Program Sleep Friday March 23th 2012
Main Session Sleep
14:30-17:00
The many faces of disordered sleep
prof. dr. Dirk Pevernagie
Cardiovascular comorbidity in sleep-disordered breathing
prof. dr. Jan Hedner
Comorbid insomnia
prof. dr. Dieter Riemann
The role of sleep in adolescents' functioning at school and cognitive performance
dr. Anne Marie Meijer
Narcolepsy: more than a sleep disorder
dr. Sebastiaan Overeem
Parallel Session 1 Sleep
09:30-12:30
BASS on ‘clinical sleep medicine’
‘à propos d’un cas’: complex problems in sleep medicine
‘à propos d’un cas’: complex problems in sleep medicine
prof. dr. Robert Poirrier (BASS), dr. Hans Hamburger (NSWO)
A young boy with a behaviour disorder
dr. Stijn Verhulst
Social dysharmony in delayed sleep phase syndrome
Merijn van de Laar
Sleepiness in an adult with Steinert disease
prof. dr. Bertien Buyse
An HIV patient with disturbed sleep
dr. An Mariman
Insomnia in a patient with cancer
dr. Aisha Cortoos
Parallel Session 2 Sleep
09:30-12:30
NSWO on ‘basic sleep research’
Recent developments in sleep research
Recent developments in sleep research
dr. Peter Meerlo (NSWO), prof. dr. Elke de Valck (BASS)
New insights in sleep and endocrino-metabolic complications
prof. dr. Georges Copinschi
An animal model to study the consequences of shiftwork
Cathalijn Leenaars
Sleep and Alzheimer, what can we learn from animal studies?
Elly Geerts
Animal models to study Parkinson’s disease and REM sleep
Ingrid Philippens
Prevention of depressive symptoms in elderly with memory complaints with long term light therapy
dr. Els Møst
