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Sleep : Theories on sleep function. Sleep duration: short and long sleepers.
Sleep Assessment Methodologies : Polysomnography, sleep stages (stage scoring and analysis methods)
Delta sleep :  restorative function, homeostasis, delta sleep significance for mental processes. 
REM sleep: Hypothesis on REM sleep function, REM regulation: circadian and homeostatic hypotheses.
Sleep regulation models. Homeostatic and restorative hypotheses, circadian factors,REM regulation, tonic and phasic aspects.
Biological Rhythms: Classification of rhythms (Ultradian, circadian, sesonal) and their role on psychological functions, circadian pacemaker, suprachiasmatic nuclei.
Melatonin. Regulation of melatonin secretion. Seasonal Rhythm. Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Dreaming : theories  on dreaming functions.Sigmund Freud and psychoanalitic theory of dreaming, Bion, consciounsness and dreaming. 
Dreaming Psychophysiology.  Hobson and  McCarley activation synthesis model. Dreaming, the neuropsychological approach. 
Drug effects on sleep and dreaming.
Mental processes and sleep.Memory, cognition and sleep: Experimental models and theories.
Sleep Disorders
Sleep and psychiatric illnesses: REM sleep and depression; Sleep and circadian rhythm in schizophrenia;Sleep and anxiety disorders. Sleep and Alzheimer.