A Link Between Stress and Restorative Sleep
Wisden will present evidence that certain types of stress can induce a restorative sleep. This is mediated by sleep-inducing circuitry in the midbrain and, in particular, inhibitory GABAergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area. A specific circuit allows animals to restore mental and body functions by sleeping, potentially providing a refined route for treating anxiety disorders. Wisden will also present unpublished findings on basal ganglia circuitry that generates REM sleep and how this REM circuitry can modulate anxiety.
Date:
31 October 2022, 12:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details:
Phase II Ground Floor Seminar Room, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, South Parks Road
Speaker:
Professor William Wisden (Imperial College London)
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser:
Fiona Woods (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour)
Organiser contact email address:
fiona.woods@cncb.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
CNCB Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Fiona Woods
