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Sleep Study Unit – University of Athens, Medical School

Sleep Study Unit - University of Athens, Medical School

1st Department of Psychiatry

Sleep Study Unit

Contact: Dimitris  
George  
Dikeos
Position: Associate Professor
Address: Vas Sofias Ave 72, 115 28
City: Athens
Country: Greece
Phone: 0030 210 7289324
Contact Email: eginitiosleeplab@gmail.com
Website: http://sleep-lab.eginitio.uoa.gr
RESEARCH DOMAIN: Methodology / Technology, Clinical
KEYWORDS: Sleep and Medical Disorders, Pharmacology of Sleep, Sleep and Ageing, Sleep and Psychiatry-Personality Disorders, Epidemiology of Sleep, Sleep Physiology-Neurophysiology in Human, Behavioural Sleep Disorders, Neurological Sleep Disorders
Laboratory Description:

Sleep research; sleep EEG/EOG anlysis in neurodegenerative (e.g. mild cognitive impairment, dementia) and psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia); biomarkers for early detection of dementia; clinical characteristics; epidemiology and treatment of insomnia; sleep medicine

KEY Publications of the Laboratory:

1. Dikeos DG, Soldatos CR. The condition of insomnia: etiopathogenetic considerations and their impact on treatment practices. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2005;17(4):255-62.
2. Soldatos CR, Paparrigopoulos T. Sleep physiology and pathology: pertinence to psychiatry. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2005;17(4):213-28.
3. Soldatos CR, Allaert FA, Ohta T, Dikeos DG. How do individuals sleep around the world? Results from a single-day survey in ten countries. Sleep Med. 2005 Jan;6(1):5-13.
4. Papadimitriou GN, Dikeos DG, Soldatos CR. Sleep disturbance in unipolar and bipolar depression: relationship to psychiatric family history. Neuropsychobiology. 2003;48(3):131-5.
5. Soldatos CR, Dikeos DG, Paparrigopoulos TJ. The diagnostic validity of the Athens Insomnia Scale. J Psychosom Res. 2003 Sep;55(3):263-7.
6. Soldatos CR, Dikeos DG, Paparrigopoulos TJ. Athens Insomnia Scale: validation of an instrument based on ICD-10 criteria. J Psychosom Res. 2000 Jun;48(6):555-60.
7. Ktonas PY, Paparrigopoulos T, Monoyiou EA, Bergiannaki JD, Soldatos CR. Sleep spindle incidence dynamics: a pilot study based on a Markovian analysis. Sleep. 2000 May 1;23(3):419-23.

COLLABORATIONS:

  • MD Sokratis Papageorgiou
  • PhD Emmanuel Ifeachor Head of SPMC research Signal Processing and Multimedia Communications Research Group, School of Computing and Mathematics, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK.
  • Mauro Manconi Sleep and Epilepsy Center, Neurocenter of the Southern Switzerland, Civic Hospital of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Luigi Ferini-Strambi Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
  • Enrica Bonnani Sleep and Epilepsy Center, Neurocenter of the Southern Switzerland, Civic Hospital of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
  • MD Michelangelo Maestri Sleep and Epilepsy Center, Neurocenter of the Southern Switzerland, Civic Hospital of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland