Inventors:
Ali Rezai - Bratenhal OH, US
Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez - Cleveland Heights OH, US
Ashwini Sharan - Mt. Laurel NJ, US
International Classification:
A61N001/18
Abstract:
A method of affecting a sleep disorder in a subject having the sleep disorder and a method of affecting a normal awakeness-sleep cycle in a subject having an abnormal awakeness-sleep cycle, said methods comprising: a) identifying at least one nucleus in a brain of the subject, said nucleus being a nucleus of the sleep circuitry of the brain; and b) stimulating the at least one identified nucleus so as to modulate the nucleus, thereby affecting the sleep disorder.