Psychobiology of Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders

Benca, Ruth M.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Type: Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
• Project #: 5K02MH001224-03
• Application #: 2032837
• Study Section: Clinical Neuroscience Review Committee (CNR)
• Project Start: 1994-09-01
• Project End: 1999-04-30
• Budget Start: 1996-09-15
• Budget End: 1997-04-30
• Support Year: 3
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of Wisconsin Madison
• Department: Psychiatry
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 161202122
• City: Madison
• State: WI
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 53715

Publications

Benca, R M; Obermeyer, W H; Shelton, S E et al. (2000) Effects of amygdala lesions on sleep in rhesus monkeys. Brain Res 879:130-8

Benca, R M; Obermeyer, W H; Larson, C L et al. (1999) EEG alpha power and alpha power asymmetry in sleep and wakefulness. Psychophysiology 36:430-6

Miller, A M; Miller, R B; Obermeyer, W H et al. (1999) The pretectum mediates rapid eye movement sleep regulation by light. Behav Neurosci 113:755-65

Obermeyer, W H; Benca, R M (1999) REM sleep in response to light and dark in congenic albino and pigmented F344 rats. Sleep Res Online 2:83-8

Qiu, P; Chappell, R; Obermeyer, W et al. (1999) Modeling daily and subdaily cycles in rat sleep data. Biometrics 55:930-5

Miller, A M; Obermeyer, W H; Behan, M et al. (1998) The superior colliculus-pretectum mediates the direct effects of light on sleep. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:8957-62

Benca, R M; Gilliland, M A; Obermeyer, W H (1998) Effects of lighting conditions on sleep and wakefulness in albino Lewis and pigmented Brown Norway rats. Sleep 21:451-60

Benca, R M; Quintas, J (1997) Sleep and host defenses: a review. Sleep 20:1027-37

Obermeyer, W H; Benca, R M (1996) Effects of drugs on sleep. Neurol Clin 14:827-40

Benca, R M (1996) Sleep in psychiatric disorders. Neurol Clin 14:739-64