SLEEP 2011 Abstract Supplement

EDITORIAL
In June of 1986, roughly 400 scientists and clinicians interested
in sleep attended the first annual meeting of the Associated Professional
Sleep Societies (APSS). This year we celebrate the
25 th Anniversary Meeting of the APSS on June 11-15, 2011, in
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During this meeting, 1,003 abstracts will be presented – 196
as oral presentations and the remaining 807 as poster presentations.
All of these abstracts are included in this special issue of
SLEEP. The abstract supplement provides a glimpse into the
new ideas and latest research taking place in the field of sleep.
The abstracts are divided between basic and clinical sleep science
and then assigned to one of 27 subcategories. Each abstract
has a unique four-digit number to facilitate identification
and location both within this issue and at SLEEP 2011. The
four-digit number in the abstract supplement matches the fourdigit
code published in the SLEEP 2011 final program.
Over the last 25 years, the SLEEP meeting has linked the bench
to the bedside with a robust scientific program involving basic,
translational and clinical sleep research, and practical studies on
the care of patients with sleep disorders. SLEEP 2011 continues
in this tradition, which is evident from this year’s abstracts. We
look forward to sharing in the success of this historic event.
David F. Dinges, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
SLEEP, Volume 34, Abstract Supplement, 2011
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