Our primary interest is in understanding the evolution, function and disorders of REM sleep. A major focus of the laboratory is on the peptide hypocretin (orexin), whose loss is responsible for narcolepsy. Our work on the control of sleep and motor activity has relevance to an understanding of sleep apnea, REM sleep behavior disorder, restless legs syndrome and nocturnal bruxism.
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Ronald Harper, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Phone
310-825-5303
Fax
310-825-2224
Jerome Siegel, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Phone
818-891-8612
Ronald E. Szymusiak
Professor, School of Medicine
Phone
818-895-9289
Dennis J. McGinty, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Psychology
Phone
818-895-9433
Chris Colwell, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Phone
310-206-3973
Fax
310-206-5060