Clinical and Functional Aspects of Sleep Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease

Monday
Apr
14
2025
9:00 AM EDT
Event Contact Info

Christina Holbrook cholbro@emory.edu

Event Location
Claudia Nance Rollins Building, 8th floor, Klamon Room, 1518 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30322

Clinical and Functional Aspects of Sleep Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease

Symposium by the Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research

“Clinical perspectives on sleep in Parkinson’s disease”
Lynn Marie Trotti, M.D., M.Sc. – Emory University  

“Sleep EEG in Parkinson’s disease”
Amy Amara, M.D., Ph.D. – University of Colorado   

Pathophysiology of sleep-wake disturbances in Parkinson's disease: Insights from patient and nonhuman primate electrophysiology studies at UMN
Luke Johnson, Ph.D. – University of Minnesota 

“Compensatory locus coeruleus hyperactivity drives arousal-related symptoms in prodromal neurodegenerative disease”
David Weinshenker, Ph.D. – Emory University   

“The noradrenergic subtype of Parkinson's disease: from animal models to clinical practice”
Per Svenningsson, M.D., Ph.D. – Karolinska Institutet