Symposia

Risk of narcolepsy associated with administration of A/H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine
Organising Chair: J. Montplaisir (Montreal, CA)

Local sleep – its origin and function
Organising Chair: R. Huber (Zurich, CH)

Sleep, Insomnia & Emotion
Organising Chair: C. Baglioni (Freiburg, DE)

Deconstructing the sleep-deprived brain in decision-making
Organising Chair: H. Van Dongen (Washington, US)

Circadian and homeostatic regulation of sleep and wakefulness: an integrative approach
Organising Chair: C. Schmidt (Basel, CH)

New emerging cellular and molecular methods applied to sleep-wake circuits
Organising Chair: P.-H. Luppi (Lyon, FR)

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: From neurotoxic and transgenic animal models to neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in humans
Organising Chair: A. Iranzo (Barcelona, ES)

Light as an alerting and phase shifting agent: impact of sleep-loss, inter-individual differences and brain mechanisms
Organising Chair: G. Vandewalle (Liège, BE)

Pharmacology of sleep and sleep-like states in man, mice and flies
Organising Chair: R. Winsky-Sommerer (Surrey, UK)

Sleep and Cognition in aging
Organising Chair: G. Ficca (Naples, IT)

Neuroimaging insights into the pathophysiology of sleep disorders
Organising Chair: T. T. Dang-Vu (Liège, BE)

What causes delayed sleep phase disorder?
Organising Chair: L. Lack (Adelaide, AU)

Recording in- and outside of the human brain: what we learn about sleep
Organising Chair: P. Achermann (Zurich, CH)

The metabolic cost of sleep loss: from mechanisms to metabolic disorders
Organising Chair: K. P. Wright (Colorado, US)

Cataplexy: an intriguing symptom
Organising Chair: C. Peyron (Lyon, FR)

Sleep and circadian interactions with thermoregulation and cardiovascular function:
Basic research and clinical implications
Organising Chair: K. Kräuchi (Basel, CH)

Genetics of Obstructive Sleep Apnea—Time for International Collaboration
Organising Chair: T. Gislason (Reykjavik, IC)

New approaches to the study of sleep and dreams: tACS and tDCS
Organising Chair: U. Voss (Bonn, DE)

The complex interaction of sleep and brain disorders: Clinical and experimental insights
Organising Chair: C. Baumann (Zurich, CH)

Endocrinological aspects of sleep and sleep disturbances in children
Organising Chair: M. Lecendreux (Paris, FR)

Why Obesity and OSA are such Good Dancing Partners
Organising Chair: P. Lévy (Grenoble, FR)