International Symposium- Sleep, Aging and Neurodegeneration

Fundación Ramón Areces and Fundación Instituto del Sueño are organising this international symposium to discuss new and fundamental questions about the structure and function of sleep, as well as its crucial role in the ageing process. The aim of this event will be to analize, with the help of leading global experts, the current state of our scientific knowledge on the subject and to outline the main lines of progress that research will follow over the coming years. PROGRAMME Wellcome and introduction: José María Medina, vicepresident Consejo Científico Fundación Ramón Areces. Diego García Borreguero and Luis de Lecea, Instituto del Sueño. -Glymphatic system, sleep and aging. Rune Enger, University of Oslo. -Hypocretins and aging. Luis de Lecea, Stanford University. -Pharmacological interventions to enhance sleep in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease. Claudio Liguori, University of Rome. -Pause -Social jet lag and aging. Till Roenneberg, Ludwig-Maximilian University. -Final conclusions Simultaneous interpretation: AIS Comunicaciones. Interpreters: Patricia Jarabo and Patricia Olangua. Spanish Association of Conference Interpreters (AICE). #sleep #aging #neurodegeneration #medicine