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Aquino G, Benz F, Dressle RJ, Gemignani A, Alfì G, Palagini L, Spiegelhalder K, Riemann D, Feige B. Towards the neurobiology of insomnia: A systematic review of neuroimaging studies. Sleep Med Rev 2024; 73:101878. [PMID: 38056381 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Insomnia disorder signifies a major public health concern. The development of neuroimaging techniques has permitted to investigate brain mechanisms at a structural and functional level. The present systematic review aims at shedding light on functional, structural, and metabolic substrates of insomnia disorder by integrating the available published neuroimaging data. The databases PubMed, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched for case-control studies comparing neuroimaging data from insomnia patients and healthy controls. 85 articles were judged as eligible. For every observed finding of each study, the effect size was calculated from standardised mean differences, statistic parameters and figures, showing a marked heterogeneity that precluded a comprehensive quantitative analysis. From a qualitative point of view, considering the findings of significant group differences in the reported regions across the articles, this review highlights the major involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex, thalamus, insula, precuneus and middle frontal gyrus, thus supporting some central themes in the debate on the neurobiology of and offering interesting insights into the psychophysiology of sleep in this disorder.
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- Giulia Aquino
- Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinic Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Basics in NeuroModulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Basics in NeuroModulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Aquino G, Schiel JE. Neuroimaging in insomnia: Review and reconsiderations. J Sleep Res 2023; 32:e14030. [PMID: 37730282 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Over the last decades, neuroimaging has become a substantial component of insomnia research. While theoretical underpinnings of different studies vary just like methodological choices and the experimental design, it is suggested that major features of insomnia disorder rely on the impaired function, structure, metabolism and connectivity of brain areas involved in sleep generation, emotion regulation, self-processing/-awareness and attentional orientation. However, neuroimaging research on insomnia often suffers from small sample sizes, heterogeneous methodology and a lack of replicability. With respect to these issues, the field needs to address the questions: (1a) how sufficiently large sample sizes can be accumulated within a reasonable economic framework; (1b) how effect sizes in insomnia-related paradigms can be amplified; (2a) how a higher degree of standardisation and transparency in methodology can be provided; and (2b) how an adequate amount of flexibility/complexity in study design can be maintained. On condition that methodological consistency and a certain degree of adaptability are given, pooled data/large cohort analyses can be considered to be one way to answer these questions. Regarding experimental single-centre trials, it might be helpful to focus on insomnia-related transdiagnostic concepts. In doing so, expectable effect sizes (in between-subjects designs) can be increased by: (a) comparing groups that are truly distinct regarding the variables examined in a concept-specific paradigm; and (b) facilitated, intensified and precise elicitation of a target symptom.
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- Giulia Aquino
- Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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刘 欢, 饶 阳, 孙 传, 王 洋, 齐 顺, 李 想, 田 萌, 禹 汛, 穆 允. [Changes of brain network in patients with insomnia following radiotherapy for cervical cancer and their correlation with IT-TMS treatment efficacy: a graph-theory analysis]. NAN FANG YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO = JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2023; 43:1629-1635. [PMID: 37814879 PMCID: PMC10563105 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2023.09.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the changes of brain small-world and node function network properties in patients with insomnia following radiotherapy for cervical cancer based on graph theory analysis and explore the correlation between functional networks and the clinical efficacy of individual-target transcranial magnetic stimulation (IT-TMS) for treatment of insomnia. METHODS The resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data were collected from 30 patients with insomnia following radiotherapy for cervical cancer and 30 matched healthy individuals. All the patients received accelerated intelligent neuromodulation TMS therapy. Using graph theory analysis and GRETNA software, the functional connectivity matrices were constructed and the attribute features were extracted. The scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) of the participants were collected before and after IT-TMS, and the correlation between improvement in insomnia and the functional network was investigated. RESULTS The two groups matched for age, gender, and education level (P>0.05) showed significant differences in PSQI, ISI, SAS and SDS scores (P<0.05). Both groups showed attributes of the small-world network. Compared with the healthy individuals, the patients showed significantly decreased σ, EI, Cp and Lp (P<0.05) and increased Eg (P<0.05) at baseline, which, along with insomnia symptoms, were all improved after IT-TMS treatment. The patients showed reduced functional connections of the node network at follow-up compared with the baseline, and the low functional connectivity between the right insula and left superior frontal gyrus was correlated with the improvement of ISI scores. CONCLUSION The patients with insomnia following radiotherapy for cervical cancer have impaired information integration ability of the brain network, IT-TMS can significantly improve insomnia symptoms by reducing the hyperconnectivity between the default mode network and the salience network.
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- 欢 刘
- 西安交通大学数学与统计学院,陕西 西安 710049School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- 陕西脑控脑科学研发中心,陕西 西安 710075Shaanxi Brain Modulation and Scientific Research Center, Xi'an 710075, China
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- 陕西脑控脑科学研发中心,陕西 西安 710075Shaanxi Brain Modulation and Scientific Research Center, Xi'an 710075, China
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- 陕西脑控脑科学研发中心,陕西 西安 710075Shaanxi Brain Modulation and Scientific Research Center, Xi'an 710075, China
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- 陕西脑控脑科学研发中心,陕西 西安 710075Shaanxi Brain Modulation and Scientific Research Center, Xi'an 710075, China
- 西安交通大学类脑智能研究中心,陕西 西安 710049Research Center for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- 西安交通大学生命科学与技术学院//健康与康复科学研究所//生物医学信息工程教育部重点实验室,陕西 西安 710049School of Life Science and Technology//Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science//The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- 陕西省中医医院米氏内科,陕西 西安 710003Mi Shi Internal Medicine, Shaanxi Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 710003, China
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- 陕西脑控脑科学研发中心,陕西 西安 710075Shaanxi Brain Modulation and Scientific Research Center, Xi'an 710075, China
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- 陕西省肿瘤医院妇瘤病院,陕西 西安 710065Department of Gynecological Oncology, Shaanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Xi'an 710065, China
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Bresser T, Leerssen J, Hölsken S, Groote I, Foster-Dingley JC, van den Heuvel MP, Van Someren EJW. The role of brain white matter in depression resilience and response to sleep interventions. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad210. [PMID: 37554956 PMCID: PMC10406158 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Insomnia poses a high risk for depression. Brain mechanisms of sleep and mood improvement following cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia remain elusive. This longitudinal study evaluated whether (i) individual differences in baseline brain white matter microstructure predict improvements and (ii) intervention affects brain white matter microstructure. People meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 criteria for Insomnia Disorder (n = 117) participated in a randomized controlled trial comparing 6 weeks of no treatment with therapist-guided digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, circadian rhythm support or their combination (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia + circadian rhythm support). Insomnia Severity Index and Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report were assessed at baseline and followed up at Weeks 7, 26, 39 and 52. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images were acquired at baseline and Week 7. Skeletonized white matter tracts, fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity were quantified both tract-wise and voxel-wise using tract-based spatial statistics. Analyses used linear and mixed effect models while correcting for multiple testing using false discovery rate and Bonferroni for correlated endpoint measures. Our results show the following: (i) tract-wise lower fractional anisotropy in the left retrolenticular part of the internal capsule at baseline predicted both worse progression of depressive symptoms in untreated participants and more improvement in treated participants (fractional anisotropy × any intervention, PFDR = 0.053, Pcorr = 0.045). (ii) Only the cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia + circadian rhythm support intervention induced a trend-level mean diffusivity decrease in the right superior corona radiata (PFDR = 0.128, Pcorr = 0.108), and individuals with a stronger mean diffusivity decrease showed a stronger alleviation of insomnia (R = 0.20, P = 0.035). In summary, individual differences in risk and treatment-supported resilience of depression involve white matter microstructure. Future studies could target the role of the left retrolenticular part of the internal capsule and right superior corona radiata and the brain areas they connect.
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- Tom Bresser
- Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR), Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR), Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany
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- Computational Radiology and Artificial Intelligence (CRAI), Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, 0372, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Radiology, Vestfold Hospital Trust, 3116, Tønsberg, Norway
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- Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR), Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Guo Y, Chen Y, Shao Y, Hu S, Zou G, Chen J, Li Y, Gao X, Liu J, Yao P, Zhou S, Xu J, Gao JH, Zou Q, Sun H. Thalamic network under wakefulness after sleep onset and its coupling with daytime fatigue in insomnia disorder: An EEG-fMRI study. J Affect Disord 2023; 334:92-99. [PMID: 37149048 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fatigue is the most common daytime impairment of insomnia disorder (ID). Thalamus is acknowledged as the key brain region closely associated with fatigue. However, the thalamus-based neurobiological mechanisms of fatigue in patients with ID remain unknown. METHODS Forty-two ID patients and twenty-eight well-matched healthy controls (HCs) underwent simultaneous electroencephalography--functional magnetic resonance imaging. We calculated the functional connectivity (FC) between the thalamic seed and each voxel across the whole brain in two conditions of wakefulness--after sleep onset (WASO) and before sleep onset. A linear mixed effect model was used to determine the condition effect of the thalamic FC. The correlation between daytime fatigue and the thalamic connectivity was explored. RESULTS After sleep onset, the connectivity with the bilateral thalamus was increased in the cerebellar and cortical regions. Compared with HCs, ID patients showed significantly lower FC between left thalamus and left cerebellum under the WASO condition. Furthermore, thalamic connectivity with cerebellum under the WASO condition was negatively correlated with Fatigue Severity Scale scores in the pooled sample. CONCLUSIONS These findings contribute to an emerging framework that reveals the link between insomnia-related daytime fatigue and the altered thalamic network after sleep onset, further highlighting the possibility that this neural pathway is a therapeutic target for meaningfully mitigating fatigue.
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- Yupeng Guo
- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China; Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Behavioral Neurology and Sleep Center, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China; Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
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- Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, College of International Business, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China; Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China; McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China; Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China.
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Shu Y, Huang Y, Chen J, Chen L, Cai G, Guo Y, Li S, Gao J, Zeng X. Effects of primary angle-closure glaucoma on interhemispheric functional connectivity. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1053114. [PMID: 36845423 PMCID: PMC9947534 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1053114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Previous studies on primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) primarily focused on local brain regions or global abnormal brain activity; however, the alteration of interhemispheric functional homotopy and its possible cause of brain-wide functional connectivity abnormalities have not been well-studied. Little is known about whether brain functional alteration could be used to differentiate from healthy controls (HCs) and its correlation with neurocognitive impairment. Methods Forty patients with PACG and 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were recruited for this study; resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), and clinical data were collected. We used the voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) method to explore between-group differences and selected brain regions with statistically significant differences as regions of interest for whole-brain functional connectivity analysis. Partial correlation was used to evaluate the association between abnormal VMHC values in significantly different regions and clinical parameters, with with age and sex as covariates. Finally, the support vector machine (SVM) model was performed in classification prediction of PACG. Results Compared with healthy controls, patients with PACG exhibited significantly decreased VMHC values in the lingual gyrus, insula, cuneus, and pre- and post-central gyri; no regions exhibited increased VMHC values. Subsequent functional connectivity analysis revealed extensive functional changes in functional networks, particularly the default mode, salience, visual, and sensorimotor networks. The SVM model showed good performance in classification prediction of PACG, with an area under curve (AUC) of 0.85. Conclusion Altered functional homotopy of the visual cortex, sensorimotor network, and insula may lead to impairment of visual function in PACG, suggesting that patients with PACG may have visual information interaction and integration dysfunction.
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- Yongqiang Shu
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China,*Correspondence: Xianjun Zeng, ; orcid.org/0000-0003-4089-1568
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Ye X, Yang Y, Xu G, Wang X, Lin S, Ma X. Enhanced intrathalamic morphological connectivity in patients with chronic insomnia. Brain Imaging Behav 2023; 17:114-124. [PMID: 36418677 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-022-00747-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study aimed to systematically investigate abnormal morphological connectivity in subregions of the thalamus and examine the clinical relevance of this connectivity in patients with chronic insomnia. One hundred and two patients with chronic insomnia (aged 45.50 [34.75 ~ 58.00] years; 24 men, 78 women) and one hundred and one healthy controls (aged 45.00 [34.00 ~ 55.00] years; 32 men, 69 women) were recruited. Intrathalamic and thalamocortical morphological connectivity in the thalamic subregions defined in the Human Brainnetome Atlas were computed and compared between the two groups. Spearman's correlation was used to estimate the association between thalamic morphological connectivity alterations and clinical variables. Compared with the control group, the insomnia group exhibited higher intrathalamic mean morphological connectivity than the control group, though no alterations in thalamocortical morphological connectivity were observed. However, no correlation was found between altered intrathalamic morphological connectivity and behavioral scales. In addition, alterations in morphological connectivity among thalamic subregions were found mainly in the left medial premotor thalamus, left medial prefrontal thalamus, and left sensory thalamus; however, these results were no longer significant after correction. Our findings suggest increased intrathalamic morphological connectivity in patients with chronic insomnia, thus enriching the understanding of morphological connectivity at the individual level and providing new perspectives for clinical interventions and diagnostic imaging.
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- Xi Ye
- Jinan University, No. 601, Huangpu Avenue West, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, People's Republic of China.,Department of Radiology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, No. 466 Road Xingang, Guangzhou, 510317, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Brain Research and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510150, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, No. 466 Road Xin gang, Guangzhou, 510317, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, No. 466 Road Xingang, Guangzhou, 510317, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, No. 466 Road Xingang, Guangzhou, 510317, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, No. 466 Road Xingang, Guangzhou, 510317, People's Republic of China.
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Qi S, Zhang Y, Li X, Sun C, Ma X, Li S, Li L, Ren K, Xi M, Huang ZG. Improved Functional Organization in Patients With Primary Insomnia After Individually-Targeted Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:859440. [PMID: 35360154 PMCID: PMC8960275 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.859440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Primary insomnia (PI) is among the most prevalent sleep-related disorders and has a far-reaching impact on daytime functioning. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has drawn attention because of its effectiveness and safety. The purpose of the current study was to detect changes in the topological organization of whole-brain functional networks and to determine their associations with the clinical treatment effects of rTMS. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) data from 32 patients with PI were collected and compared with findings from 32 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HCs). The patients were treated with Stanford accelerated intelligent neuromodulation therapy, which is a recently validated neuroscience-informed accelerated intermittent theta-burst stimulation protocol. Graph theoretical analysis was used to construct functional connectivity matrices and to extract the attribute features of small-world networks in insomnia. Scores on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Self-Rating Depression Scale, and the associations between these clinical characteristics and functional metrics, were the primary outcomes. At baseline, the patients with PI showed inefficient small-world property and aberrant functional segregation and functional integration compared with the HCs. These properties showed renormalization after individualized rTMS treatment. Furthermore, low functional connectivity between the right insula and left medial frontal gyrus correlated with improvement in ISI scores. We highlight functional network dysfunctions in PI patients and provide evidence into the pathophysiological mechanisms involved and the possible mode of action of rTMS.
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- Shun Qi
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Science and Technology, Research Center for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- Shaanxi Brain Modulation and Scientific Research Center, Xi’an, China
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- Xijing Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Science and Technology, Research Center for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Neuro-Informatics and Rehabilitation Engineering of Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xi’an, China
- Xi’an Solide Brain Control Medical Technology Company, Xi’an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Neuro-Informatics and Rehabilitation Engineering of Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, The Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Center of Treatment and Rehabilitation of Severe Neurological Disorders, Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Science and Technology, Research Center for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Neuro-Informatics and Rehabilitation Engineering of Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xi’an, China
- Hospital of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
- *Correspondence: Min Xi,
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Science and Technology, Research Center for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Science, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Neuro-Informatics and Rehabilitation Engineering of Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xi’an, China
- The State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Zi-Gang Huang,
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Li C, Liu Y, Yang N, Lan Z, Huang S, Wu Y, Ma X, Jiang G. Functional Connectivity Disturbances of the Locus Coeruleus in Chronic Insomnia Disorder. Nat Sci Sleep 2022; 14:1341-1350. [PMID: 35942365 PMCID: PMC9356738 DOI: 10.2147/nss.s366234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION In recent years, people have gained a profound understanding of chronic insomnia disorder (CID), but the pathophysiological mechanism of CID is still unclear. There is some evidence that the locus coeruleus (LC) is involved in the regulation of wakefulness in CID, but there have been few studies using brain functional imaging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the resting-state functional connectivity (FC) between the LC and other brain voxels in CID and whether these abnormal FC are involved in the regulation of wakefulness. METHODS A total of 49 patients with chronic insomnia disorder and 47 healthy controls (HC) matched for gender, age, and education were examined with rs-fMRI in this study. The LC was selected as the region of interest, and then seed-based analysis was conducted on the LC and other voxels to obtain the brain regions with abnormal FC. The correlation between the FC value of the abnormal connection area and the clinical scale score was analyzed. RESULTS Compared with the HC, the FC between the LC and right precuneus, right posterior cingulate cortex, left middle temporal gyrus, left calcarine, and right superior orbitofrontal cortex was significantly enhanced (p < 0.05, FDR correction), and the functional connectivity signal value between the locus coeruleus and left middle temporal gyrus was positively correlated with the Self-Rating Depression Scale (p = 0.021). CONCLUSION The abnormal FC between the LC and multiple brain regions may contribute to a better understanding of the neurobiological mechanism of CID.
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- Chunlong Li
- Department of Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People' s Republic of China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, People' s Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Zhuhai City People's Hospital, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Fasiello E, Gorgoni M, Scarpelli S, Alfonsi V, Ferini Strambi L, De Gennaro L. Functional connectivity changes in insomnia disorder: A systematic review. Sleep Med Rev 2021; 61:101569. [PMID: 34902821 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Insomnia (ID) is the most common sleep disorder; however pathogenetic mechanisms underlying ID symptoms are not fully understood. Adopting a multifactorial view and considering ID a condition that involves interregional neuronal coordination would be useful to understand the ID pathophysiology. Functional connectivity (FC) may help to shed light on functional processes and neural correlates underlying ID symptoms. Despite a growing number of studies assessing FC anomalies, insight into ID pathophysiology is still fragmentary. This systematic review aims to search empirical evidence regarding FC changes in ID during resting-state. Thirty-one studies involving 1052 ID participants met the inclusion criteria for this review. Results suggested several associations between ID symptoms and impaired intra- and inter-hemispheric interactions of principal resting-state networks. Overall, evidence supported the hypothesis that a disrupted organization of the brain functional connectome characterizes ID, resulting in a decline in sleep, cognition, emotion, and memory. However, the wide methodological heterogeneity between reviewed studies and limitations in terms of study protocols and statistical approaches raised from this systematic review, makes it difficult to provide a univocal framework of ID pathophysiology. Future researches in this field should lead towards shared and rigorous search designs to ensure solid research evidence in the ID pathophysiology.
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza - University of Rome, Rome, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
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Shao Y, Zou G, Tabarak S, Chen J, Gao X, Yao P, Liu J, Li Y, Xiong N, Pan W, Ma M, Zhou S, Xu J, Ma Y, Deng J, Sun Q, Bao Y, Sun W, Shi J, Zou Q, Gao JH, Sun H. Spindle-related brain activation in patients with insomnia disorder: An EEG-fMRI study. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 16:659-670. [PMID: 34499294 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00544-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sleep spindles have been implicated in sleep protection, depression and anxiety. However, spindle-related brain imaging mechanism underpinning the deficient sleep protection and emotional regulation in insomnia disorder (ID) remains elusive. The aim of the current study is to investigate the relationship between spindle-related brain activations and sleep quality, symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with ID. Participants (n = 46, 28 females, 18-60 years) were recruited through advertisements including 16 with ID, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, and 30 matched controls. Group differences in spindle-related brain activations were analyzed using multimodality data acquired with simultaneous electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging during sleep. Compared with controls, patients with ID showed significantly decreased bilateral spindle-related brain activations in the cingulate gyrus (familywise error corrected p ˂ 0.05, cluster size 4401 mm3). Activations in the cingulate gyrus were negatively correlated with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores (r = -0.404, p = 0.005) and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale scores (r = -0.364, p = 0.013), in the pooled sample. These findings underscore the key role of spindle-related brain activations in the cingulate gyrus in subjective sleep quality and emotional regulation in ID.
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- Yan Shao
- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
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- Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Behavioral Neurology and Sleep Center, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Sleep Medicine Center, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, The Affiliated Guangji Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- National Institute On Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China
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- National Institute On Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China. .,Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China. .,Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing City Key Lab for Medical Physics and Engineering, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China. .,Center for MRI Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China. .,McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China.
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Specific cortical and subcortical grey matter regions are associated with insomnia severity. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252076. [PMID: 34038462 PMCID: PMC8153469 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Background There is an increasing awareness that sleep disturbances are a risk factor for dementia. Prior case-control studies suggested that brain grey matter (GM) changes involving cortical (i.e, prefrontal areas) and subcortical structures (i.e, putamen, thalamus) could be associated with insomnia status. However, it remains unclear whether there is a gradient association between these regions and the severity of insomnia in older adults who could be at risk for dementia. Since depressive symptoms and sleep apnea can both feature insomnia-related factors, can impact brain health and are frequently present in older populations, it is important to include them when studying insomnia. Therefore, our goal was to investigate GM changes associated with insomnia severity in a cohort of healthy older adults, taking into account the potential effect of depression and sleep apnea as well. We hypothesized that insomnia severity is correlated with 1) cortical regions responsible for regulation of sleep and emotion, such as the orbitofrontal cortex and, 2) subcortical regions, such as the putamen. Methods 120 healthy subjects (age 74.8±5.7 years old, 55.7% female) were recruited from the Hillblom Healthy Aging Network at the Memory and Aging Center, UCSF. All participants were determined to be cognitively healthy following a neurological evaluation, neuropsychological assessment and informant interview. Participants had a 3T brain MRI and completed the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and Berlin Sleep Questionnaire (BA) to assess sleep apnea. Cortical thickness (CTh) and subcortical volumes were obtained by the CAT12 toolbox within SPM12. We studied the correlation of CTh and subcortical volumes with ISI using multiple regressions adjusted by age, sex, handedness and MRI scan type. Additional models adjusting by GDS and BA were also performed. Results ISI and GDS were predominantly mild (4.9±4.2 and 2.5±2.9, respectively) and BA was mostly low risk (80%). Higher ISI correlated with lower CTh of the right orbitofrontal, right superior and caudal middle frontal areas, right temporo-parietal junction and left anterior cingulate cortex (p<0.001, uncorrected FWE). When adjusting by GDS, right ventral orbitofrontal and temporo-parietal junction remained significant, and left insula became significant (p<0.001, uncorrected FWE). Conversely, BA showed no effect. The results were no longer significant following FWE multiple comparisons. Regarding subcortical areas, higher putamen volumes were associated with higher ISI (p<0.01). Conclusions Our findings highlight a relationship between insomnia severity and brain health, even with relatively mild insomnia, and independent of depression and likelihood of sleep apnea. The results extend the previous literature showing the association of specific GM areas (i.e, orbitofrontal, insular and temporo-parietal junction) not just with the presence of insomnia, but across the spectrum of severity itself. Moreover, our results suggest subcortical structures (i.e., putamen) are involved as well. Longitudinal studies are needed to clarify how these insomnia-related brain changes in healthy subjects align with an increased risk of dementia.
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Cao KX, Ma ML, Wang CZ, Iqbal J, Si JJ, Xue YX, Yang JL. TMS-EEG: An emerging tool to study the neurophysiologic biomarkers of psychiatric disorders. Neuropharmacology 2021; 197:108574. [PMID: 33894219 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The etiology of psychiatric disorders remains largely unknown. The exploration of the neurobiological mechanisms of mental illness helps improve diagnostic efficacy and develop new therapies. This review focuses on the application of concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) in various mental diseases, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, substance use disorder, and insomnia. First, we summarize the commonly used protocols and output measures of TMS-EEG; then, we review the literature exploring the alterations in neural patterns, particularly cortical excitability, plasticity, and connectivity alterations, and studies that predict treatment responses and clinical states in mental disorders using TMS-EEG. Finally, we discuss the potential mechanisms underlying TMS-EEG in establishing biomarkers for psychiatric disorders and future research directions.
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- Ke-Xin Cao
- National Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Airport Site, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University and Key Laboratory for Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- National Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of Ministry of Education and Neuroscience, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
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Zhang L, Shao Y, Jin X, Cai X, Du F. Decreased effective connectivity between insula and anterior cingulate cortex during a working memory task after prolonged sleep deprivation. Behav Brain Res 2021; 409:113263. [PMID: 33775776 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Total sleep deprivation (TSD) causes a decline in almost all cognitive domains, especially working memory. However, we do not have a clear understanding of the degree working memory is impaired under prolonged TSD, nor do we know the underlying neurophysiological mechanism. In this study, we recorded EEG data from 64 subjects while they performed a working memory task during resting wakefulness, after 24 h TSD, and after 30 h TSD. ANOVA was used to verify performance differences between 24 h and 30 h TSD in working memory tasks: (1) reaction time and accuracy hit rates, (2) P200, N200, and P300 amplitude and latency in measurements of event-related potential, as well as (3) effective connectivity strength between brain areas associated with working memory. Compared to 24 h TSD, 30 h TSD significantly decreased accuracy hit rates and induced a larger N200 difference waveform. The effective connectivity analysis showed that 30 h TSD also decreased beta frequency in effective connection strength from the right insular lobe to the left anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Effective connection from the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex increased in the match condition of the 2-back task. In conclusion, 30 h TSD had a greater negative impact on working memory than 24 h TSD. This impairment of working memory is associated with decreased strength in the effective connection from the right insula to the left ACC.
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- Liwei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Department of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- College of Software and Big Data, Changzhou College of Information Technology, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- Department of Cadra Word 3 Division, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Disrupted frontostriatal connectivity in primary insomnia: a DTI study. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 15:2524-2531. [PMID: 33651331 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00454-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Dysfunction of the sleep-wake transition is considered to be associated with the pathology of patients with primary insomnia (PI). Previous animal study had reported that brain circuits between the striatum and cortex can regulate sleep-wake transitions. So far, few studies have systematically explored the structural connectivity of the striatum-centered circuits and their potential roles in patients with PI. In this study, we chosen the striatum as the seed and 10 priori target regions as masks to assess the structural connectivity by using seed-based classification with a diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) probabilistic tractography method. Track strengths of the striatum-centered circuits were compared between 22 patients with PI (41.27 ± 9.21 years) and 30 healthy controls (HC) (35.2 ± 8.14 years). Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to measure the sleep quality in all participants. Lower track strengths (left striatum- anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), left striatum- dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), left striatum-Hippocampus, and right striatum-Hippocampus) were observed in patients with PI compared to HC. Additionally, the lower track strengths of brain circuits mentioned above were negatively correlated with PSQI. Taken together, our findings revealed the lower tract strength of frontostriatal circuits in patients with PI and HC, which provided the implications of the system-level structural connections of frontostriatal circuits in the pathology of PI. We suggested that the track strengths of the frontostriatal circuits calculated from DTI can be the potential neuroimaging biomarkers of the sleep quality in patients with PI.
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Li S, Wang BA, Li C, Feng Y, Li M, Wang T, Nie L, Li C, Hua W, Lin C, Liu M, Ma X, Fang J, Jiang G. Progressive gray matter hypertrophy with severity stages of insomnia disorder and its relevance for mood symptoms. Eur Radiol 2021; 31:6312-6322. [PMID: 33533988 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-021-07701-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the gray matter (GM) alterations in patients with insomnia disorder (ID) at different severity stages and the relationship between GM alterations and sleep, mood, and cognitive measures. METHODS One hundred one ID patients and 63 healthy controls (HC) were included. Each patient underwent structural MRI and completed sleep-, mood-, and cognitive-related questionnaires. The ID patients were further grouped into subthreshold insomnia (SI) group and clinical insomnia (CI) group. We investigated changes in GM volumes in ID patients via diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie algebra voxel-based morphometry (DARTEL-VBM). We first compared voxel-wise differences in GM volumes between the HC group and the ID group. Analysis of variance was performed on individual GM maps in the SI, CI, and HC groups to further investigate the effects of different stages of ID severity on GM volumes. Multiple regression was used to model the relationship between altered GM volumes in SI and CI groups and clinical measures. RESULTS GM hypertrophies in the left anterior and middle cingulate gyrus, right middle and inferior temporal gyrus, and right cerebellum Crus II were detected in ID. Increased GM volume in the right middle temporal gyrus was detected in the SI group, whereas all three regions in the CI group. Regression analysis showed that mood- and cognitive-related measures had a positive correlation with GM volumes, while sleep-related measures had a negative correlation with GM volumes in the CI group. CONCLUSIONS Our findings of the progressively increased GM volumes in ID suggest that a hypertrophic cortical morphological mechanism may underlie the altered neuroanatomy induced by insomnia. KEY POINTS • Insomnia-induced GM hypertrophies in the cingulate gyrus, temporal gyrus, and cerebellum Crus II. • The middle temporal gyrus was early detectable in the SI group. • The increased GM volumes in the CI group were correlated with clinical measures.
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- Shumei Li
- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.,The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
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Daytime Neurophysiological Hyperarousal in Chronic Insomnia: A Study of qEEG. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9113425. [PMID: 33114486 PMCID: PMC7694040 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: The hyperarousal model demonstrates that instability of sleep-wake regulation leads to insomnia symptoms and various neurophysiological hyperarousal states. Previous studies have shown that hyperarousal states that appear in chronic insomnia patients are not limited to sleep at nighttime but are stable characteristics that extend into the daytime. However, this phenomenon is mainly measured at bedtime, so it hard to determine whether it is maintained throughout a 24 h cycle or if it just appears at bedtime. Methods: We examined the resting state qEEG (quantitative electroencephalogram) and ECG (electrocardiogram) of chronic insomnia patients (n = 24) compared to good sleepers (n = 22) during the daytime. Results: As compared with controls, participants with insomnia showed a clearly high beta band activity in eyes closed condition at all brain areas. They showed a low frequency band at the frontal area; high frequency bands at the central and parietal areas were found in eyes open condition. Significantly higher heart rates were also found in the chronic insomnia group. Conclusion: These findings suggest that chronic insomnia patients were in a state of neurophysiological hyperarousal during the middle of the day due to abnormal arousal regulation.
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Shao Z, Xu Y, Chen L, Wang S, Zhang M, Liu S, Wen X, Yu D, Yuan K. Dysfunction of the NAc-mPFC circuit in insomnia disorder. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2020; 28:102474. [PMID: 33395968 PMCID: PMC7606871 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
We extended the implications of NAc in sleep regulation from animals to ID patients. The enlarged volume of right NAc was found in ID patients. Abnormal RSFC between bilateral NAc and mPFC were found in ID patients.
Background Insomnia disorder (ID) is a prevalent sleep disorder, which seriously affects people's daily life and was found to be associated with increased frequency of sleep stage shifts. Previous findings had revealed the critical role of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in sleep-wake transition. However, the neuroimaging studies of the NAc in patients with ID have been rare. We hypothesized that structural and functional abnormalities of the NAc would be implicated in ID. Methods Twenty-six ID patients and 36 matched healthy controls (HC) were included in the current study. The volumes and corresponding resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) of the bilateral NAc were compared between the two groups. The abnormal RSFC in ID were then correlated with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results Compared with HC, ID patients showed significantly increased volume of right NAc. Several brain regions showed increased RSFC with the NAc in ID patients, such as medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), caudate and putamen. Meanwhile, the occipital gyrus and temporal gyrus showed decreased RSFC with the NAc. Additionally, the increased RSFC strength between bilateral NAc and left mPFC was significant correlated with PSQI scores in ID patients. Conclusion Dysfunctions of the NAc-mPFC circuit were found in ID patients, which were associated with sleep quality measured by PSQI. The two patterns of increase and decrease of RSFC in ID patients observed in our study may reflect the state of hyperarousal and potential impairment of cognitive function in the patients, respectively. It is hoped that our study focusing on NAc-mPFC circuits could provide new insights for the neural mechanisms of ID and potential novel therapeutic targets for treatment of ID patients.
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- Ziqiang Shao
- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging Ministry of Education, Xi'an, People's Republic of China; Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.
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Yao G, Li J, Liu S, Wang J, Cao X, Li X, Cheng L, Chen H, Xu Y. Alterations of Functional Connectivity in Stroke Patients With Basal Ganglia Damage and Cognitive Impairment. Front Neurol 2020; 11:980. [PMID: 33013648 PMCID: PMC7511868 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background: Stroke with basal ganglia damage (SBG) is a neurological disorder characterized by cognitive impairment. The neurobiological mechanism of cognitive impairment in stroke patients with basal ganglia damage (SBG patients) remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the underlying neurobiological mechanism of cognitive impairment in SBG patients using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Methods: The differences in functional connectivity (FC) between 14 SBG patients (average age: 61.00 ± 7.45 years) and 21 healthy controls (HC) (average age: 60.67 ± 6.95 years) were examined using voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) and degree centrality (DC). Moreover, we compared the cognitive functions of SBG patients with HC using the Chinese Revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-RC) and Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS). Results: Full-scale intelligence quotient (FIQ) (t = 2.810, p < 0.010) and memory quotient (MQ) (t = 2.920, p < 0.010) scores of SBG patients were significantly lower than those of HC. Compared with HC, significantly decreased VMHC values in the bilateral angular gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, hippocampus, precuneus, precentral gyrus, and middle occipital gyrus and decreased DC values in the right supramarginal gyrus, bilateral angular gyrus, and right postcentral gyrus were observed in SBG patients. Moreover, the VMHC values in the angular gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, and middle temporal gyrus and the DC values in the right supramarginal gyrus were significantly correlated with cognitive functions in all participants. Conclusion: Our findings may provide a neural basis for cognitive impairments in SBG patients. Furthermore, local abnormalities of functional networks and interhemispheric interaction deficits may provide new ideas and insights for understanding and treating SBG patients' cognitive impairments.
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- Guanqun Yao
- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Shanxi Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment for Mental Disorder, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Shanxi Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment for Mental Disorder, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,Center for Language and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Hospital/First Clinical Medical College of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,Shanxi Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Treatment for Mental Disorder, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.,MDT Center for Cognitive Impairment and Sleep Disorders, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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Zhu J, Hafycz J, Keenan BT, Guo X, Pack A, Naidoo N. Acute Sleep Loss Upregulates the Synaptic Scaffolding Protein, Homer1a, in Non-canonical Sleep/Wake Brain Regions, Claustrum, Piriform and Cingulate Cortices. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:188. [PMID: 32231514 PMCID: PMC7083128 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Homer proteins are a component of the post-synaptic density of neurons that are necessary for the maintenance and consolidation of behavioral state. The dominant negative protein homer1a is rapidly increased by neuronal activity and sleep loss. Homer1a knockout mice with globally absent homer1a have reduced ability to sustain wakefulness during the active period. It is not known whether homer1a is required globally or in very specific brain regions or neurons for its role in maintaining wake. In this study, we examined the expression of homer1a, an immediate early gene involved in intracellular signaling cascades, in mice subjected to extended wakefulness. We found that mice displayed increased expression of homer1a in the claustrum, a brain region thought to be involved in consciousness, as well as the cingulate and piriform cortices compared to non-sleep deprived mice. In situ hybridization (ISH) studies also indicate that homer1a is not induced in the known wake promoting regions with sleep deprivation, but is instead upregulated primarily in the claustrum and piriform cortex. Examination of homer1a expression levels with recovery sleep after sleep deprivation indicate that baseline homer1a expression levels were restored. Further, we have identified that homer1a is upregulated in excitatory neurons of the claustrum suggesting that homer1a promotes wakefulness through activating excitatory neurons. This work identifies regions previously unknown to be involved in sleep regulation that respond to acute sleep deprivation or enhanced waking.
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- Division of Sleep Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Background Several neuroimaging studies demonstrated that visual deprivation led to significant cross-modal plasticity in the brain’s functional and anatomical architecture. Purpose To investigate the pattern of the interhemispheric functional connectivity in individuals with late blindness using the voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) and seed-based functional connectivity (FC) methods. Material and Methods Forty-four individuals with late blindness (22 men, 22 women; mean age = 39.88 ± 12.84 years) and 55 sighted control individuals (35 men, 20 women; mean age = 43.13 ± 13.98 years)—closely matched for age, sex, and education—underwent resting-state magnetic resonance imaging scans. The VMHC and seed-based FC methods were applied to assess interhemispheric coordination in a voxel-wise manner. Results Compared with the sighted control groups, the late blindness groups showed decreased VMHC values in the bilateral cuneus/calcarine/lingual gyrus (CUN/CAL/LING) (BA 17/18/19) (voxel level: P < 0.001, Gaussian random field [GRF] correction, cluster level: P < 0.005). Meanwhile, for seed-based FC analysis, compared with the sighted control group, the late blindness group showed a decreased FC between the right lower VMHC regions and the bilateral CUN/LING/CAL/precuneus (PreCUN)/left middle occipital gyrus (MOG) (BA 18/19/30/31) and left precentral gyrus (PreCG) and postcentral gyrus (PostCG) (BA 2/3/4/6). The late blindness group showed a decreased FC between the left lower VMHC regions and the bilateral CUN/LING/CAL/PreCUN (BA 18/19/31) and left PreCG and PostCG (BA 2/3/4/6) relative to the sighted control group (voxel level: P < 0.001, GRF correction, cluster level: P < 0.005). Moreover, a negative correlation was observed between the duration of blindness and VMHC values in the bilateral CUN/CAL/LING (r = −0.393, P = 0.008) in individuals with late blindness. Conclusion Our results indicated that late blindness induced substantial impairment of interhemispheric coordination in the visual cortex. This might reflect impaired visual fusion, visual recognition function, and top-down modulations in individuals with late blindness.
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- Xin Huang
- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi Province Medical Imaging Research Institute, Nanchang, PR China
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- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, PR China
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- Eye Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, PR China
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Meester I, Rivera-Silva GF, González-Salazar F. Immune System Sex Differences May Bridge the Gap Between Sex and Gender in Fibromyalgia. Front Neurosci 2020; 13:1414. [PMID: 32009888 PMCID: PMC6978848 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is characterized by chronic widespread pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, and cognitive alterations. A limited efficacy of targeted treatment and a high FMS prevalence (2–5% of the adult population) sums up to high morbidity. Although, altered nociception has been explained with the central sensitization hypothesis, which may occur after neuropathy, its molecular mechanism is not understood. The marked female predominance among FMS patients is often attributed to a psychosocial predisposition of the female gender, but here we will focus on sex differences in neurobiological processes, specifically those of the immune system, as various immunological biomarkers are altered in FMS. The activation of innate immune sensors is compatible with a neuropathy or virus-induced autoimmune diseases. Considering sex differences in the immune system and the clustering of FMS with autoimmune diseases, we hypothesize that the female predominance in FMS is due to a neuropathy-induced autoimmune pathophysiology. We invite the scientific community to verify the autoimmune hypothesis for FMS.
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- Irene Meester
- Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Basic Sciences Department, University of Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Basic Sciences Department, University of Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Basic Sciences Department, University of Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Mexico.,Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Northeast Center of Research, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Monterrey, Mexico
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Song P, Lin H, Li S, Wang L, Liu J, Li N, Wang Y. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) modulates time-varying electroencephalography (EEG) network in primary insomnia patients: a TMS-EEG study. Sleep Med 2019; 56:157-163. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yan CQ, Wang X, Huo JW, Zhou P, Li JL, Wang ZY, Zhang J, Fu QN, Wang XR, Liu CZ, Liu QQ. Abnormal Global Brain Functional Connectivity in Primary Insomnia Patients: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study. Front Neurol 2018; 9:856. [PMID: 30450072 PMCID: PMC6224336 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have uncovered the disruptions of functional brain networks in primary insomnia (PI) patients. However, the etiology and pathogenesis underlying this disorder remains ambiguous, and the insomnia related symptoms are influenced by a complex network organization in the brain. The purpose of this study was to explore the abnormal intrinsic functional hubs in PI patients using a voxel-wise degree centrality (DC) analysis and seed-based functional connectivity (FC) approach. Methods: A total of 26 PI patients and 28 healthy controls were enrolled, and they underwent resting-state fMRI. Degree centrality was measured across the whole brain, and group differences in DC were compared. The peak points, which significantly altered DC between the two groups, were defined as the seed regions and were further used to calculate FC of the whole brain. Later, correlation analyses were performed between the changes in brain function and clinical features. Results: Primary insomnia patients showed DC values lower than healthy controls in the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and showed a higher DC value in the right precuneus. The seed-based analyses demonstrated decreased FC between the left MTG and the left posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), and decreased FC was observed between the right precuneus and the right lateral occipital cortex. Reduced DC in the left IFG and decreased FC in the left PCC were positively correlated with the Pittsburgh sleep quality index and the insomnia severity index. Conclusions: This study revealed that PI patients exhibited abnormal intrinsic functional hubs in the left IFG, MTG, and the right precuneus, as well as abnormal seed-based FC in these hubs. These results contribute to better understanding of how brain function influences the symptoms of PI.
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- Chao-Qun Yan
- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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