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Post Doctoral Training Program

Our Biobehavioral Labs: The Sleep Lab

A fully equipped Sleep Research Laboratory consists of monitoring and equipment area with three bedrooms and a bathroom with shower. Polysomnographic recordings of sleep can be obtained from three subjects simultaneously by means of a computer-based sleep acquisition system. A portable computer-based polysomnographic sleep recording system is available for monitoring sleep in home or clinic settings. Numerous microprocessors are available for recording of activity and body temperature. Software is available for scoring the activity data for sleep detection and cosinor analysis of temperature data. The lab also have a shop area which is used for making and repairing equipment needed for recording sleep.

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