| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. |
Poster Mounting
Continental Breakfast will be served. |
| 8:30 - 8:40 a.m. |
Opening remarks
Allan I. Pack, Center Director |
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| 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 1: Sleep Loss/Deprivation & Cognition |
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Jennifer H.K. Choi
“Sleep Deprivation Impairs Protein Synthesis Initiation Due to
Reduced mTOR Signaling” |
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Robbert Havekes
“Cognitive Impairments Induced by Brief Sleep Deprivation Can Be Prevented by Targeting a Single Phosphodiesterase Isoform in the Hippocampus” |
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Takashi Abe
“Effect of Cognitive Workload on Polysomnographic Measures under Sleep
Restricted and Non-Sleep Restricted Conditions” |
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Renata Pellegrino
“Are DEC2 Gene Mutations Associated with Short Sleep Phenotypes?” |
| 9:45 – 10:30 a.m. |
Session II: Sleep & Circadian Rhythms |
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Jason Gerstner
“Time-of-Day Regulates Electrical Seizure Threshold in Mice” |
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Miranda Lim
“GABA-g2 Receptor Subunit Over-Expression in Mice in vivo Facilitates Circadian Phase Shift” |
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Wenyu Luo
“microRNA-279 Acts through the JAK/STAT Pathway to Regulate Circadian Output in Drosophila” |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session III: Metrics & Indices of Sleep Apneas |
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Sam Kuna
“Agreement in Scoring Polysomnograms Within and Across Sleep Centers” |
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Joseph T. Daley
“Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Subjective Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson’s Disease” |
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Christopher Kim
“Relationship Between Upper Airway Lymphoid Tissues (Adenoid, Palatine and Lingual Tonsils) in Adolescents” |
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Eugenia L. Chan
“Relationship Between Upper Airway Structures, Pcrit and REM Related Apnea” |
| 11:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. |
Poster session and Lunch |
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| 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. |
Session IV: Sleep & Metabolism |
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Denys V. Volgin
“Increased Levels of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone in the Posterior Hypothalamus in a Rat Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders” |
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Andrea Spaeth
“Effects of Chronic Sleep Restriction on Body Weight and Food Intake in Healthy Adults” |
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Elizabeth Schopfer
“Relationship between Sleep Duration and Body Mass Index Depends on Age” |
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Bernie Sunwoo
“Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Obesity and Dyslipidemia” |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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| 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
Keynote Address
Vsevolod (Seva) Polotsky, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
"Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Metabolic Dysfunction" |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Reception and Presentation of Awards |
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This year's keynote address will be given by Vsevolod (Seva) Polotsky, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
