Our primary interest is in understanding the evolution, function and disorders of REM sleep.

A major focus of the laboratory is on narcolepsy, its anatomy, pathophysiology and treatment. The laboratory is the site of one of three national centers for the study of sleep apnea. Our goal is to analyze the mechanism(s) responsible for the loss of muscle tone in the upper airway that underlies the neurological component of sleep apnea.

Work in this laboratory is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Director: Jerome M Siegel

Siegel Lab, UCLA Department of Psychiatry,
Neurobiology Research 151A3,
VA GLAHS, North Hills
California 91343, U.S.A.