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.
Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 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
Taught by
H. Craig Heller
