Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders

Examine groundbreaking research on the enigmatic phenomenon of sleep all the way down to the cellular and molecular level, led by an award-winning scientist.

Syllabus

01: Sweet Sleep-Essential for a Healthy Life
02: What Is Sleep?
03: Sleep across the Night
04: Sleep across the Lifespan
05: Who in the World Sleeps?
06: The Timing of Sleep
07: The Wheels of the Circadian Clock
08: The Deep Sleep of Hibernators
09: The Neuroanatomy and Neurochemistry of Sleep
10: The Neurophysiology of Sleep
11: Sleep Disorders-Narcolepsy
12: The Strange World of Dreams
13: Functions of Sleep-Fueling the Brain
14: The Timing and Function of REM Sleep
15: Sleep and Learning-Procedural Memory
16: Sleep and Declarative Memory
17: Sleep and Memory in Animals
18: Sleep and Learning Disability
19: When You Cannot Sleep-Insomnia
20: Sleep Apnea
21: Behavior during Sleep-Parasomnias
22: Sleep and the Rest of the Body
23: Improving Sleep
24: Sleep in the Future and the Future of Sleep
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Taught by

H. Craig Heller

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