59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology

Session information

International Education Course

[IE-01] Essential knowledge and recent topics on neurological sleep-related disorders

Wed. May 23, 2018 1:20 PM - 3:10 PM Room 11 (Royton Sapporo / Crystal Room A (2F))

Chair: Takuya Oguri(Department of Neurology, Tosei General Hospital, Japan), Koichi Hirata(Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan)

This session aims to provide neurologists with knowledge on sleep-related disorders that are essential to their clinical practice. The session consists of four major topics in this field; circadian rhythm sleep disorders in neurodegenerative diseases, RLS, hypersomnia and RBD. Each topic begin with its basic knowledge such as clinical features, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. Following the introduction, recent advance in basic or clinical researches in each topic is to be presented. Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to obtain the knowledge on these sleep-related disorders that are useful for their daily practice.

Takashi Kanbayashi1,2, Aya Imanishi1, Yuki Omori1, Yohei Sagawa1, Kazuhisa Yoshizawa1, Taisuke Ono1, Yuya Takahashi1, Masahiro Takeshima1, Ko Tsutsui1, Tetsuo Shimizu1,2 (1.Department of Neuropsychiatry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, 2.International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Japan)