The role of sleep in the brain mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders

Session time: Wednesday, March 20, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm ET (in parallel to two other sessions, see program)

Location: Palais room (8th floor)

Moderator: Shady Rahayel

Speakers: Mathilde Reyt, Andrée-Ann Baril, Claire André, Shady Rahayel, Rosa Sommer

Individual talk titles:

    • Sleeping through time: investigating brain changes and cognitive effects of chronic napping in healthy aging / Mathilde Reyt
    • Understanding the association between long sleep duration and Alzheimer’s risk / Andrée-Ann Baril
    • Cerebral correlates of REM sleep disruption in aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment / Claire André
    • Isolated REM sleep behavior disorder as an early window of the neurodegeneration leading to synucleinopathies / Shady Rahayel
    • Sleep apnea and vascular mechanisms of dementia / Rosa Sommer
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