SYMPOSIUM ON SLEEP AND RESPIRATION IN AGING ADULTS

这项申请的目标是推动科学进步 老年成人的睡眠和呼吸功能 国际研讨会将提供一个论坛 跨学科交流新信息。基础研究 了解老年人睡眠中的呼吸障碍是 分散在许多不同的学科中，包括：内科学， 神经学、生理学、精神病学和心理学。一次研讨会， 为来自这些不同领域的顶尖科学家提供了机会 背景介绍和讨论他们在不同方面的研究 老年人的睡眠和呼吸会导致精力旺盛 思想的科学交流和交叉滋养。座谈会 将被关押在一个自给自足、相对隔离的设施中 为正式演示文稿和 非正式讨论。最有价值和意义的新研究 将由高级调查人员以8个幻灯片的形式演示，并在两个幻灯片中演示 初级调查员的海报会议。幻灯片课程将考虑： 衰老的神经学方面，老年人的睡眠变化，药物和 老年人的睡眠，老年呼吸系统的变化， 睡眠呼吸障碍、咽部大小和功能的流行病学研究 老年人，周期性呼吸的病理生理学特征，以及 认知功能与痴呆、睡眠障碍的相互关系 呼吸。使用非美国国立卫生研究院的资金以书籍形式出版会议记录 将使此信息尽可能广泛地传播到 科学界。多学科科学研究的机遇 研讨会产生的互动将刺激新的调查和 提高临床诊断和治疗水平的进展 老年人睡眠呼吸障碍的重要问题。

The objective of this application is to advance scientific progress in the field of sleep and respiration in the aging adult by holding an international symposium which will provide the forum for an interdisciplinary exchange of new information. Studies fundamental to understanding respiratory disorders during sleep in the aging adult are fragmented among many different disciplines, including: internal medicine, neurology, physiology, psychiatry, and psychology. A symposium that provides the opportunity to the leading scientists from these disparate backgrounds to present and discuss their research on various aspects of sleep and respiration in the aging adult will result in a vigorous scientific interchange and cross-fertilization of ideas. The symposium will be held in a self-contained, relatively isolated facility which provides an ideal environment for both the formal presentations and informal discussions. The most meritorious and significant new research will be presented in 8 slide sessions by senior investigators and in two poster sessions by junior investigators. The slide sessions will consider: neurologic aspects of aging, sleep changes in aging adults, medications and sleep in aging adults, changes in the respiratory system in aging, epidemiology of sleep disordered breathing, pharyngeal size and function in aging adults, pathophysiologic features of periodic breathing, and interrelationships among cognitive function, dementia and sleep disordered breathing. Publication of the proceedings in book form using non-NIH funds will give this information the widest possible dissemination to the scientific world. The opportunity for a multi-disciplinary scientific interaction created by the symposium will stimulate new investigations and developments to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the clinically important problem of sleep disordered breathing in aging adults.