SciNaPPS Seminar: Clinical neurobiology of sleep apnea

SciNaPPS

SciNaPPS - Science, Neurology, and Psychiatry/Psychology Seminars - presents this free seminar on the clinical neurobiology of sleep apnea

Presented by Ron Grunstein, Professor of Sleep Medicine, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

ABSTRACT: Sleep apnea is a common disorder affecting 20% of older adults and very common in transport workers. In severe cases, there is marked sleep fragmentation with intermittent hypoxia and hypercapnia but there is marked disease heterogeneity in severity of symptoms/clinical findings that is often unrelated to severity of the sleep disorder. Treatment is essentially mechanical and in the case of nasal CPAP, treatment adherence can be measured very accurately. This allows close examination of dose/response relationships and placebo responses in neurobiological outcomes.

Time: 3.30pm - 4.30pm

Location: Level 5 Lecture Theatre, 94 Mallet St, Camperdown.

Cost: Free

Contact: Wayne Reid

Phone: (02) 9114 4006

Email: 1e2f0f01321946161e06371d0d3021231747125c251d2f31

More info: http://sydney.edu.au/bmri/