Institute for Continuing Education

Basics of Sleep Behavior

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Analyze and articulate contemporary definitions of sleep, incorporating behavioral, physiological, neurological, and molecular perspectives
• Describe the neuroanatomical structures, neurotransmitter systems, and cellular mechanisms that regulate sleep-wake states
• Explain the physiological changes occurring across organ systems during different sleep stages
• Compare and evaluate various methodologies for measuring brain activity during sleep, including polysomnography, neuroimaging, and emerging technologies
• Examine sleep from an evolutionary perspective, analyzing phylogenetic patterns and comparative sleep architecture across species
• Synthesize knowledge of age-related changes in sleep architecture and regulation from infancy through senescence
• Apply current theories of sleep function, including synaptic homeostasis, metabolic regulation, and memory consolidation, to clinical practice

Course Information

Basics of Sleep research is a comprehensive syllabus which considers sleep and its functions and describes the processes that occur in the brain during sleep.