RESTORE: Reengineering Enabling Sleep Transitions in Operationally Restrictive Environments

The Reengineering Enabling Sleep Transitions in Operationally Restrictive Environments (RESTORE) program aims to demonstrate precision control of sleep macro- and micro-architectures to optimize cognitive performance following 3-hour sleep restriction commonly occurring in combat operations.

Current civilian treatments are predicated on helping an individual with a sleep disorder achieve healthy, normative sleep by reducing time to sleep onset and awakenings during sleep and with a goal of achieving a fully restorative 7- to 8-hour night sleep. 

Service members’ responsibilities frequently result in less than 3 hours of sleep during combat and less than 6 hours during regular duty. 

RESTORE will test the potential for recent advancements in non-invasive neuromodulation technologies and understanding of the importance of sleep micro-architectures to increase sleep efficiency for maintenance of cognitive performance under sleep-restricted conditions commonly faced by warfighters.