Impact of Operational Sleep Disruption on PTSD-Relevant Fear Learning Processes

Abstract

This report covers Year 1 of the project. This project examines the impact of disturbances in normal sleep and circadian regulation on mechanisms underlying vulnerability to, and maintenance of, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The goal of Year 1 was to set the study up and commence data collection. We proposed to complete 15 participants. Progress was slowed due to experiencing a flood in the VA sleep laboratory requiring new space and equipment to be set up and validated which included additional steps to ensure power conditioning for the PSG system. Despite these hurdles, we completed 6 participants (40% of target), and are now running smoothly. We have plans in place to increase the pace of participant recruitment and completion in Year 2, to make up for lost time in Year 1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1086757

Entities

People

  • Victoria B Risbrough

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Local Governments
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Personnel Management
  • Power Conditioning
  • Professional Development
  • Students
  • Vulnerability

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space