Electrophysiology amplifiers and software for Sleep Lab

布罗克大学的睡眠研究实验室是一个有3个卧室的实验室，我们在那里研究人类的睡眠、表现和认知。该研究项目的长期目标是了解睡眠在清醒状态下的功能作用。科特博士在2000年建立了这个实验室，配备了最先进的设备，可以记录睡眠和清醒状态下多个头皮部位的大脑活动。通过记录头皮部位的脑波活动，可以提供一张昼夜不同的唤醒和注意力变化的动态图片或地图。科特博士和她的学生就不同的主题发表了大量文章，包括睡眠不足对大脑功能和表现的影响、睡眠在巩固记忆中的作用、午睡的认知益处、入睡时和整夜的意识，以及睡眠和清醒时脑电的定量分析，因为它与人类表现有关。*用于记录清醒状态下的睡眠和大脑活动的设备不再起作用。更换录音放大器对于继续开展研究和培训高素质人员的方案至关重要。软件更新还将通过提供对现代分析例程的访问来提高研究产出的效率。这台设备将用于科特博士由NSERC资助的研究，该研究调查睡眠在清醒信息处理中的作用。最新的研究拨款(2019-2024年资助)旨在调查快速眼动睡眠和非快速眼动睡眠在情绪处理中的作用。我们将使用非常新的范例，例如通过听觉刺激增强深度睡眠。所有级别的学生都会在睡眠和清醒时的认知表现方面接受高度专业化的电生理学培训。由于许多加拿大人得不到所需的睡眠，这项研究可能会帮助人们通过优化睡眠来改善表现(工作、学业、运动)，也可能为睡眠、情绪或行为障碍患者的干预策略提供参考。*****

The Sleep Research Laboratory at Brock University is a 3-bedroom facility where we investigate sleep, performance and cognition in humans. The long-term goal of the program of research is to understand the functional role of sleep in waking performance. Dr. Cote built the lab in 2000 with state-of-the-art equipment to record brain activity from multiple scalp sites during sleep and waking states. Recording brain wave activity from 64 sites across the scalp provides a dynamic picture or map of changes in arousal and attention that vary across the day and night. Dr. Cote and her students have published extensively on diverse topics including the effects of sleep loss on brain function and performance, the role of sleep in memory consolidation, cognitive benefits of a nap, consciousness at sleep onset and throughout the night, and quantitative analysis of EEG during sleep and wakefulness as it relates to human performance. ******The equipment used to record sleep and brain activity during waking performance is no longer functional. Replacement of the recording amplifiers is crucial for continuation of the program of research and training of highly qualified personnel. Software updates will also improve the efficiency of research output by providing access to modern analysis routines. This equipment will be used for Dr. Cote's NSERC-funded research which investigates the role of sleep in waking information processing. The most recent research grant (funded 2019-2024) aims to investigate the role of REM and non-REM sleep in emotion processing in particular. We will use highly novel paradigms such as deep sleep enhancement with auditory stimulation. Students at all levels receive highly specialized training in electrophysiology in the context of both sleep and waking cognitive performance. As many Canadians do not get the sleep they need, this research may help people to improve performance (work, scholastic, sport) through optimizing sleep, and may also inform intervention strategies in individuals with sleep, emotion, or behavioural disorders. *****