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Dr. Michael Decker, PhD, RN, RRT, D.ABSM
Publications & Invited Talks

Recent International Presentations & Invited Lectures:

2007 Guest Speaker - Basic science approaches to understanding RLS in children. Amelia Island, FL
2007 Guest Speaker - Apnea induced executive dysfunction, is Dopamine the culprit or unwitting scapegoat, Chicago, IL
2006 Guest Speaker - Applications of Chaos Theory in heart rate and respiratory algorithms, Cleveland, OH
2006 Guest Speaker - The Future of Sleep - Peering into the Crystal Ball, Cleveland, OH
2006 Guest Speaker - Pathophysiology & Interventions for Obstructive & Central sleep apnea, Atlanta, GA
2006 Guest Speaker - The Biological Basis of ADHD, Amelia Island, FL
2005 Guest Speaker - Sleep Apnea Associated Cognitive Decline, Curitiba, Brazil
2005 Guest Speaker - Sexual Dysfunction in Sleep Apnea, Curitiba, Brazil
2005 Guest Speaker Methods for Diagnosing Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2005 Guest Speaker - Neurochemical Outcomes of Sleep Apnea, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Guest Speaker - Electroencephalography in Safety Pharmacology, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Guest Speaker - Hypoxia induced dopaminergic dysfunction, Denver, CO
2005 Guest Speaker - Preventing Sudden Infant Deaths, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 Co-Chair - Convention of Sleep and Disorders of Sleep, Bombay, India
2005 Guest Speaker - Long Term Neurochemical and Behavioral Outcomes of Intermittent Hypoxic Insults During Early Brain Development. Sao Paolo, Brazil
2004 Guest Speaker - Forgetful and unable to stay focused? You may be hypoxic while asleep.. , Philadelphia, PA
2004 Guest Speaker - Neonatal intermittent hypoxia impairs dopamine signaling and executive functioning, San Francisco, CA
2004 Guest Speaker - Neurochemical and executive dysfunction following neonatal intermittent hypoxia, Cleveland, Ohio
2003 Guest Speaker - Neurochemical and Behavioral Correlates of Neonatal Intermittent Hypoxia, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Symposia Chair - Intermittent Hypoxia Across the Lifespan: Neuropathologic Underpinnings of Executive Dysfunction, Seattle, WA
2002 Guest Speaker - Neurophysiological Substrates of Wakefulness and Sleep, Sleepless in Georgia conference (2000) Atlanta, GA

Press Releases

2004 - Reductions in Blood Oxygen Levels in Newborns May Be Linked to ADHD
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2002 - CWRU anthropologist discovers Ethiopian’s adaptation to high-altitude living differs from Tibetans, Andeans
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