Nervous System and Brain Disorders

Prof. Yuval Nir

Prof. Nir, PhD, is at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and is a member of the Sagol School of Neuroscience . He completed his PhD at the Weizmann Institute of Science and his postdoctoral training at center for sleep and consciousness, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has won several awards, including the Adelis Neuroscience Prize.

https://yuvalnirlab.com/

Sleep

Sleep is a universal behavior that is present across the animal kingdom. We spend a third of our lives sleeping, but still do not fully understand what it is for. Prof. Nir is studying the relation between sleep and cognition using a unique combination of animal and human research: what it is about sleep that keeps us ‘disconnected’ from the external environment?

How does sleep promote learning and memory?

Can we harness sleep to improve neuropsychiatric diagnosis and counteract neurodegeneration?