Learning outcomes

The students will acquire knowledge regarding macrostructure and microstructure of sleep, its maturation from birth to adulthood, as well as the homeostatic processes regulating it. These information will be provided along with the explanation of the principal investigation methods for studying sleep available in clinical neurophysiology (such as video-polysomnography, actigraphic monitoring, multiple sleep latency test , etc. ). The students will also be given the tools to understand the diagnostic value and limitations of different methods in the study of sleep- related diseases, with particular attention to the pediatric age and the differential diagnosis between pathological and para-physiological phenomena.

Program

Sleep organization and maturation
Electrophysiological basis of polysomnography
Sleep staging
Video-Polysomnographic features of sleep disorders

Examination Methods

Attending lectures will serve as approval.

Wed 23 oct 2019, 17:30 – 19:30
Wed 30 oct 2019, 17:30 – 19:30
Wed 06 nov 2019, 17:30 – 19:30
Wed 13 nov 2019, 17:30 – 19:30
Wed 20 nov 2019, 17:30 – 19:30

Room D - floor 0, pav. 29 - ospedale donna e bambino [ospedale civile maggiore]