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Consultant in Paediatric Sleep Medicine - Monday, September 24, 2012
Paediatric Sleep Group,
Evelina Children’s Hospital London,
Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and Kings’ Health Partners
We are looking for a suitable candidate to apply for this exciting full-time Paediatric Sleep Medicine Post (part-time will be considered). The large Paediatric Sleep Group here spans Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust and Kings Health Partners. We have just expanded the service outpatient and diagnostic facilities with a dedicated paediatric sleep suite ‘The Sleep-Over Hotel’
This is one of the few UK paediatric specialist sleep clinics with a holistic approach that addresses behavioural, genetic and neurological causes of sleep disorders, in addition to commoner sleep related breathing problems. The service integrates fully with the adult sleep service already established at St Thomas’ hospital, providing a ‘lifespan’ multidisciplinary sleep group. The group is very research active with three research programmes at present.
Please see BMJ/NHS Jobs for link and full details or contact:
Professor Paul Gringras paul.gringras@gstt.nhs.uk for more details. To apply online, please go to www.gstt.nhs.uk/jobs quoting job reference: CON073 Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability – Sleep Medicine.
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ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR POSITIONS
The Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Auburn University invites applications for 3 nine-month, tenure-track positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to begin August 16, 2013. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
We seek candidates with an earned doctorate in human development, family studies, or a related discipline, whose research focuses on: (1) adolescent development and relationships from biological, psychological, and/or social perspectives; (2) individual factors and relational processes that underlie the development and functioning of adult relationships; or (3) social/behavioral factors and processes related to health outcomes and/or health disparities. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong methodological skills.
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Positions in Behavioral Neuroscience and Applied behavioral analysis at West Virginia Univ.
West Virginia University’s Department of Psychology (www.psychology.wvu.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning August 2012 in Behavioral Neuroscience. The position will require an active research program in the Neurobiology of Affective or Addictive Disorders (particular areas include, but are not limited to, mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders), a Ph.D. by the starting date, and evidence of strong potential in research and teaching.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Early Childhood Development.
The Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking applications for a 2- to 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Sleep and Development Laboratory of Dr. Monique LeBourgeois.
The position may start as early as summer 2011 and will remain open until filled. It includes a full-benefits package and a competitive salary based on NIH standards. Please contact Monique LeBourgeois directly with questions, or to apply, send a cover letter, CV, and the contact information of 3 references to monique.lebourgeois@colorado.edu
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IPSA Congress 2014 - Porto Alegre - Brazil - Sunday, September 29, 2013
It is my pleasure to present the
IV Congress of the International Pediatric Sleep Association (IPSA) - Porto Alegre (Brazil) 3-5 December 2014.
The importance of sleep for health, learning and psychomotor development in infancy, childhood and adolescence has been emphasized in the pediatric research in the last two decades and it has become more and more evident that ensuring a good sleep during development is of key importance for a later healthy life.
The IPSA Congress is an influential forum for sleep practitioners from around the world to network and exchange views, whilst learning from world-class researchers about the latest scientific and clinical developments in the field.
The success of the last two Congresses in Rome 2010 and Manchester 2012 has highlighted the magnitude of Pediatric Sleep Medicine in the scientific community and we hope that the 2014 Congress will provide a perfect balance between didactic and practical needs, in order to provide the technical knowhow and up-to-date knowledge that will enable participants to improve their practice.
As traditional for IPSA, the most renowned International opinion leaders in the field of Pediatric Sleep Medicine speakers will join the Congress and will highlight the recent significant advances in both basic science and clinical sleep medicine during development.
I hope that the world paediatric sleep community will gather together in the lively city of Porto Alegre to celebrate the best clinical practice and the latest advances in Pediatric Sleep Medicine.
Oliviero Bruni
President of the International Pediatric Sleep Association
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IPSA Congress 5-7 december 2012 - Manchester City (UK)
IPSA Congress 5-7th December 2012 - Manchester (UK)
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ABSTRACT BOOK OF THE IPSA CONGRESS, Rome 3-5 December 2010
IPSA 2010 - Abstract Book
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Guia SAOS Infantil Espanola
New guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of OSA in children published by the Spanish Pediatric Sleep Group. (available only in Spanish)
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RECENT LITERATURE HIGHLIGHTS
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Dopaminergic role in regulating neurophysiological markers of sleep homeostasis in humans. | |
Dopaminergic role in regulating neurophysiological markers of sleep homeostasis in humans.
J Neurosci. 2014 Jan 8;34(2):566-73
Authors: Holst SC, Bersagliere A, Bachmann V, Berger W, Achermann P, Landolt HP
Abstract
While dopamine affects fundamental brain processes such as movement control, emotional responses, addiction, and pain, the roles for this neurotransmitter in regulating wakefulness and sleep are incompletely understood. Genetically modified animal models with reduced dopamine clearance exhibit hypersensitivity to caffeine, reduced-responsiveness to modafinil, and increased homeostatic response to prolonged wakefulness when compared with wild-type animals. Here we studied sleep-wake regulation in humans and combined pharmacogenetic and neurophysiologic methods to analyze the effects of the 3'-UTR variable-number-tandem-repeat polymorphism of the gene (DAT1, SLC6A3) encoding dopamine transporter (DAT). Previous research demonstrated that healthy homozygous 10-repeat (10R/10R) allele carriers of this genetic variant have reduced striatal DAT protein expression when compared with 9-repeat (9R) allele carriers. Objective and subjective estimates of caffeine sensitivity were higher in 10R allele homozygotes than in carriers of the 9R allele. Moreover, caffeine and modafinil affected wakefulness-induced changes in functional bands (delta, sigma, beta) of rhythmic brain activity in wakefulness and sleep in a DAT1 genotype-dependent manner. Finally, the sleep deprivation-induced increase in well established neurophysiologic markers of sleep homeostasis, including slow-wave sleep, electroencephalographic slow-wave activity (0.5-4.5 Hz), and number of low-frequency (0.5-2.0 Hz) oscillations in non-rapid-eye-movement sleep, was significantly larger in the 10R/10R genotype than in the 9R allele carriers of DAT1. Together, the data suggest that the dopamine transporter contributes to homeostatic sleep-wake regulation in humans.
PMID: 24403155 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Southhampton Paediatric Sleep Courses
The courses are designed for Paediatricians, Child Psychiatrists, Clinical Child Psychologists and GPs with a special interest in paediatrics, Nurses and technicians
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