-Wolfensberger Rl. (2019) Is xenon a suitable euthanasia agent for mice?, Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2019.04.002

		Kendall-Bar JM, Vyssotski AL, Mukhametov LM, Siegel JM, Lyamin OI. (2019) Eye state asymmetry during aquatic unihemispheric slow wave sleep in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). PLoS One. 2019 May 22;14(5):e0217025. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217025. [S1_Table] [S2_Table] [S3_Table] [S4_File]

		Allocca G, Ma S, Martelli D, Cerri M, Del Vecchio F, Bastianini S, Zoccoli G, Amici R, Morairty SR, Aulsebrook AE, Blackburn S, Lesku JA, Rattenborg NC, Vyssotski AL, Wams E, Porcheret K, Wulff K, Foster R, Chan JKM, Nicholas CL, Freestone DR, Johnston LA and Gundlach AL (2019) Validation of ‘Somnivore’, a Machine Learning Algorithm for Automated Scoring and Analysis of Polysomnography Data. Front. Neurosci. 13:207. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00207

		Yu X, Ma Y, Harding EC, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Franks NP,Wisden W (2019) Genetic lesioning of histamine neurons increases sleep-wake fragmentation and reveals their contribution to modafinil-induced wakefulness. Sleep. 2019 Feb 5. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz031.

		Detotto C, Isler S, Wehrle M, Vyssotski AL, Bettschart-Wolfensberger R, Gent TC (2019) Nitrogen gas produces less behavioural and neurophysiological excitation than carbon dioxide in mice undergoing euthanasia. PLoS One 2019 Jan 31;14(1):e0210818. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210818.

		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. (2019) GABA and glutamate neurons in the VTA regulate sleep and wakefulness. Nat Neurosci. 2019 Jan;22(1):106-119. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0288-9. Epub 2018 Dec 17. [Supplemental Information]

2018		Tisdale RK, Lesku JA, Beckers GJL, Vyssotski AL, Rattenborg NC. (2018) The low-down on sleeping down low: pigeons shift to lighter forms of sleep when sleeping near the ground. J Exp Biol. 2018 Oct 4;221(Pt 19). pii: jeb182634. doi: 10.1242/jeb.182634. [Supplemental Information]

		Müller MS, Vyssotski AL, Yamamoto M, Yoda K (2018) Individual differences in heart rate reveal a broad range of autonomic phenotypes in a free-living seabird population. J Exp Biol. 2018 Aug 20. pii: jeb.182758. doi: 10.1242/jeb.182758.

		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 (2018) A neuronal hub binding sleep initiation and body cooling in response to a warm external stimulus. Curr Biol. 28, 1-11, July 23, doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.054. [Supplemental Information]

		Lyamin OI, Kosenko PO, Korneva SM, Vyssotski AL, Mukhametov LM, Siegel JM. (2018) Fur Seals Suppress REM Sleep for Very Long Periods without Subsequent Rebound. Curr Biol. 2018 Jun 18;28(12):2000-2005.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.022. [Supplemental Information]

		Gent TC, Detotto C, Vyssotski AL, Bettschart-Wolfensberger R (2018) Epileptiform activity during inert gas euthanasia of mice. PLoS ONE 13(4), Apr 19: e0195872. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0195872

		Gelegen C, Miracca G, Ran MZ, Harding EC, Ye Z, Yu X, Tossel K, Houston CM, Yustos R, Hawkins ED, Vyssotski AL, Dong HL, Wisden W, and Franks N. (2018) Excitatory pathways from the lateral habenula enable propofor-induced sedation. Curr Biol. 28, 1-8, Feb 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.050 [Supplemental Information]

		Nair J, Klaassen AL, Arato J, Vyssotski AL, Harvey M, Rainer G. (2018) Basal forebrain contributes to default mode network regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jan 23. pii: 201712431. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712431115. [Supporting Information]

2017		EFSA AHAW Panel (EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare), More S, Bicout D, Bøtner A, Butterworth A, Calistri P, Depner K, Edwards S, Garin-Bastuji B, Good M, Gortazar Schmidt C, Miranda MA, Nielsen SS, Sihvonen L, Spoolder H, Willeberg P, Raj M, Thulke H-H, Velarde A, Vyssotski A, Winckler C, Cortiñas Abrahantes J, Garcia A, Muñoz Guajardo I, Zancanaro G and Michel V. (2017) Scientific Opinion on the low atmospheric pressure system for stunning broiler chickens. EFSA Journal 2017;15(12):5056, 86 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5056

		Scriba MF, Henry I, Vyssotski AL, Mueller JC, Rattenborg NC, Roulin A. (2017) Ultradian Rhythmicity in Sleep-Wakefulness Is Related to Color in Nestling Barn Owls. J Biol Rhythms. 2017 Aug 1. doi: 10.1177/0748730417722250

		Müller MS, Vyssotski AL, Yamamoto M, Yoda K. (2017) Heart rate variability reveals that a decrease in parasympathetic ('rest-and-digest') activity dominates autonomic stress responses in a free-living seabird. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2017 Jul 23. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.07.007. [Supplemental Data]

		Tisdale RK, Vyssotski AL, Lesku JA, Rattenborg NC. (2017) Sleep-Related Electrophysiology and Behavior of Tinamous (Eudromia elegans): Tinamous Do Not Sleep Like Ostriches. Brain Behav Evol. 2017 Jul 7. doi: 10.1159/000475590

		Scriba MF, Dreiss AN, Henry I, Be´ziers P, Ruppli C, Ifrid E, Ducouret P, Da Silva A, Monstiers B, Vyssotski AL, Rattenbord NC, Roulin A. (2017) Nocturnal, diurnal and bimodal patterns of locomotion, sibling interactions and sleep in nestling Barn Owls. J. Ornithol. 2017 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s10336-017-1458-3. [Supplemental Data]

		Jovalekic A, Cave-Lopez S, Canopoli A, Ondracek JM, Nager A, Vyssotski AL, Hahnloser RHR. (2017) A lightweight feedback-controlled microdrive for chronic neural recordings. J. Neural Eng. 2017 Apr;14(2):026006. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/aa5848. Epub 2017 Jan 10. [Supplemental Data]

		Franklin TB, Silva BA, Perova Z, Marrone L, Masferrer ME, Zhan Y, Kaplan A, Greetham L, Verrechia V, Halman A, Pagella S, Vyssotski AL, Illarionova A, Grinevich V, Branco T, Gross CT. (2017) Prefrontal cortical control of a brainstem social behavior circuit. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Jan 9. doi: 10.1038/nn.4470. [Supplemental Data]

2016		Nair J, Klaassen AL, Poirot J, Vyssotski A, Rasch B, Rainer G. (2016) Gamma band directional interactions between basal forebrain and visual cortex during wake and sleep startes. J Physiol Paris. 2016 Nov 29. pii: S0928-4257(16)30033-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2016.11.011

		Uygun DS, Ye Z, Zecharia AY, Harding EC, Yu X, Yustos R, Vyssotski AL, Brickley SG, Franks NP, Wisden W. (2016) Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Induction of Sleep by Zolpidem Acting on Histaminergic and Neocortex Neurons. J Neurosci. 2016 Nov 2;36(44):11171-11184.

		Vyssotski AL, Stepien AE, Keller GB, Hahnloser RH. (2016) A neural code that is isometric to vocal output and correlates with its sensory consequences. PLoS Biol. 2016 Oct 10;14(10):e2000317. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000317. [S1 Fig] [S1_Data] [S1 Text] [ Main Journal Page ]

		Rattenborg NC, Voirin B, Cruz SM, Tisdale R, Dell'Omo G, Lipp HP, Wikelski M, Vyssotski AL. (2016) Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight. Nat Commun. 2016 Aug 3;7:12468. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12468. [Supplementary Information] [Supplementary Movie 1 (10 min Flight)] [Supplementary Movie 2 (Frigatebird 13)] [Supplementary Movie 3 (Frigatebird 10)] [Supplementary Movie 4 (Frigatebird Drop)]

2015		Yu X. Ye Z, Huston CM, Zecharia AY, Ma Y, Zhang Z, Uygun DS, Parker S, Vyssotski AL, Yustos R, Franks NP, Brickley SG, Wisden W (2015) Wakefulness is governed by GABA and histamine cotransmission. Neuron. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.06.003 [Supplemental Data]

		Shine R, Amiel J, Munn AJ, Stewart M, Vyssotski AL, Lesku JA (2015) Is "cooling then freezing" a humane way to kill amphibians and reptiles? Biology Open 2015 May; 00, 1-4 doi: 10.1242/bio.012179.

		Zhang Z, Ferretti V, Güntan İ, Moro A, Steinberg EA, Ye Z, Zecharia AY, Yu X, Vyssotski AL, Brickley SG, Yustos R, Pillidge ZE, Harding EC, Wisden W, Franks NP (2015) Neuronal ensembles sufficient for recovery sleep and the sedative actions of α2 adrenergic agonists. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Apr;18(4):553-61. doi: 10.1038/nn.3957. [Supplemental Data]

2014		Yu X, Zecharia A, Zhang Z, Yang Q, Yustos R, Jager P, Vyssotski AL, Maywood ES, Chesham JE, Ma Y, Brickley SG, Hastings MH, Franks NP, Wisden W (2014) Circadian Factor BMAL1 in Histaminergic Neurons Regulates Sleep Architecture. Curr Biol. 24(23): 2838-2844. [Supplemental Data]

		Anisimov VN, Herbst JA, Abramchuk AN, Latanov AV, Hahnloser RH, Vyssotski AL (2014) Reconstraction of vocal interactons in a group of small songbirds. Nat Methods. 2014 Nov; 11(11):1135-7. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3114. [Supplementary Text] [Supplementary Video 1 (4 Males)] [Supplementary Video 2 (Juvenile 40dph Backpack)] [Supplementary Video 3 (Juvenile Flight Backpack)] [Supplementary Video 4 (Juvenile 39dph)] [Supplementary Video 5 (Male Female)] [Supplementary Software] [ Journal Cover ] [In This Issue] [The Author File] [Supplementary Software updated 18.09.2016] [Supplementary Software updated 27.10.2017]

		Baker R, Gent TC, Yang Q, Parker S, Vyssotski AL, Wisden W, Brickley SG, Franks NP. (2014) Altered Activity in the Central Medial Thalamus Precedes Changes in the Neocortex during Transitions into Both Sleep and Propofol Anesthesia. J Neurosci. 2014 Oct 1;34(40):13326-35. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1519-14.2014.

		Scriba MF, Rattenborg NC, Dreiss AN, Vyssotski AL, Roulin A. (2014) Sleep and vigilance linked to melanism in wild barn owls. J Evol Biol. 2014 Jul 24. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12450.

		Voirin B, Scriba MF, Martinez-Gonzalez D, Vyssotski AL, Wikelski M, Rattenborg NC. (2014) Ecology and neurophysiology of sleep in two wild sloth species. Sleep. 2014 Apr 1;37(4):753-61. doi: 10.5665/sleep.3584.

		Amendola E , Zhan Y , Mattucci C , Castroflorio E , Calcagno E , Fuchs C , Lonetti G , Silingardi D , Vyssotski A L , Farley D , Ciani E , Pizzorusso T , Giustetto M , Gross C T. (2014) Mapping pathological phenotypes in a mouse model of CDKL5 disorder. PLoS One. 2014 May 16;9(5):e91613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091613. eCollection 2014.

		Gelegen C., Gent T.C., Ferretti V., Zhang Z., Yustos R., Lan F., Yang Q., Overington D.W., Vyssotski A.L., van Lith H.A., Wisden W., Franks N.P. (2014) Staying awake--a genetic region that hinders α2 adrenergic receptor agonist-induced sleep. Eur J Neurosci. 2014 Jul;40(1):2311-9. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12570. Epub 2014 Mar 27.[ Supporting Information ]

		Zhan Y., Paolicelli R.C., Sforazzini F., Weinhard L., Bolasco G., Pagani F., Vyssotski A.L., Bifone A., Gozzi A., Ragozzino D., Gross C.T. (2014) Deficient neuron-microglia signaling results in impaired functional brain connectivity and social behavior. Nat. Neurosci. 02 February 2014 \| doi:10.1038/nn.3641 [ Supporting Information ]

		Duriez O., Kato A., Tromp C., Dell'omo G., Vyssotski A.L., Sarrazin F., Ropert-Coudert Y. (2014) How cheap is soaring flight in raptors? A preliminary investigation in freely-flying vultures. PLoS One. 9(1):e84887. [ Supplementary Information ] [Google Earth: Sample Flight Path]

2013		Scriba M.F., Ducrest A.L., Henry I., Vyssotski A.L., Rattenborg N.C., Roulin A. (2013) Linking melanism to brain development: expression of a melanism-related gene in barn owl feather follicles covaries with sleep ontogeny. Front Zool. 10(1):42.

		Lewandowski B, Vyssotski A, Hahnloser RH, Schmidt M. (2013) At the interface of the auditory and vocal motor systems: NIf and its role in vocal processing, production and learning. J Physiol Paris. 2013 Jun;107(3):178-92.

		Scriba M.F., Harmening W.M., Mettke-Hofmann C., Vyssotski A.L., Roulin A., Wagner H., Rattenborg N.C. (2013) Evaluation of two minimally invasive techniques for electroencephalogram recording in wild or freely behaving animals. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 199(3):183-9.

		Scheffzük C., Kukushka V.I., Vyssotski A.L., Draguhn A., Tort A.B., Brankačk J. (2013) Global slowing of network oscillations in mouse neocortex by diazepam. Neuropharmacology. 65:123-33.

2012		Zecharia A.Y., Yu X., Götz T., Ye Z., Carr D.R., Wulff P., Bettler B., Vyssotski A.L., Brickley S.G., Franks N.P., and Wisden W. (2012) GABAergic inhibition of histaminergic neurons regulates active waking but not the sleep-wake switch or propofol-induced loss of consciousness. J. Neurosci. 32(38):13062-13075.

		Sachs G., Traugott J., Nesterova A.P., Dell'omo G., Kümmeth F., Heidrich W., Vyssotski A.L., and Bonadonna F. (2012) Flying at no mechanical energy cost: disclosing the secret of wandering albatrosses. PLoS One. 7(9):e41449. [ Supplemental Text ] [Google Earth: Wandering Albatross Dynamic Soaring]

		Lesku J.A., Rattenborg N.C., Valcu M., Vyssotski A.L., Kuhn S., Kuemmeth F., Heidrich W., and Kempenaers B. (2012) Adaptive sleep loss in polygynous pectoral sandpipers. Science. 2012 Aug 9. [ Supplemental Text ] [ Supplemental Movie ] [ Supplemental Audio ] [ Supplemental Database ]

		Brankačk J., Scheffzük C., Kukushka V.I., Vyssotski A.L., Tort A.B., and Draguhn A. (2012) Distinct features of fast oscillations in phasic and tonic rapid eye movement sleep. J Sleep Res. 2012 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2012.01037.x.

		Lyamin O.I., Kosenko P.O., Vyssotski A.L., Lapierre J.L., Siegel J.M., and Mukhametov LM. (2012) Study of sleep in a walrus. Dokl Biol Sci., 444:188-91.

2011		Scheffzük C., Kukushka V.I., Vyssotski A.L., Draguhn A., Tort A.B.L. and Brankack J. (2011) Selective coupling between theta phase and neocortical fast gamma oscillations during REM-sleep in mice. PLoS One, 6(12):e28489. [ Figures S1 - S6 ] [ Supplemental Text ]

		Lesku J.A., Meyer L.C., Fuller A., Maloney S.K., Dell'Omo G., Vyssotski A.L. and Rattenborg N.C. (2011) Ostriches sleep like platypuses. PLoS One, 6(8):e23203. [ Figure S1 ] [ Figure S2 ] [ Supplemental Movie ] [ Supplemental Text ]

		Tsoar A., Nathan R., Bartan Y., Vyssotski A., Dell'Omo G. and Ulanovsky N. (2011) Large-scale navigational map in a mammal. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108(37): E718-E724. [ Summary ] [ Supplemental Data ] [ Supplemental Movie ] [ Commentary by Edvard I. Moser ]

		Daan S., Spoelstra K., Albrecht U., Schmutz I., Daan M., Daan B., Rienks F., Poletaeva I., Dell'Omo G., Vyssotski A., and Lipp H.-P. (2011) Lab mice in the field: unorthodox daily activity and effects of a dysfunctional circadian clock allele. J Biol Rhythms, 26(2): 118-29. [ Supplemental Data ]

		Lesku J.A., Vyssotski A.L., Martinez-Gonzalez D., Witzeck C., and Rattenborg N.C. (2011) Local sleep homeostasis in the avian brain: convergence of sleep function in mammals and birds? Proc Biol Sci. 278: 2419-28. [ Supplemental Data ]

2010		Brankack J., Kukushka V.I., Vyssotski A.L., and Draguhn A. (2010) EEG gamma frequency and sleep-wake scoring in mice: Comparing two types of supervised classifiers. Brain Res. 1322: 59-71

2009		Pang D.S., Robledo C.J., Carr D.C., Gent T.C., Vyssotski A.L., Caley A, Zecharia A., Wisden W., Brickley S.G., and Franks N.P. (2009) An unexpected role for TASK-3 potassium channels in network oscillations with implications for sleep mechanisms and anesthetic action. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 106(51): 17546-17551

		Vyssotski A.L., Dell'Omo G., Dell'Ariccia G., Abramchuk A.N., Serkov A.N., Latanov A.V., Loizzo A., Wolfer D.P., and Lipp H.-P. (2009) EEG responses to visual landmarks in flying pigeons. Curr Biol. 19(14): 1159-1166. [ Supplemental Data ] Publicity: Science NOW

2008		Traugott J., Dell'Omo G., Vyssotski A.L., Odijk D., and Sachs D. (2008) A time-relative approach for precise positioning with a miniaturized L1 GPS logger. ION GNSS 21st International Technical Meeting of Satellite Division, 16-19, September 2008, Savannah, GA: 1883-1894

		Rattenborg N.C., Voirin B., Vyssotski A.L., Kays R.W., Spoelstra K., Kuemmeth F., Heidrich W.,and Wikelski M. (2008) Sleeping outside the box: electroencephalographic measures of sleep in sloths inhabiting a rainforest. Biol Lett. 4(4): 402-5. [ Supplemental Data ] Publicity: Science NOW

		Ben Abdallah N.M., Slomianka L., Vyssotski A.L., and Lipp H.-P. (2008) Early age-related changes in adult hippocampal neurogenesis in C57 mice, Neurobiol Aging, doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.03.002

2006		Vyssotski A.L., Serkov A.N., Itskov P.M., Dell'Omo G., Latanov A.V., Wolfer D.P., and Lipp H.-P. (2006) Miniature neurologgers for flying pigeons: multichannel EEG and action and field potentials in combination with GPS recording. J Neurophysiol 95: 1263-1273. [ Journal Cover ]

2005		Galsworthy M.J., Amrein I., Kuptsov P.A., Poletaeva I.I., Zinn P., Rau A.E., Vyssotski A.L., and Lipp H.-P. (2005) A comparison of wild-caught wood mice and bank voles in the Intellicage: assessing exploration, daily activity patterns and place learning paradigms. Behavioural Brain Research, 157(2), 211-217

2004		Lipp, H.-P., Vyssotski, A.L., Wolfer, D.P., Renaudineau, S., Savini, M., Tröster, G., and Dell'Omo, G. (2004). Pigeon homing along highways and exits. Curr.Biol. 14(14), 1239-1249. [ Supplemental Data ] [ Journal Cover ]

		Lewejohann, L., Skryabin, B.V., Sachser, N., Prehn, C., Heiduschka, P., Thanos, S., Jordan, U., Vyssotski, A.L., Pleskacheva, M.G., Lipp, H.-P. et al. (2004). Role of a neuronal small non-messenger RNA: behavioural alterations in BC1 RNA-deleted mice. Behav. Brain Res. 154(1), 273-289.

2002		Vyssotski, A.L., Dell'Omo, G., Poletaeva, I.I., Vyssotski, D.L., Minichiello, L., Klein, R., Wolfer, D.P., and Lipp, H.-P. (2002). Long-term monitoring of hippocampus-dependent behavior in naturalistic settings: mutant mice lacking the neurotrophin receptor TrkB in the forebrain show spatial learning but impaired behavioral flexibility. Hippocampus 12, 27-38.

		Dell'Omo, G., Vannoni, E., Vyssotski, A.L., Di Bari, M.A., Nonno, R., Agrimi, U., and Lipp, H.-P. (2002). Automated home cage monitoring of mice infected with BSE and scrapie differentiates early behavioural changes according to prion strain. European Journal of Neuroscience 16, 735-742.

1999		Vysotskii A.L., Vysotskii D.L., Gudasheva T.A., Ostrovskaya R.U., Anokhin K.V. (1999). Modulation of long-term memory by delayed administration of the Amide of L-Pyroglutamyl-D-alanine, a nootropic agent, in spaced and massed training in rats. – Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology, 29(2), 137-142.

1996		Vysotskii A.L., Vysotskii D.L. (1996). Improved evaluation of the parameters of linearizable relationships. - Biophysics, 41(3), 775-777.