Michael Howell, MD

      Michael Howell, MD, is the Associate Professor, Department of Neurology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Howell is a neurologist who specializes in sleep disorders. His clinical interests include sleepwalking and related disorders such as REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, Sleep Related Eating Disorder, sleep seizures and other violent sleep behaviors. Dr. Howell’s research interests include characterizing the relationship between sleep and neurological disorders and determining whether these processes are reversible with current or experimental therapies. He is also interested in the relationship between sleep and obesity. Specifically, he is investigating whether poor sleep as a result of sleep deprivation or of sleep disorders leads to or contributes to the current global obesity pandemic.
 
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