Handbook of Sleep Research

<p>Theme A: Brain activity during sleep and waking<br>1. Neuronal activity during the sleep-wake cycle<br>2. Timing and topography of sleep onset: asynchronies and regional changes of brain activity<br>3. Local patterns of sleep and wakefulness<br>4. Hippocampal information processing and homeostatic regulation during REM and non-REM sleep</p> <p>Theme B: Regulation of Waking and Sleeping<br>5. The circuit, cellular and synaptic bases of sleep-wake regulation<br>6. Hypocretin and the regulation of sleep-wake transitions<br>7. Serotonergic systems in sleep and waking <br>8. Adenosinergic control of sleep/wake behavior<br>9. NREM sleep regulation from neuronal assembly to ion<br>10. Neurobiological mechanism of non-REM sleep<br>11. The genetic regulation of human sleep-wake rhythms and patterns<br>12. Circadian and homeostatic regulation of sleep <br>13. The role of glia in sleep-wake regulation and function <br>14. Interactions between sleep and breathing<br>15. Neurobiological parallels, overlaps and divergences of sleep & anaesthesia</p> <p>Theme C: REM Sleep and Dreaming<br>16. Neuroanatomical and neurochemical systems involved in REM sleep generation<br>17. Functions and circuits of REM sleep<br>18. Structural and functional differences in brain mechanisms of dream recall<br>19. Consciousness and meta-consciousness during sleep</p> <p>Theme D: Evolution, Cross-Cultural and Comparative Approaches, and Novel Model Systems<br>20. Evolution of sleep and adaptive sleeplessness<br>21. Hunter-gatherer sleep and novel human sleep adaptations<br>22. Sleep in Drosophila <br>23. Sleep, immunity, and stress: novel insights from Drosophila<br>24. Sleep in fish models<br>25. Sleep in aquatic mammals<br>26. The role of sleep in song learning processes in songbird</p> <p>Theme E: Sleep, Plasticity, and Memory<br>27. Sleep and brain development <br>28. Sleep and plasticity<br>29. Sleep-wake and cortical synaptic plasticity<br>30. Sleep stages and neural oscillations: A window into sleep’s role in memory consolidation and cognitive abilities<br>31. Cued memory reactivation: A tool to manipulate memory consolidation during sleep <br>32. Sleep and memory consolidation: conceptual and methodological challenges</p> <p>Theme F: Sleep, Emotion, and Motivation<br>33. The role of sleep in processing emotional information <br>34. Sleep and emotions: on sleep, emotional memories and depression<br>35. Motivational processes in the regulation of sleep/wake states</p> <p>Theme G: Disturbed Sleep<br>36. The effects of sleep loss on brain functioning <br>37. Physiological and neurobehavioural consequences of chronic sleep restriction in rodent models<br>38. Imaging of the sleep disordered brain<br>39. Sleep impact on perception, memory, and emotion in adults and the effects of early life experience<br>40. Sleep and driving<br>41. Drug discovery and emerging treatments for sleep disorders<br>42. Insomnia pharmacotherapies: pharmacodynamics, strategies, new directions, and key measures in clinical trial investigations</p> <p>Theme H: Sleep in Aging and Disease <br>43. Sleep and aging: circadian influences<br>44. Sleep, physical activity, and cognitive health in older adults<br>45. Sleep in normal aging, Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment <br>46. Sleep in major depression<br>47. Closing the loop between circadian rhythms, sleep and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder <br>48. Dissecting brain circuitry for sleep disorder narcolepsy in murine models <br>49. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder: Pathological neural circuits and association with Parkinson's Disease</p>