PhD Programme in Experimental Medicine and Therapy - Dottorato in Medicina e Terapia Sperimentale

The neurophysiological and neurobiological bases of sleep disorders and circadian sleep-wake rhythm alterations

Academic year 2022/2023

Sommario del corso

• Course objectives
• Course delivery
• Learning assessment methods
• Program
• Suggested textbooks and readings
• Notes
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Course objectives

The Course, aims to:

• Offer students a qualified overview of the topics of current research in the fields of the neurophysiology and neurobiological bases of sleep and sleep-wake rhythm.
• Offer students an overview of sleep disorders and sleep-wake rhythm alterations, including the technical aspects for the correct evaluation, discussion on the most common diseases and the new frontiers in sleep disorders diagnosis and treatment.

Course delivery

• Frontal teaching (even web-based if needed)

• Lectures will focus at first on physiological aspect of sleep and sleep-wake cycle, and then on the pathological aspects, including diagnosis and treatments. Video showing real sleep registrations will be discussed. Sleep analysis with dedicated software for clinical and research purposes will also be shown and discussed.

Learning assessment methods

• Short report where the phD candidates discuss one article in which one of the topics of the Course is applicable.

Program

• Neurophysiology bases of sleep and sleep-wake circadian rhythm
• Interactions with the vegetative nervous system and with the endocrine system
• Chronobiology
• Sleep disorders
• Disorders of sleep-wake rhythm
• Technical aspects for the diagnosis
• Hints of treatment
• Research and future perspectives

Recommended readings:

• Oxford Textbook of Sleep Disorders
  Autori: Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Sudhansu Chokroverty
  Editore: Oxford University Press
  2017, ISBN   9780199682003

Note

Strongly recommended course for XXXV/XXXVI/XXXVII Cycle Second-Year students

• Teaching materials
• Exams and finals
• Go to Moodle
• Visit the forums