Prof. Yves Dauvilliers explains what Idiopathic Hypersomnia is and how it differs from narcolepsy. Yves Dauvilliers is a Professor of Neurology and Physiology at the University of Montpellier, France. He obtained his MD in neurology in 2000 (Montpellier) and his PhD in neurosciences in 2004 (Montpellier). Since 2005, Prof Dauvilliers has been the Head of the clinical and research activity of the sleep laboratory at the University of Montpellier and the Director of the Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier. He is a member of the Clinical Research Department, University Hospital, Montpellier, of the scientific board of the University of Montpellier, and an associate coordinator of the Gui-de-Chauliac University Hospital. He is also a member of the research group INSERM U1061 and coordinator of the Sleep research axis. His research focuses on the diagnosis, epidemiology, pathophysiology and therapy of several sleep disorders, mainly neurological disorders including narcolepsy but also other central hypersomnias, parasomnias and restless legs syndrome (RLS). He has been the Principal Investigator in several open and placebo-controlled national and multi-national clinical trials in sleep disorders on narcolepsy, hypersomnia, RLS, and insomnia. Since 2006, Prof Dauvilliers has been the coordinator of the French National Reference Network for Orphan Diseases (Narcolepsy, Hypersomnia, Kleine-Levin Syndrome). He is a member of the scientific board of the French Sleep Medicine and Research Society, the European Sleep Research Society, the European-Narcolepsy Network, the International REM sleep behavior study group, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (Co-chair of the Narcolepsy section). Prof Dauvilliers is also part of the Editorial Board of Sleep Medicine and Sleep and Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neurology – Sleep and Chronobiology. He is the author or co-author of more than 250 papers published in international and national peer-reviewed journals, several book chapters, and he also edited two French books related to sleep medicine. 

Prof. Yves Dauvilliers gives an overview of current Idiopathic Hypersomnia and Narcolepsy research. Causes, diagnostics, and treatment. Yves Dauvilliers is a Professor of Neurology and Physiology at the University of Montpellier, France. He obtained his MD in neurology in 2000 (Montpellier) and his PhD in neurosciences in 2004 (Montpellier). Since 2005, Prof Dauvilliers has been the Head of the clinical and research activity of the sleep laboratory at the University of Montpellier and the Director of the Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier. He is a member of the Clinical Research Department, University Hospital, Montpellier, of the scientific board of the University of Montpellier, and an associate coordinator of the Gui-de-Chauliac University Hospital. He is also a member of the research group INSERM U1061 and coordinator of the Sleep research axis. His research focuses on the diagnosis, epidemiology, pathophysiology and therapy of several sleep disorders, mainly neurological disorders including narcolepsy but also other central hypersomnias, parasomnias and restless legs syndrome (RLS). He has been the Principal Investigator in several open and placebo-controlled national and multi-national clinical trials in sleep disorders on narcolepsy, hypersomnia, RLS, and insomnia. Since 2006, Prof Dauvilliers has been the coordinator of the French National Reference Network for Orphan Diseases (Narcolepsy, Hypersomnia, Kleine-Levin Syndrome). He is a member of the scientific board of the French Sleep Medicine and Research Society, the European Sleep Research Society, the European-Narcolepsy Network, the International REM sleep behavior study group, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (Co-chair of the Narcolepsy section). Prof Dauvilliers is also part of the Editorial Board of Sleep Medicine and Sleep and Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neurology – Sleep and Chronobiology. He is the author or co-author of more than 250 papers published in international and national peer-reviewed journals, several book chapters, and he also edited two French books related to sleep medicine.