Yuan‐Yang Lai

University of California, Los Angeles — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

15h-index858citations26works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Sleep and Wakefulness Research(20), Restless Legs Syndrome Research(9), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(7), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments(7), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep(7)

Publications26 total

Effects of sodium oxybate on hypocretin/orexin and locus coeruleus neurons
SLEEP·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Striatal mechanism of the restless legs syndrome
SLEEP·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Substantia nigra pars reticulata-mediated sleep and motor activity regulation
SLEEP·2020· 18 citedOpen Access
Striatal histamine mechanism in the pathogenesis of restless legs syndrome
SLEEP·2019· 12 citedOpen Access
Animal Models of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
2018
Reply: The iron‐deficient rat as a model of restless legs syndrome: Was anything lost in translation?
Movement Disorders·2017· 5 citedOpen Access
Motor hyperactivity of the iron‐deficient rat — an animal model of restless legs syndrome
Movement Disorders·2017· 25 citedOpen Access
New pathways and data on rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder in a rat model
Sleep Medicine·2012· 13 citedOpen Access
IRON DEFICIENCY PRODUCES PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS DURING WAKE AND SLEEP IN RATS
Sleep Medicine·2011
Pontomedullary mediated REM-sleep atonia
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2011· 2 cited
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2011· 19 cited
Lesions Associated with Sleep Disturbances
Oxford University Press eBooks·2010
Behavioral Response and Transmitter Release During Atonia Elicited by Medial Medullary Stimulation
Journal of Neurophysiology·2010· 28 citedOpen Access
Differential effect of nuclei gigantocellularis and magnocellularis stimulation on muscular activity under the absence of pontine regulation
Neuroscience Research·2007
Sensory-Motor Integration in the Medial Medulla
Current Neuropharmacology·2005· 4 cited
Excitatory Effects of Hypocretin-1 (Orexin-A) in the Trigeminal Motor Nucleus Are Reversed by NMDA Antagonism
Journal of Neurophysiology·2003· 97 cited
Changes in Inhibitory Amino Acid Release Linked to Pontine-Induced Atonia: An<i>In Vivo</i>Microdialysis Study
Journal of Neuroscience·2003· 100 citedOpen Access
Physiological and Anatomical Link Between Parkinson-Like Disease and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Molecular Neurobiology·2003· 80 citedOpen Access
Changes in Monoamine Release in the Ventral Horn and Hypoglossal Nucleus Linked to Pontine Inhibition of Muscle Tone: An<i>In Vivo</i>Microdialysis Study
Journal of Neuroscience·2001· 122 citedOpen Access
Activation of Pontine and Medullary Motor Inhibitory Regions Reduces Discharge in Neurons Located in the Locus Coeruleus and the Anatomical Equivalent of the Midbrain Locomotor Region
Journal of Neuroscience·2000· 88 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jerome M. Siegel(18), Kung‐Chiao Hsieh(8), Darian Nguyen(7), Tohru Kodama(6), Keng‐Tee Chew(4), Birendra Nath Mallick(4), Samuel H.H. Chan(3), Yu‐Hsuan Cheng(3), Lalini Ramanathan(3), Charles D. Barnes(2), Thomas C. Thannickal(2), Tohro Kodama(1), John Peever(1), Boris Y. Mileykovskiy(1), Lyudmila I. Kiyashchenko(1), Howard K. Strahlendorf(1), Simon J. Fung(1), Elizabeth Schenkel(1), J.F. Pagel(1), Edward F. Pace‐Schott(1)