10.17.23 | How Maternal Circadian Disruption Impacts Sleep and PFC function in Adult Offspring

October 17, 2023

Live Webinar ~ 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST

Guest Speaker

Brandon L. Roberts, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Wyoming 

Session Overview

Sleep and circadian (daily) rhythms impact nearly all aspects of physiology. As such, perturbations in sleep and deviations from natural light/dark cycles influence epigenetic, cellular, and behavioral processes. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) regulates stress, fear responses, cognition, and learning and memory. The PFC undergoes significant development in utero and early life, and environmental disturbances during this period can have significant long-term ramifications. Here we use a model of maternal circadian disruption to determine how maternal environment modulates sleep and neural function in adult offspring.

Learning Objectives

After participation in this session the learner should be better able to:

  • Identify the three sleep states essential to memory consolidation 

  • Describe three or more electrophysiological features unique to sleep that function to transfer, solidify, integrate, and refresh memory schema 

  • State how the presence or absence of three key neurotransmitters in combinations unique to different sleep activity patterns are key to memory consolidation 

  • Review how aberrations in the generators of electrophysiological and neurochemical milieus of sleep could contribute to or generate learning and memory disorders such as those associated with PTSD, Alzheimer’s, and Schizophrenia. 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
    Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.
Course opens: 
08/21/2023
Course expires: 
08/31/2024
Event starts: 
10/17/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/17/2023 - 1:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
2023-2024 Tom F. Anders Seminar Series
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The Warren Alpert Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education.

 

Credit Designation:

Physicians: The Warren Alpert Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Psychologists: Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for 1.0 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. This credit is accepted by the Rhode Island Board of Licensure.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
    Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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