Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School
Faculty Profile
Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen, MD, MMSc
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Administrative Title(s)
Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurolgy, Mass General Hospital
Director, Sleep Laboratory, Mass General Hospital
Director, Sleep Laboratory, Mass General Hospital
Other Affiliation(s)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Address
Department of Neurology, Sleep Medicine ProgramWang ACC 720, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
USA
Inter-office Mail Address
Department of Neurology, Sleep Medicine Program, Wang ACC 720, MGHPhone 617-724-7426
Fax 617-726-2353
Email jeffrey_ellenbogen@hms.harvard.edu
Research Unit(s)
Massachusetts General Hospital Sleep Laboratory
Center for Sleep and Cognition, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Center for Sleep and Cognition, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Research Interests
My research explores the neurobiology of sleep, focusing on three topics:
1. the cognitive benefits of sleep (e.g. declarative memory consolidation)
2. the cognitive detriments of sleep deprivation (e.g. prefrontal cortical dysfunction)
3. the relationship between neurologic diseases and sleep (e.g. parasomnias and nocturnal frontal lobe epislepsy)
1. the cognitive benefits of sleep (e.g. declarative memory consolidation)
2. the cognitive detriments of sleep deprivation (e.g. prefrontal cortical dysfunction)
3. the relationship between neurologic diseases and sleep (e.g. parasomnias and nocturnal frontal lobe epislepsy)
Teaching
"The Sleeping Brain" (Neurobiology 95hfj, Harvard University). This year-long seminar takes a systems-level approach to the exploration of the neurobiology of sleep. An entire section is dedicated to understanding the interaction between sleep and behavioral neuroscience (e.g. memory consolidation). There is some discussion of sleep disorders, particularly ones that that reveal fundamental principles in sleep neurobiology (e.g. narcolepsy) and those that provoke our ability (or lack thereof) to adequately define sleep (e.g. parasomnias).
Background
Related Links
New York Times: "Mental Abilities: 'Sleep On It,' It Appears, Really Is Good Advice"
BWH Press Release: "Study Finds Sleep Vital for Memory"
The New York Times: "Memory: Want to Improve Your Recall? Try Sleeping on It"
ABC News (Good Morning America) video clip: "Sleep More, Remember More: More sleep may be the key to memory improvement"
Scientific American: "Snooze or Lose: Memory Retention Enhanced by Sleep"
Nova Science Now (video clip): "Sleep On It"
Wall Street Journal: "Scientists are still searching in the dark for the secrets of sleep"
- Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Residency, Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship, Clinical Electrophysiology, University of Pennsylvania
- Masters in Medical Science, Harvard Medical School
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Related Links
New York Times: "Mental Abilities: 'Sleep On It,' It Appears, Really Is Good Advice"
BWH Press Release: "Study Finds Sleep Vital for Memory"
The New York Times: "Memory: Want to Improve Your Recall? Try Sleeping on It"
ABC News (Good Morning America) video clip: "Sleep More, Remember More: More sleep may be the key to memory improvement"
Scientific American: "Snooze or Lose: Memory Retention Enhanced by Sleep"
Nova Science Now (video clip): "Sleep On It"
Wall Street Journal: "Scientists are still searching in the dark for the secrets of sleep"
Selected Publications
Ellenbogen JM. The sleeping brain's influence on memory.
Sleep. 2008. 31:163-4.
[PMID: 18274262]
Ellenbogen JM, Hu PT, Titone D, Payne JD, Walker MP. Human relational memory, give it time and sleep.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS). 2007. 104:7723-8. [PMID:17449637]
Ellenbogen JM, Payne JD, Stickgold. The role of sleep in declarative memory consolidation: passive, permissive, active or none?
Current Opinions in Neurobiology. 2006, 16:716-722. [PMID: 17085038]
Ellenbogen JM, Hulbert JC, Stickgold R, Dinges DF, Stickgold R, Thompson-Schill SL. Interfering with theories of sleep and memory: Sleep, declarative memory and associative interference.
Current Biology 2006;16:1290-4. [PMID: 16824917]
Roy S, Ellenbogen JM. Pathologic quiz case: seizures, frontal lobe mass and remote history of periodontal abscess.
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2005;129:805-6. [PMID: 15913436]
Ellenbogen JM. Cognitive benefits of sleep, and their loss due to sleep deprivation.
Neurology 2005;64:E25-7. [PMID: 15824327]
Ellenbogen JM, Hurford MO, Liebeskind DS, Neimark GB, Weiss D. Ventromedial frontal lobe trauma.
Neurology 2005;64:757. [PMID: 15728314]
Ances BM, Ellenbogen JM, Herman ST, Jacobs D, Liebeskind DS, Chatterjee A, Galetta SL. Balint's syndrome due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Neurology 2004;63:395. [PMID: 15277651]
Kolb SJ, Costello F, Lee AG, White M, Wong S, Schwartz ED, Messe SR, Ellenbogen J, Kasner SE, Galetta SL. Distinguishing ischemic stroke from the stroke-like lesions of MELAS using apparent diffusion coefficient mapping.
Journal of Neurological Sciences 2003;216:11-15. [PMID: 14607297]
Aguirre GK, Ellenbogen JM, Pollard J, Stolzenberg ED, Galetta SL. Amyloid angiopathy.
Neurology 2002;59:1656. [PMID: 12451220]
Wolfe J, Grier HE, Klar N, Levin SB, Ellenbogen JM, Salem-Schatz S, Emanuel EJ, Weeks JC. Symptoms and suffering at the end of life in children with cancer.
New England Journal of Medicine 2000;342:326-33. [PMID: 10655532]
Soutter AD, Ellenbogen J, Folkman J. Splenosis is regulated by a circulating factor.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery 1994;29:1076-9. [PMID: 7965509]
Sleep. 2008. 31:163-4.
[PMID: 18274262]
Ellenbogen JM, Hu PT, Titone D, Payne JD, Walker MP. Human relational memory, give it time and sleep.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS). 2007. 104:7723-8. [PMID:17449637]
Ellenbogen JM, Payne JD, Stickgold. The role of sleep in declarative memory consolidation: passive, permissive, active or none?
Current Opinions in Neurobiology. 2006, 16:716-722. [PMID: 17085038]
Ellenbogen JM, Hulbert JC, Stickgold R, Dinges DF, Stickgold R, Thompson-Schill SL. Interfering with theories of sleep and memory: Sleep, declarative memory and associative interference.
Current Biology 2006;16:1290-4. [PMID: 16824917]
Roy S, Ellenbogen JM. Pathologic quiz case: seizures, frontal lobe mass and remote history of periodontal abscess.
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2005;129:805-6. [PMID: 15913436]
Ellenbogen JM. Cognitive benefits of sleep, and their loss due to sleep deprivation.
Neurology 2005;64:E25-7. [PMID: 15824327]
Ellenbogen JM, Hurford MO, Liebeskind DS, Neimark GB, Weiss D. Ventromedial frontal lobe trauma.
Neurology 2005;64:757. [PMID: 15728314]
Ances BM, Ellenbogen JM, Herman ST, Jacobs D, Liebeskind DS, Chatterjee A, Galetta SL. Balint's syndrome due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Neurology 2004;63:395. [PMID: 15277651]
Kolb SJ, Costello F, Lee AG, White M, Wong S, Schwartz ED, Messe SR, Ellenbogen J, Kasner SE, Galetta SL. Distinguishing ischemic stroke from the stroke-like lesions of MELAS using apparent diffusion coefficient mapping.
Journal of Neurological Sciences 2003;216:11-15. [PMID: 14607297]
Aguirre GK, Ellenbogen JM, Pollard J, Stolzenberg ED, Galetta SL. Amyloid angiopathy.
Neurology 2002;59:1656. [PMID: 12451220]
Wolfe J, Grier HE, Klar N, Levin SB, Ellenbogen JM, Salem-Schatz S, Emanuel EJ, Weeks JC. Symptoms and suffering at the end of life in children with cancer.
New England Journal of Medicine 2000;342:326-33. [PMID: 10655532]
Soutter AD, Ellenbogen J, Folkman J. Splenosis is regulated by a circulating factor.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery 1994;29:1076-9. [PMID: 7965509]
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