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Course Description

With increasing awareness of the importance of sleep to health, the epidemic of disordered sleep comes with profound personal and societal consequences. Sleep-related processes show surprising interconnectedness to homeostatic mechanisms regulating cognitive, behavioral, and metabolic pathways. Research emerging from sleep science has helped to shift the ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead” mentality and has also revealed that sleep quantity is but a small part of the “good sleep” equation. This course takes a deep dive into the neuroscience of sleep and its relationship to health and disease. After a brief introduction to the circadian regulation of the sleep-wake cycle from an evolutionary perspective, we focus on the neural substrates regulating the complex choreography of sleep-wake regulation in the human brain. Through examination of the neurochemical and electrophysiological signatures of the stages of sleep, we learn how sleep is clinically evaluated and the relevance of changes to sleep architecture across the lifespan. Through lecture, discussion, illustration, and evaluation of current literature, we explore the neural circuitry and chemistry orchestrating the processes of sleep and wake, and the potential impacts of sleep dysregulation on cognition, emotional regulation, immune and metabolic processes.

This course would benefit all those who are interested in understanding the neurophysiology of sleep and discovering emerging functional relationships between sleep and health.

Learner Outcomes

When you complete the course successfully, you will be able to:

  • Discuss current understanding on the functional importance of sleep to health.
  • Examine and compare how sleep is understood in other species.
  • Describe standard protocol and techniques of how sleep is evaluated in a clinical setting.
  • Map important structures and neurochemical activity within sleep circuitry.
  • Identify the different stages of sleep and their associations with cognitive and emotional processing.
  • Compare lifespan changes in sleep composition and quality.

Microcredential(s)

This course applies toward the Biomedical Sciences Endeavor and Neuroscience: Biomedical Science Specialization digital badges.

     

Textbook Information

There is no textbook for purchase required for this course.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

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Section Title
Neuroscience of Sleep: Relevance to Health and Disease
Type
Online Asynchronous
Dates
Oct 21, 2026 to Dec 08, 2026
Total Cost (Includes $100 non-refundable technology fee per course when applicable)
Eligible Discounts Can Be Applied at Checkout (2 Credits) $800.00
Potential Discount(s)
Available for Academic Credit
2 Credit(s)
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