Spring 2027

Basic Sleep Mechanisms and Sleep Disorders: From Neurobiology to Sleep Medicine

Examines the neurobiology of sleep, including brain structures for wake/sleep control, circadian/homeostatic regulation, animal models, sleep disorders, and genetics.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.39 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 68.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Outline the physiology and definitions used to define sleep and wake

  • Detail the brain structures and systems involved in the control of sleep and wake

  • Describe circadian and homeostatic regulation of sleep and wakefulness

  • Describe recent evidence linking sleep, memory, and synaptic plasticity

  • Describe animal models used to study sleep

  • Describe molecular and genetic approaches to the study of sleep

  • Recognize how sleep changes across the lifespan

  • Explain how sleep affects endocrine, metabolic, and cognitive functions

  • Outline the importance of sleep for the individual and society, including negative consequences of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders

  • List the symptoms, pathological mechanisms, epidemiology, and treatments of sleep disorders (including insomnia, sleep apnea, central nervous system hypersomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnias, and sleep-related movement disorders)

  • Discuss additional very recent studies on sleep topics and learn how to recognize strengths and limitations of these studies relative to prior knowledge on sleep research

  • Describe how to design a sleep experiment and recognize the many confounding factors often associated with sleep studies

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PSYCH 454 and ZOOLOGY/​PSYCH 523 or graduate/professional standing

NTP 677

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.39 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 68.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Neurobiology of sleep and wake control
  • Sleep across lifespan, animal models, disorders, and genetics

Skills

  • Identify brain structures controlling sleep and wake
  • Explain circadian and homeostatic sleep regulation
  • Characterize symptoms and treatments of sleep disorders
  • Design sleep experiments and identify confounding factors

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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