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What is Sleep?

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Gina Poe

Organizers

Alexander HermanAlexander HermanAsst. Professor Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences University of Minnesota
Van SavageVan SavageExternal Professor, Science Steering Committee

Participants

Geoffrey WestGeoffrey WestShannan Distinguished Professor and former President of the Santa Fe Institute
Sara AtonSara AtonUniv. Michigan
Cecilia Diniz BehnCecilia Diniz BehnColorado School of Mines
Victoria BoothVictoria BoothUniv. Michigan
Marishka BrownMarishka BrownNIH
Junyu CaoJunyu CaoUC Berkeley
Elizabeth KlermanElizabeth KlermanHarvard Medical School
Kimberley WhiteheadKimberley WhiteheadUniv. College London
Robert StickgoldRobert StickgoldHarvard Medical School
Jerome SiegelJerome SiegelUCLA
Susan SaraSusan SaraÉcole des Neurosciences Paris Île de France




  • Resources
  • Paradoxical timing of the circadian rhythm of sleep propensity serves to consolidate sleep and wakefulness in humans
  • Parvalbumin-expressing interneurons coordinate hippocampal network dynamics required for memory consolidation
  • Peak of circadian melatonin rhythm occurs later within the sleep of older subjects
  • Probabilistic sleep architecture models in patients with and without sleep apnea
  • Quantifying Human Circadian Pacemaker Response to Brief, Extended, and Repeated Light Stimuli over the Phototopic Range
  • A Period2 Phosphoswitch Regulates and Temperature Compensates Circadian Period
  • A Simpler Model of the Human Circadian Pacemaker
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