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Umemoto S, Hirata Y. Emerging order of anomalous eye movements with progressive drowsiness. J Vis 2023; 23:17. [PMID: 36696121 PMCID: PMC9896843 DOI: 10.1167/jov.23.1.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
It has been widely recognized that human alertness is reflected in the eyes (e.g., when drowsiness, miosis, slow saccades, divergence, less compensatory vestibulo-ocular reflex, and less-accurate optokinetic response and smooth pursuit emerge). Previous studies that discovered these pupil/oculomotor anomalous behaviors along with lowering alertness evaluated only one or a few of them simultaneously, thus their emergence order is yet unknown. Presently, we focused on the following five pupil/oculomotor behaviors that can be evaluated under a natural stationary environment without giving external sensory stimulations: saccades, slow-phase eye movements, vergence, pupil diameter, and blinks. We demonstrate that their anomalous behaviors emerge in the following order: first: frequent saccades; second: slow saccades; third: divergence & miosis, then slow eye movement, while elongated eyelid closure duration emerges randomly in this sequence. These results provide a basis for the oculo-pupillometry-enabling objective monitoring of progressive drowsiness.
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- Shunya Umemoto
- Department of Computer Science, Chubu University Graduate School of Engineering, Aichi, Japan.,
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- Department of Robotic Science and Technology, Chubu University College of Engineering, Aichi, Japan.,Academy of Emerging Sciences, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan.,Center for Mathematical Science and Artificial Intelligence, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan.,
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Gupta S, Zefree Lazarus M, Panda N. Human video database for facial feature detection under spectacles with varying alertness levels: a baseline study. COGNITIVE COMPUTATION AND SYSTEMS 2020. [DOI: 10.1049/ccs.2019.0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Supratim Gupta
- Department of Electrical EngineeringNational Institute of TechnologyRourkelaOdisha769008India
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- Department of Electrical EngineeringNational Institute of TechnologyRourkelaOdisha769008India
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- Department of Electrical EngineeringNational Institute of TechnologyRourkelaOdisha769008India
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Kumari V, Ettinger U. Controlled sleep deprivation as an experimental medicine model of schizophrenia: An update. Schizophr Res 2020; 221:4-11. [PMID: 32402603 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.03.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In recent years there has been a surge of interest and corresponding accumulation of knowledge about the role of sleep disturbance in schizophrenia. In this review, we provide an update on the current status of experimentally controlled sleep deprivation (SD) as an experimental medicine model of psychosis, and also consider, given the complexity and heterogeneity of schizophrenia, whether this (state) model can be usefully combined with other state or trait model systems to more powerfully model the pathophysiology of psychosis. We present evidence of dose-dependent aberrations that qualitatively resemble positive, negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia as well as deficits in a range of translational biomarkers for schizophrenia, including prepulse inhibition, smooth pursuit and antisaccades, following experimentally controlled SD, relative to standard sleep, in healthy volunteers. Studies examining the combination of SD and schizotypy, a trait model of schizophrenia, revealed only occasional, task-dependent superiority of the combination model, relative to either of the two models alone. Overall, we argue that experimentally controlled SD is a valuable experimental medicine model of schizophrenia to advance our understanding of the pathophysiology of the clinical disorder and discovery of more effective or novel treatments. Future studies are needed to test its utility in combination with other, especially state, model systems of psychosis such as ketamine.
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- Veena Kumari
- Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK.
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Pettersson K, Müller K, Tietäväinen A, Gould K, Haeggström E. Saccadic eye movements estimate prolonged time awake. J Sleep Res 2018; 28:e12755. [PMID: 30133045 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Prolonged time awake increases the need to sleep. Sleep pressure increases sleepiness, impairs human alertness and performance and increases the probability of human errors and accidents. Human performance and alertness during waking hours are influenced by homeostatic sleep drive and the circadian rhythm. Cognitive functions, especially attentional ones, are vulnerable to circadian rhythm and increasing sleep drive. A reliable, objective and practical metrics for estimating sleepiness could therefore be valuable. Our aim is to study whether saccades measured with electro-oculography (EOG) outside the laboratory could be used to estimate the overall time awake without sleep of a person. The number of executed saccades was measured in 11 participants during an 8-min saccade task. The saccades were recorded outside the laboratory (Naval Academy, Bergen) using EOG every sixth hour until 54 hr of time awake. Measurements were carried out on two occasions separated by 10 weeks. Five participants participated in both measurement weeks. The number of saccades decreased during sustained wakefulness. The data correlated with the three-process model of alertness; performance differed between participants but was stable within individual participants. A mathematically monotonous relation between performance in the saccade task and time awake was seen after removing the circadian rhythm component from measured eye movement data. The results imply that saccades measured with EOG can be used as a time-awake metric outside the laboratory.
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- Nokia Bell Labs, Espoo, Finland.,Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Medical residents working overnight call shifts experience sleep deprivation and circadian clock disruption. This leads to deficits in sensorimotor function and increases in workplace accidents. Using quick tablet-based tasks, we investigate whether measureable executive function differences exist following a single overnight call versus routine shift, and whether factors like stress, rest and caffeine affect these measures. DESIGN A prospective, observational, longitudinal, comparison study was conducted. SETTING An academic tertiary hospital's main operating room suite staffed by attending anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents, anesthesiologist assistants and nurse anesthetists. PATIENTS Subjects were 30 anesthesiology residents working daytime shifts and 30 peers working overnight call shifts from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. INTERVENTIONS Before and after their respective work shifts, residents completed the Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS) and the ProPoint and AntiPoint tablet-based tasks. These latter tasks are designed to measure sensorimotor and executive functions, respectively. MEASUREMENTS The SSS is a self-reported measure of sleepiness. Response times (RTs) are measured in the pointing tasks. MAIN RESULTS Call residents exhibited increased RTs across their shifts (post-pre) on both ProPoint (p=0.002) and AntiPoint (p<0.002) tasks, when compared to Routine residents. Increased stress was associated with decreases in AntiPoint RT for Routine (p=0.007), but with greater increases in sleepiness for Call residents (p<0.001). Further, whether or not a Call resident consumed caffeine habitually was associated with ProPoint RT changes; with Call residents who habitually drink caffeine having a greater Pre-Post difference (i.e., more slowing, p<0.001) in ProPoint RT. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that (1) overnight Call residents demonstrate both sensorimotor and cognitive slowing compared to routine daytime shift residents, (2) sensorimotor slowing is greater in overnight Call residents who drink caffeine habitually, and (3) increased stress during a shift reduces (improves) cognitive RTs during routine daytime but not overnight call shifts.
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Maruta J, Spielman LA, Tseretopoulos ID, Hezghia A, Ghajar J. Possible Medication-Resistant Deficits in Adult ADHD. J Atten Disord 2017; 21:1169-1179. [PMID: 24970719 DOI: 10.1177/1087054714538659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The nature of ADHD, especially in adulthood, is not well-understood. Therefore, we explored subcomponents of attention in adult ADHD. METHOD Twenty-three adults with ADHD were tested on neurocognitive and visual tracking performance both while on their regular prescription stimulant medication and while abstaining from the medication for 1 day. Pairwise comparisons to 46 two-for-one matched normal controls were made to detect medication-resistant effects of ADHD, and within-participant comparisons were made to detect medication-sensitive effects in patients. RESULTS Even when on medication, patients performed more poorly than controls on a spatial working memory task, and on visual tracking and simple reaction time tasks immediately following other attention-demanding tasks. Patients' visual tracking performance degraded while off-medication in a manner consistent with reduced vigilance. CONCLUSION There may be persistent cognitive impairments in adult ADHD despite medication. In addition, the benefit of stimulants seems reduced under cognitive fatigue.
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- Jun Maruta
- 1 Brain Trauma Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- 1 Brain Trauma Foundation, New York, NY, USA.,2 Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA
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Naranjo EN, Cleworth TW, Allum JHJ, Inglis JT, Lea J, Westerberg BD, Carpenter MG. Threat effects on human oculo-motor function. Neuroscience 2017; 359:289-298. [PMID: 28733210 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2016] [Revised: 06/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Neuro-anatomical evidence supports the potential for threat-related factors, such as fear, anxiety and vigilance, to influence brainstem motor nuclei controlling eye movements, as well as the vestibular nuclei. However, little is known about how threat influences human ocular responses, such as eye saccades (ES), smooth pursuit eye tracking (SP), and optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), and whether these responses can be facilitated above normal baseline levels with a natural source of threat. This study was designed to examine the effects of height-induced postural threat on the gain of ES, SP and OKN responses in humans. Twenty participants stood at two different surface heights while performing ES (ranging from 8° to 45° from center), SP (15, 20, 30°/s) and OKN (15, 30, 60°/s) responses in the horizontal plane. Height did not significantly increase the slope of the relationship between ES peak velocity and initial amplitude, or the gain of ES amplitude. In contrast height significantly increased SP and OKN gain. Significant correlations were found between changes in physiological arousal and OKN gain. Observations of changes with height in OKN and SP support neuro-anatomical evidence of threat-related mechanisms influencing both oculo-motor nuclei and vestibular reflex pathways. Although further study is warranted, the findings suggest that potential influences of fear, anxiety and arousal/alertness should be accounted for, or controlled, during clinical vestibular and oculo-motor testing.
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- E N Naranjo
- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of ORL, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- BC Rotary Hearing and Balance Centre at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- BC Rotary Hearing and Balance Centre at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Meyhöfer I, Kumari V, Hill A, Petrovsky N, Ettinger U. Sleep deprivation as an experimental model system for psychosis: Effects on smooth pursuit, prosaccades, and antisaccades. J Psychopharmacol 2017; 31:418-433. [PMID: 28347256 DOI: 10.1177/0269881116675511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Current antipsychotic medications fail to satisfactorily reduce negative and cognitive symptoms and produce many unwanted side effects, necessitating the development of new compounds. Cross-species, experimental behavioural model systems can be valuable to inform the development of such drugs. The aim of the current study was to further test the hypothesis that controlled sleep deprivation is a safe and effective model system for psychosis when combined with oculomotor biomarkers of schizophrenia. Using a randomized counterbalanced within-subjects design, we investigated the effects of 1 night of total sleep deprivation in 32 healthy participants on smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEM), prosaccades (PS), antisaccades (AS), and self-ratings of psychosis-like states. Compared with a normal sleep control night, sleep deprivation was associated with reduced SPEM velocity gain, higher saccadic frequency at 0.2 Hz, elevated PS spatial error, and an increase in AS direction errors. Sleep deprivation also increased intra-individual variability of SPEM, PS, and AS measures. In addition, sleep deprivation induced psychosis-like experiences mimicking hallucinations, cognitive disorganization, and negative symptoms, which in turn had moderate associations with AS direction errors. Taken together, sleep deprivation resulted in psychosis-like impairments in SPEM and AS performance. However, diverging somewhat from the schizophrenia literature, sleep deprivation additionally disrupted PS control. Sleep deprivation thus represents a promising but possibly unspecific experimental model that may be helpful to further improve our understanding of the underlying mechanisms in the pathophysiology of psychosis and aid the development of antipsychotic and pro-cognitive drugs.
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- Inga Meyhöfer
- 1 Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- 2 Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.,3 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- 1 Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,4 Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- 1 Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Sleepiness, attention and risk of accidents in powered two-wheelers. Sleep Med Rev 2016; 25:40-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Adaptation of visual tracking synchronization after one night of sleep deprivation. Exp Brain Res 2013; 232:121-31. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3725-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Di Stasi LL, Catena A, Cañas JJ, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S. Saccadic velocity as an arousal index in naturalistic tasks. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:968-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Di Stasi LL, McCamy MB, Catena A, Macknik SL, Cañas JJ, Martinez-Conde S. Microsaccade and drift dynamics reflect mental fatigue. Eur J Neurosci 2013; 38:2389-98. [PMID: 23675850 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Revised: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Our eyes are always in motion. Even during periods of relative fixation we produce so-called 'fixational eye movements', which include microsaccades, drift and tremor. Mental fatigue can modulate saccade dynamics, but its effects on microsaccades and drift are unknown. Here we asked human subjects to perform a prolonged and demanding visual search task (a simplified air traffic control task), with two difficulty levels, under both free-viewing and fixation conditions. Saccadic and microsaccadic velocity decreased with time-on-task whereas drift velocity increased, suggesting that ocular instability increases with mental fatigue. Task difficulty did not influence eye movements despite affecting reaction times, performance errors and subjective complexity ratings. We propose that variations in eye movement dynamics with time-on-task are consistent with the activation of the brain's sleep centers in correlation with mental fatigue. Covariation of saccadic and microsaccadic parameters moreover supports the hypothesis of a common generator for microsaccades and saccades. We conclude that changes in fixational and saccadic dynamics can indicate mental fatigue due to time-on-task, irrespective of task complexity. These findings suggest that fixational eye movement dynamics have the potential to signal the nervous system's activation state.
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- Leandro L Di Stasi
- Department of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Hirvonen K, Puttonen S, Gould K, Korpela J, Koefoed VF, Müller K. Improving the saccade peak velocity measurement for detecting fatigue. J Neurosci Methods 2010; 187:199-206. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 01/08/2010] [Accepted: 01/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rubenzer SJ, Stevenson SB. Horizontal gaze nystagmus: a review of vision science and application issues. J Forensic Sci 2010; 55:394-409. [PMID: 20102467 DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test is one component of the Standardized Field Sobriety Test battery. This article reviews the literature on smooth pursuit eye movement and gaze nystagmus with a focus on normative responses, the influence of alcohol on these behaviors, and stimulus conditions similar to those used in the HGN sobriety test. Factors such as age, stimulus and background conditions, medical conditions, prescription medications, and psychiatric disorder were found to affect the smooth pursuit phase of HGN. Much less literature is available for gaze nystagmus, but onset of nystagmus may occur in some sober subjects at 45 degrees or less. We conclude that HGN is limited by large variability in the underlying normative behavior, from methods and testing environments that are often poorly controlled, and from a lack of rigorous validation in laboratory settings.
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Morad Y, Barkana Y, Zadok D, Hartstein M, Pras E, Bar-Dayan Y. Ocular parameters as an objective tool for the assessment of truck drivers fatigue. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2009; 41:856-860. [PMID: 19540976 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Revised: 03/25/2009] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Ocular parameters are influenced by sleep derivation and the use of chemical substances which are two major causes for traffic accidents. We assessed the use of these parameters as an objective screening tool for a driver's fitness for duty. Pupillary diameter, pupil reaction to light and saccadic velocity were measured in 29 army truck drivers every morning for two months and compared to baseline measurements taken while the subjects were alert. An index which expressed the difference between study and baseline measurements was calculated, and drivers with significant deviation from baseline were disqualified and interviewed. Non-disqualified drivers served as controls. Twenty-nine percent of disqualified drivers reported sleeping less than the minimum of 7h required by army regulations compared with 8% of control drivers (p=0.01). Disqualified drivers had worse sleep quality the night before the test (Groningen Sleep Quality Scale, p=0.03) and incurred more accidents per driving day during their service (0.023 vs. 0.015 accidents/day, p=0.03). Two disqualified drivers admitted to using alcohol or sleeping pills. Thus, these ocular parameters may serve as a screening tool for drivers that are at high risk for driving. Drivers who were disqualified even once, tend to be involved in more motor vehicle accidents than their peers.
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- Yair Morad
- Department of Ophthalmology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Zrifin 73000, Israel.
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Contreras R, Kolster R, Voss HU, Ghajar J, Suh M, Bahar S. Eye-target synchronization in mild traumatic brain-injured patients. J Biol Phys 2008; 34:381-92. [PMID: 19669482 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-008-9092-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2008] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Eye-target synchronization is critical for effective smooth pursuit of a moving visual target. We apply the nonlinear dynamical technique of stochastic-phase synchronization to human visual pursuit of a moving target, in both normal and mild traumatic brain-injured (mTBI) patients. We observe significant fatigue effects in all subject populations, in which subjects synchronize better with the target during the first half of the trial than in the second half. The fatigue effect differed, however, between the normal and the mTBI populations and between old and young subpopulations of each group. In some cases, the younger (<or=40 years old) normal subjects performed better than mTBI subjects and also better than older (>40 years old) normal subjects. Our results, however, suggest that further studies will be necessary before a standard of "normal" smooth pursuit synchronization can be developed.
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- R Contreras
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Neurodynamics, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Smith MT, Huang MI, Manber R. Cognitive behavior therapy for chronic insomnia occurring within the context of medical and psychiatric disorders. Clin Psychol Rev 2005; 25:559-92. [PMID: 15970367 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2005.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Insomnia is a pervasive problem for many patients suffering from medical and psychiatric conditions. Even when the comorbid disorders are successfully treated, insomnia often fails to remit. In addition to compromising quality of life, untreated insomnia may also aggravate and complicate recovery from the comorbid disease. Cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has an established efficacy for primary insomnia, but less is known about its efficacy for insomnia occurring in the context of medical and psychiatric conditions. The purpose of this article is to present a rationale for using CBT-I in medical and psychiatric disorders, review the extant outcome literature, highlight considerations for adapting CBT-I procedures in specific populations, and suggest directions for future research. Outcome studies were identified for CBT-I in mixed medical and psychiatric conditions, cancer, chronic pain, HIV, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and alcoholism. Other disorders discussed include: bipolar disorder, eating disorders, generalized anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The available data demonstrate moderate to large treatment effects (Cohen's d, range=0.35-2.2) and indicate that CBT-I is a promising treatment for individuals with medical and psychiatric comorbidity. Although the literature reviewed here is limited by a paucity of randomized, controlled studies, the available data suggest that by improving sleep, CBT-I might also indirectly improve medical and psychological endpoints. This review underscores the need for future research to test the efficacy of adaptations of CBT-I to disease specific conditions and symptoms.
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- Michael T Smith
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Behavioral Medicine Research Laboratory and Clinic, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 101, Baltimore, MD 21287-7101, United States.
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Crevits L, Simons B, Wildenbeest J. Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Saccades and Eyelid Blinking. Eur Neurol 2003; 50:176-80. [PMID: 14530625 DOI: 10.1159/000073060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2003] [Accepted: 06/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this study the effect of sleep deprivation on specific components of eye and eyelid movement was investigated in a group of young and healthy subjects. The duration of sleep deprivation was 20 h. Each subject had to execute different saccade tasks: reflexive saccades, voluntary prosaccades and antisaccades. Saccade latency, number of saccade errors and blink rate during the saccade tasks were evaluated as predictors of performance decrements resulting from sleep deprivation. The present study showed no significant deterioration of latency and number of errors in the different saccade tasks. However, the blink rate was significantly higher after a night without sleep than before. It is concluded that the blink rate appears to be a promising psychophysical measurement and a more sensitive parameter than saccade performance to evaluate the effects of 20 h of sleep deprivation. These results encourage further research on this topic.
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- Luc Crevits
- Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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Basic models of sleepiness, focusing on the homeostatic and circadian components of sleepiness, are able to predict important fluctuations of sleepiness. However, they fail in explaining certain sleepiness phenomena, as for instance in insomnia patients. To meet this shortcoming, modern models incorporate the arousal component of sleepiness, in addition to the sleep drive. While these models mainly concentrate on short-term changes in sleepiness, "state" sleepiness, there are indications that a stable characteristic level of sleepiness, "trait" sleepiness, is also an important determinant of a person's level of sleepiness. This leads to a conceptualization of sleepiness in which situational factors modify a basal level of sleep drive and arousal. It implies that sleepiness is not a unitary concept and can reflect essentially different states. Multiple sleepiness assessment tools have been proposed in the past. The majority of them offer valuable information, but they do not grasp all aspects of sleepiness. We should bear in mind that tools for assessing sleepiness are always operationalizations reflecting the theoretical framework the investigator has on sleepiness. Hence, rather than searching for a gold standard for the measurement of sleepiness, future research effort should be aimed at linking the various measurement techniques with the hypothesized underlying components of sleepiness on a sound empirical basis.
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- Raymond Cluydts
- Department of Cognitive and Physiological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
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De Gennaro L, Ferrara M, Urbani L, Bertini M. Oculomotor impairment after 1 night of total sleep deprivation: a dissociation between measures of speed and accuracy. Clin Neurophysiol 2000; 111:1771-8. [PMID: 11018491 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(00)00393-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The present study examined the effects of 40 h of sleep deprivation and of time-of-day on saccadic and smooth pursuit oculomotor performance. METHODS Nine normal subjects slept for 3 consecutive nights in the laboratory (one adaptation, one baseline, one recovery). Baseline and recovery were separated by a period of 40 h of continuous wakefulness, during which subjects were tested every 2 h. Oculomotor performance assessed at the following hours: 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:00, of both the days preceding and following the sleep deprivation night, as well as at 24:00, 02:00, 04:00, 06:00 and 08:00 h during the deprivation period. RESULTS Saccade latency increased and peak velocity decreased significantly during the post-deprivation day; saccadic accuracy was unaffected. As regards smooth pursuit performance, phase (a measure of accuracy) was not affected by sleep loss, while velocity gain significantly decreased during the day that followed the sleep deprivation night. Significant time-of-day effects on the considered oculomotor variables except saccadic accuracy were also found, indicating an overall performance impairment during the night. CONCLUSIONS It is concluded that 40 h of sleep deprivation significantly impaired diurnal performance in pursuit and saccadic tasks. This performance worsening is limited to the measures of speed, while accuracy is not affected by sleep loss. A significant operational relevance of these results is suggested, since saccadic velocity has recently been found to be negatively correlated with simulator vehicle crash rates.
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Affiliation(s)
- L De Gennaro
- Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Via dei Marsi, 78; 00185, Roma, Italy.
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