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2019 Sleep Science School

2019 Sleep Science School

Date: 29 September – 4 October 2019
Topic: Sleep and Ageing
Organizers: Dr. Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Dr. Tom de Boer, Prof. Dr. Philippe Peigneux, Prof. Dr. Lino Nobili

Faculty Lectures

Age- and sleep-related changes in brain plasticity and brain architecture in relation with cognition

Julie Carrier
(Canada)

Age-related changes in sleep and circadian physiology from the animal perspective

Tom de Boer
(The Netherlands)

Sleep phenotyping of the animal models of neurodegenerative diseases: Focus on the REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)

Pierre-Hervé Luppi
(France)

Sleep in ageing and neurological and psychiatric disorders

Lino Nobili
(Italy)

Hormonal changes and genetics in ageing and sleep

Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen
(Finland)

Adipose tissue inflammation in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Silke Ryan
(Ireland)

Age-related changes in circadian factors and light interventions in healthy and pathological human ageing

Debra Skene
(United Kingdom)

Faculty Interviews

What are the most important questions about sleep and ageing?