Alex Desautels

Alex Desautels is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences. His research focuses on sleep disorders, neurology, chronobiology, and genetics. He specializes in conditions like narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, sleepwalking, and REM sleep behavior disorder. His work integrates clinical research with genetic studies and neuroimaging, often addressing sleep architecture abnormalities and treatment modalities.

Key Research Themes:

• Genetic epidemiology of sleep disorders (e.g., restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy)
• Neurophysiological mechanisms of parasomnias
• Impact of sleep quality on neurological conditions like post-stroke aphasia and post-COVID symptoms

Recent Article Trends:

Focuses on genomic studies (e.g., GWAS for sleep disorders), treatment guidelines (e.g., insomnia management), and neuroimaging correlates of sleep anomalies. Recent work explores post-pandemic sleep disorders and hypnotherapy applications in somnambulism.

Grants & Collaborations:

• Collaborations with institutions like the Quebec Parkinson Network
• Involvement in multi-center studies on REM sleep behavior disorder and synucleinopathies

Labs/Teams:

Part of sleep medicine research teams at Université de Montréal and affiliated hospitals, focusing on clinical trials and translational research in sleep neurology.