If you agree to join the study, you will
be asked to complete the following research procedures: You will first attend a
3 hour screening session. You and the study staff will discuss the study
details and sign the consent form. You will then complete some questionnaires
about your sleep, thoughts, and feelings. You will also have an interview that
will include questions about your history of mental health symptoms. At this
visit, you will also take a tour of lab where the TMS will take place. For 5
days prior to your in-lab stays, you will be asked to wear a wrist worn device
which measures activity levels during the day and at night while completing a
sleep diary each day. Visits 2 and 3 will be conducted at the Sleep Center
located at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. You will be asked to arrive at the Sleep
Center at 8pm. You will be asked to wear several sensors designed to measure
sleep while also having an overnight sleep study. The following morning, you
will have a blood sample taken, be provided with breakfast, complete
computerized tasks and complete the TMS protocol. Afterwards you will be free
to leave. The second overnight will be
the same as the first except auditory tones will be played throughout the night
during SWS. In the morning you will follow the same procedures.
Your
participation will last for approximately a month.
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