SYMPOSIUM ON SLEEP AND RESPIRATION IN AGING ADULTS

这项申请的目的是推动科学进步， 老年人睡眠和呼吸场的变化 国际研讨会将提供论坛， 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， 分散在许多不同的学科，包括：内科， 神经学生理学精神病学和心理学 一个研讨会， 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对各个方面的研究， 老年人的睡眠和呼吸将导致一个充满活力的 科学交流和思想交流。 座谈会 将被关押在一个独立的，相对孤立的设施， 提供了一个理想的环境，既正式介绍， 非正式讨论。 最有价值和意义的新研究 将由高级调查员在8个幻灯片会议中介绍， 初级调查员的海报会议。 幻灯片会议将考虑： 衰老的神经方面，老年人的睡眠变化，药物治疗和 老年人的睡眠，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 老年人，周期性呼吸的病理生理特征，以及 认知功能、痴呆和睡眠障碍的相互关系 呼吸了 使用非NIH资金以书籍形式出版会议记录 我们将尽可能广泛地传播这一信息， 科学世界 一个多学科科学的机会 研讨会产生的互动将激发新的研究， 发展，以改善诊断和治疗的临床 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.