About this episode
Yo-El Ju discusses the importance of sleep, its disorders, and various interventions to improve sleep quality.
Yo-El Ju is the Barbara Burton and Reuben Morris Professor of Neurology at Washington University, St. Louis. She got her AB from Harvard and MD from Columbia and actively practices sleep medicine and is a prolific researcher, one of the top sleep scientists in the country. Here are some of the topics we discussed and a few related hyperlinked citations: —Importance of Deep Sleep (and her paper on what happens when deep sleep is purposely disrupted , how it is modulated, effect of alcohol — The Orexin Antagonist drugs that promote sleep (and a study that shows they can reduce p-tau217 and other neuroinflammation markers — Link of sleep regularity with less all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer related mortality Figure 3.9 from SUPER AGERS (SRI-sleep regularity index) More things we discussed: — A sleep foundation model that predicts 130 diseases —Impact of menopause on sleep —Getting to sleep vs staying asleep —Role of naps —Impact of interruptions of sleep —Sleep apnea and new interventions —Vagal nerve stimulation and sleep —Cerebrospinal fluid wave that occurs during attention lapse after poor sleep —cognitive behavioral therapy for improved sleep —Wearables, sleep scores, and…
People in this episode
Host: Eric Topol
Guest: Yo-El Ju
Topics covered
- sleep medicine
- deep sleep
- sleep disorders
- neuroinflammation
- cognitive behavioral therapy
- sleep regularity
- menopause and sleep
Keywords
- sleep
- deep sleep
- sleep apnea
- cognitive behavioral therapy
- neuroinflammation
- sleep regularity
- menopause
- wearables
- Orexin Antagonist
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Washington University, Harvard, Columbia
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