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Sleep bulletin n. 4 | July 2021
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"Sleep and wakefulness, both of them, when immoderate constitute disease"
(Hippocrates)
CAS/DAS/MAS in Sleep, Consciousness and Related Disorders
Academy of Sleep and Consciousness - ASC
in collaboration with the University of Bern and the Università della Svizzera italiana
In 2018 the first cohort of students of the Academy of Sleep and Consciousness (ASC) met in Bern, Switzerland to kick off the CAS in Sleep, Consciousness and Related Disorders. At the beginning of July 2021, as the second cohort started with the program, everything was a little different. But before we look at what is happening in the present, let us take a look back.
The ASC was founded in 2017 by Prof. Claudio Bassetti and Prof. Mauro Manconi, both members of the European Sleep Foundation, together with other members of the University of Bern and the Università della Svizzera italiana. From the beginning it has been an ambitious project with the goal of establishing a postgraduate educational program by the University of Bern and the Università della Svizzera italiana. The program should provide advanced medical and scientific insights into sleep physiology, chronobiology and sleep medicine by offering a Certificate (CAS), a Diploma (DAS) as well as a Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Sleep, Consciousness and Related Disorders...
In memory of
In memory of Lev Mukhametov (1931-2021)
Sleep in marine mammals species
A Russian biologist Lev Mukhametov (19.05.1938 - 18.06.2021) had worked most of his life at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences and had devoted a lot of his activities to investigating sleep in marine animals. In 1970s, L. Mukhametov leading a group of colleagues and collaborators discovered a phenomenon of unihemispheric slow wave sleep in dolphins. Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep appears alternatively in both hemispheres and is the dominant type of natural sleep in dolphins.
In captivity, sleep is predominantly registered during night and second half of the day (Neurofiziologia, 1988). By recording EEG, EMG and eye movements, Lev Mukhametov could not demonstrate typical REM-sleep features in freely moving dolphins...
Science
World Sleep Forum - 5th Think Tank on Neurodegeneration and sleep
Virtual meeting | 27-29 May 2021
The World Sleep Forum - 5th Think Tank originally scheduled in Ascona was held online due to the COVID19 pandemic. Under the direction of the European Sleep Foundation, three days of public keynote lectures and private workshops took place.
After an introductory talk by Professor Bassetti, Professor B. Lucey of Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology gave the first lecture open to the public. Lucey provided an initial overview of Alzheimer's disease and explained the focus of research in recent years regarding the evolution of the disease. Specifically, he showed the results of a study showing the effects of sleep on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Sleep deprivation causes an increase in Ab concentration in CSF, shown through brain imaging...
Obesity-related hypoventilation
INTERVIEW | Dr. med. Simon D. Herkenrath – Institute of Pneumology, University of Cologne, Germany
In this interview with Simon Herkenrath from Bethanien Hospital in Solingen, Germany, several aspects of obesity-related hypoventilation are discussed. Simon talks about diagnosis and classification of breathing disorders in obesity. Furthermore, some important pathophysiological players involved in the development of chronic hypercapnic ventilatory insufficiency are highlighted and Simon comments on a reasonable diagnostic approach for hypoventilation in obesity.
Events
18th European Narcolepsy Masterclass
Berlin | 17th September 2021
The 18th European Narcolepsy Masterclass is an half day symposium with participants from all over Europe. All aspects of narcolepsy will be covered: epidemiology, neuroanatomy and biology of sleep and wake, etiopathology, symptomatology and treatment. Furthermore there will be industry sessions. There will be a specific focus on practical issues: interactive case discussions on diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
12th European Narcolepsy Days
Berlin | 18th - 19th September 2021
The 12th European Narcolepsy Days – Towards an individualized therapy which immediately follows the 18th European Narcolepsy MasterClass, is a joint meeting with patients and includes clinical and scientific sessions on narcolepsy and its treatment, lectures on the most recent publications in the field of narcolepsy, pediatric updates, short presentations by young investigators on current research projects, a poster session and a keynote lecture on clinical, pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects of narcolepsy and its socio-economic impact.
Representatives of national patient organizations will host a joint workshop with clinicians and a second session in which questions prepared by patients will be discussed together with physicians and scientists.
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