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Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders

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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
  • By This Professor

Taught by

H. Craig Heller

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