Jerry Siegel, Ph.D.

Jerry Siegel is Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and Chief of Neurobiology research at VA GLAHS. His primary interest is in understanding the evolution, function and disorders of REM sleep. Currently, his team is analyzing the brainstem-forebrain interactions responsible for the control of muscle tone in waking and across the sleep cycle, which is of importance in understanding REM sleep behavior disorder, cataplexy and sleep apnea.