Dr. Sigrid C Veasey MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
3624 Market St 2nd Floor Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Sigrid Veasey practices Sleep Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Veasey studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Sleep Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effects of trazodone with L-tryptophan on sleep-disordered breathing in the English bulldog.
- An automated system for recording and analysis of sleep in mice.
- The effects of ondansetron on sleep-disordered breathing in the English bulldog.
- Pontine injections of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor l-name consolidate episodes of rem sleep in the rat.
- Physician, heal thyself: sleep, fatigue, and medical education.
- Pharmacotherapies for obstructive sleep apnea: how close are we?
- Hypoglossal nerve response to 5-HT3 drugs injected into the XII nucleus and vena cava in the rat.
- Single cell laser dissection with molecular beacon polymerase chain reaction identifies 2A as the predominant serotonin receptor subtype in hypoglossal motoneurons.
- Mutations in Rab3a alter circadian period and homeostatic response to sleep loss in the mouse.
- Pharmacological characterization of serotonergic receptor activity in the hypoglossal nucleus.
- Serotonin agonists and antagonists in obstructive sleep apnea: therapeutic potential.
- Long-term intermittent hypoxia in mice: protracted hypersomnolence with oxidative injury to sleep-wake brain regions.
- Murine Multiple Sleep Latency Test: phenotyping sleep propensity in mice.
- Long-term intermittent hypoxia: reduced excitatory hypoglossal nerve output.
Treatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Narcolepsy
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
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