Neuronal Oscillations of Wakefulness and Sleep

Dr. Thanh Dang-Vu is a Neurologist, Director of the Sleep, Cognition and Neuroimaging Lab (SCNLab), Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), and Professor in the department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). He is also a researcher at Concordia University’s Perform Center and Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology. His lab investigates the brain mechanisms of sleep disorders and the role of neuronal oscillations during sleep in memory consolidation and cognition, using multimodal approaches with neuroimaging and neurophysiology. Dr. Richard Courtemanche is a neurophysiologist who has been a member of the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology for over 15 years at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He holds the position of Professor in the Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, of which he is a former Chair, and is also Associate Dean, Academic Programs, for his Faculty. He has also been a researcher with the university’s PERFORM Centre since its inception. His research program focuses on the local and wide-ranging networks in the brain supporting oscillatory activity and motor control, with a particular focus on the cerebellum and basal ganglia. While his enthusiasm for sports and kinesiology background sometimes leaks out in his writing, his keenness for understanding network mechanisms has never wavered, and has defined research questions in his lab.   

PART 1: WAKEFULNESS.- Chapter 1. Exploring Oscillations in Expert Sensorimotor Anticipation: the Tennis Return of Serve.- Chapter 2. Theta Rhythm in Hippocampus and Cognition.- Chapter 3. Oscillations and Synchrony in Attention.- Christian Keitel, Gregor Thut, and Joachim Gross.- Chapter 4. Pathological High-Frequency Oscillations in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.- PART TWO: SLEEP.- Chapter 5. Cellular Mechanisms of Thalamocortical Oscillations in the Sleeping Brain.- Chapter 6. Neuroimaging of Brain Oscillations During Human Sleep.- Chapter 7. A Role for Neuronal Oscillations of Sleep in Memory and Cognition.- Chapter 8. Sleep Oscillations and Aging.- Chapter 9. Sleep Oscillations and Psychiatric Disorders.