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de Mendonça FMR, de Mendonça GPRR, Souza LC, Galvão LP, Paiva HS, de Azevedo Marques Périco C, Torales J, Ventriglio A, Castaldelli-Maia JM, Sousa Martins Silva A. Benzodiazepines and Sleep Architecture: A Systematic Review. CNS & NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS DRUG TARGETS 2023; 22:172-179. [PMID: 34145997 DOI: 10.2174/1871527320666210618103344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Insomnia, defined as a difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep, is a relevant medical issue. Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are commonly prescribed to treat insomnia. Two phases characterize human sleep structure: sleep with Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) and sleep with Rapid Eye Movement (REM). Physiological sleep includes NREM and REM phases in a continuous cycle known as "Sleep Architecture." OBJECTIVE This systematic review summarizes the studies that have investigated effects of BZDs on Sleep Architecture. METHODS The articles selection included human clinical trials (in English, Portuguese, or Spanish) only, specifically focused on BZDs effects on sleep architecture. PubMed, BVS, and Google Scholar databases were searched. RESULTS Findings on BZDs effects on sleep architecture confirm an increase in stage 2 of NREM sleep and a decrease in time of stages 3 and 4 of NREM sleep with a reduction in time of REM sleep during the nocturnal sleep. CONCLUSION Variations in NREM and REM sleep may lead to deficits in concentration and working memory and weight gain. The increase in stage 2 of NREM sleep may lead to a subjective improvement of sleep quality with no awakenings. BZDz should be prescribed with zeal and professional judgment. These patients should be closely monitored for possible long-term side effects.
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- Health Secretariat of São Bernardo do Campo, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
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- Health Secretariat of São Bernardo do Campo, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, ABC Health University Center, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asuncion, Asuncion, Paraguay
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Health Secretariat of São Bernardo do Campo, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
- Otorhinus Clinica Medica, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, ABC Health University Center, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, U.S
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- Health Secretariat of São Bernardo do Campo, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
- Medical School, Universidade Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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McAvoy MP, Tagliazucchi E, Laufs H, Raichle ME. Human non-REM sleep and the mean global BOLD signal. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2019; 39:2210-2222. [PMID: 30073858 PMCID: PMC6827126 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x18791070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A hallmark of non-rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is the decreased brain activity as measured by global reductions in cerebral blood flow, oxygen metabolism, and glucose metabolism. It is unknown whether the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal undergoes similar changes. Here we show that, in contrast to the decreases in blood flow and metabolism, the mean global BOLD signal increases with sleep depth in a regionally non-uniform manner throughout gray matter. We relate our findings to the circulatory and metabolic processes influencing the BOLD signal and conclude that because oxygen consumption decreases proportionately more than blood flow in sleep, the resulting decrease in paramagnetic deoxyhemoglobin accounts for the increase in mean global BOLD signal.
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- Mark P McAvoy
- Department of Radiology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- PICNIC Lab, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Imaging Center, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Alan and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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Karthikeyan R, Spence DW, Pandi-Perumal SR. The contribution of modern 24-hour society to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the role of insufficient sleep. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 12:227-231. [PMID: 31890100 PMCID: PMC6932842 DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20190061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Epidemiological studies since 1980 have shown significant increases in the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The public health burden generated by the growing prevalence of T2DM, which, in its fully developed form, is a lifelong illness, has been associated with further social and economic costs in affected countries. Recent studies have suggested that chronic sleep insufficiency or disrupted or poor quality sleep could contribute to the development of T2DM. Although many research findings have now shown that sleep plays a key role in glucose metabolism, the full implications of these findings have not been translated into clinical programs for improving patients' sleep quality as a means for addressing the treatment of T2DM. The purpose of this brief overview is to focus on the clinical significance of sleep in the onset and treatment of T2DM. We suggest here that physician education should emphasize the importance of sufficient sleep for overall health, including the management of T2DM, and that steps should be taken to incorporate this perspective into clinical practice. The promotion of sleep hygiene techniques as a clinical intervention could improve the regulation of glucose metabolism and thus the longevity of T2DM patients. Moreover, it may prevent secondary complications accruing from the illness and consequently reduce the significant medical costs of treating T2DM patients.
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- Ramanujam Karthikeyan
- Madurai Kamaraj Univesity, Dept. of Animal Behavior & Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, - Madurai - 625021, Tamil Nadu - India
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- Independent Researcher, Department of Sleep Medicine - Toronto - Ontario - Canada
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The goal of the present paper is to review current literature supporting the occurrence of fundamental changes in brain energy metabolism during the transition from wakefulness to sleep. RECENT FINDINGS Latest research in the field indicates that glucose utilization and the concentrations of several brain metabolites consistently change across the sleep-wake cycle. Lactate, a product of glycolysis that is involved in synaptic plasticity, has emerged as a good biomarker of brain state. Sleep-induced changes in cerebral metabolite levels result from a shift in oxidative metabolism, which alters the reliance of brain metabolism upon carbohydrates. We found wide support for the notion that brain energetics is state dependent. In particular, fatty acids and ketone bodies partly replace glucose as cerebral energy source during sleep. This mechanism plausibly accounts for increases in biosynthetic pathways and functional alterations in neuronal activity associated with sleep. A better account of brain energy metabolism during sleep might help elucidate the long mysterious restorative effects of sleep for the whole organism.
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- Nadia Nielsen Aalling
- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Division of Glial Disease and Therapeutics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Nørre Allé 14, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Division of Glial Disease and Therapeutics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Nørre Allé 14, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark.,Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY, 14640, USA
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- Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Division of Glial Disease and Therapeutics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Nørre Allé 14, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Inadequate sleep as a contributor to type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. Nutr Diabetes 2017; 7:e266. [PMID: 28481337 PMCID: PMC5518801 DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2017.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 03/04/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Lack of sleep is a modifiable risk factor for adverse health in humans. Short sleep duration and poor sleep quality are common in the pediatric population; the largest decline in sleep duration over the past decades has been seen in children and adolescents. The objective of the present narrative review was to provide for the first time an overview of the literature on sleep and its association with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) biomarkers in children and adolescents. For this narrative review, 23 studies were retained (21 observational and 2 experimental studies). Notwithstanding the conflicting results found in these studies and despite being attenuated by adiposity level, maturity, sex and age, there is still some compelling evidence for an association between sleep duration (for both objective or subjective measurements of duration) and architecture with one or more T2D biomarkers in children and adolescents. The majority of the studies reviewed did focus on sleep duration and one or more T2D biomarkers in children and adolescents, but sleep architecture, more precisely the suppression of slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep, has also been shown to be associated with insulin resistance. Only two studies looked at sleep quality, and the association between sleep quality and insulin resistance was not independent of level of adiposity. Future experimental studies will help to better understand the mechanisms linking insufficient sleep with T2D. Work also needs to be carried out on finding novel and effective strategies aimed at improving sleep hygiene and health outcomes of children and adolescents.
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Mollayeva T, Colantonio A, Cassidy JD, Vernich L, Moineddin R, Shapiro CM. Sleep stage distribution in persons with mild traumatic brain injury: a polysomnographic study according to American Academy of Sleep Medicine standards. Sleep Med 2017; 34:179-192. [PMID: 28522089 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND Sleep stage disruption in persons with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has received little research attention. We examined deviations in sleep stage distribution in persons with mTBI relative to population age- and sex-specific normative data and the relationships between such deviations and brain injury-related, medical/psychiatric, and extrinsic factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional polysomnographic investigation in 40 participants diagnosed with mTBI (mean age 47.54 ± 11.30 years; 56% males). MEASUREMENTS At the time of investigation, participants underwent comprehensive clinical and neuroimaging examinations and one full-night polysomnographic study. We used the 2012 American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendations for recording, scoring, and summarizing sleep stages. We compared participants' sleep stage data with normative data stratified by age and sex to yield z-scores for deviations from available population norms and then employed stepwise multiple regression analyses to determine the factors associated with the identified significant deviations. RESULTS In patients with mTBI, the mean duration of nocturnal wakefulness was higher and consolidated sleep stage N2 and REM were lower than normal (p < 0.0001, p = 0.018, and p = 0.010, respectively). In multivariate regression analysis, several covariates accounted for the variance in the relative changes in sleep stage duration. No sex differences were observed in the mean proportion of non-REM or REM sleep. CONCLUSIONS We observed longer relative nocturnal wakefulness and shorter relative N2 and REM sleep in patients with mTBI, and these outcomes were associated with potentially modifiable variables. Addressing disruptions in sleep architecture in patients with mTBI could improve their health status.
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- Tatyana Mollayeva
- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada; Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Canada; Toronto Rehab-University Health Network, Ontario, Canada.
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada; Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab, University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Canada; Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada; Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada; Youthdale Child & Adolescent Sleep Clinic, Ontario, Canada
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Bhushan B, Ayub B, Thompson DM, Abdullah F, Billings KR. Impact of short sleep on metabolic variables in obese children with obstructive sleep apnea. Laryngoscope 2016; 127:2176-2181. [PMID: 27868206 DOI: 10.1002/lary.26420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To analyze the association between sleep duration, metabolic variables, and insulin resistance in obese children with and without obstructive sleep apnea. The decline in sleep duration has paralleled a dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity and diabetes, suggesting a mechanistic relationship. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective, case series. METHODS Consecutive obese patients 3 to 12 years of age who underwent polysomnography (PSG) and a metabolic panel and who completed a 14-item sleep questionnaire were analyzed. All laboratory testing was conducted within 3 months of PSG. Total sleep times were obtained from the PSG and confirmed by the questionnaire. RESULTS A total of 171 patients (55.0% male) were studied. All patients were obese (body mass index [BMI] z score > 95th percentile). Patients were categorized into three groups: short sleepers, borderline sleepers, and optimal sleepers. Eighty-six (50.3%) patients were short sleepers, 71 (41.5%) were borderline sleepers, and 14 (8.2%) were optimal sleepers. The mean BMI z score was 3.13 ± 1.3 in short sleepers, 3.3 ± 1.1 in borderline sleepers, and 3.5 ± 1.5 in optimal sleepers (P = .39). There was no statistical difference in high- and low-density lipoprotein levels (P = .21 and P = .76, respectively) and total cholesterol (P = .43) among subgroups. Triglycerides, blood glucose, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance were significantly higher in short sleepers when compared to borderline or normal sleepers (P = .008, P < .001, P < .001, and P < .001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Short sleep duration was correlated with alterations in metabolic variables and insulin resistance in obese patients. This raises concern for development of comorbid conditions that can persist into adulthood. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4 Laryngoscope, 127:2176-2181, 2017.
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- Bharat Bhushan
- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.,Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A
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- Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.,Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Kay DB, Karim HT, Soehner AM, Hasler BP, Wilckens KA, James JA, Aizenstein HJ, Price JC, Rosario BL, Kupfer DJ, Germain A, Hall MH, Franzen PL, Nofzinger EA, Buysse DJ. Sleep-Wake Differences in Relative Regional Cerebral Metabolic Rate for Glucose among Patients with Insomnia Compared with Good Sleepers. Sleep 2016; 39:1779-1794. [PMID: 27568812 PMCID: PMC5020360 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.6154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES The neurobiological mechanisms of insomnia may involve altered patterns of activation across sleep-wake states in brain regions associated with cognition, self-referential processes, affect, and sleep-wake promotion. The objective of this study was to compare relative regional cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (rCMRglc) in these brain regions across wake and nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep states in patients with primary insomnia (PI) and good sleeper controls (GS). METHODS Participants included 44 PI and 40 GS matched for age (mean = 37 y old, range 21-60), sex, and race. We conducted [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography scans in PI and GS during both morning wakefulness and NREM sleep at night. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to test for group (PI vs. GS) by state (wake vs. NREM sleep) interactions in relative rCMRglc. RESULTS Significant group-by-state interactions in relative rCMRglc were found in the precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex, left middle frontal gyrus, left inferior/superior parietal lobules, left lingual/fusiform/occipital gyri, and right lingual gyrus. All clusters were significant at Pcorrected < 0.05. CONCLUSIONS Insomnia was characterized by regional alterations in relative glucose metabolism across NREM sleep and wakefulness. Significant group-by-state interactions in relative rCMRglc suggest that insomnia is associated with impaired disengagement of brain regions involved in cognition (left frontoparietal), self-referential processes (precuneus/posterior cingulate), and affect (left middle frontal, fusiform/lingual gyri) during NREM sleep, or alternatively, to impaired engagement of these regions during wakefulness.
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- Daniel B. Kay
- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
- Cerêve Inc. Oakmont, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sleep and Chronobiology Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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Mendelson M, Borowik A, Michallet AS, Perrin C, Monneret D, Faure P, Levy P, Pépin JL, Wuyam B, Flore P. Sleep quality, sleep duration and physical activity in obese adolescents: effects of exercise training. Pediatr Obes 2016; 11:26-32. [PMID: 25727885 DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Decreased sleep duration and altered sleep quality are risk factors for obesity in youth. Structured exercise training has been shown to increase sleep duration and improve sleep quality. OBJECTIVES This study aimed at evaluating the impact of exercise training for improving sleep duration, sleep quality and physical activity in obese adolescents (OB). METHODS Twenty OB (age: 14.5 ± 1.5 years; body mass index: 34.0 ± 4.7 kg m(-2) ) and 20 healthy-weight adolescents (HW) completed an overnight polysomnography and wore an accelerometer (SenseWear Bodymedia) for 7 days. OB participated in a 12-week supervised exercise-training programme consisting of 180 min of exercise weekly. Exercise training was a combination of aerobic exercise and resistance training. RESULTS Sleep duration was greater in HW compared with OB (P < 0.05). OB presented higher apnoea-hypopnoea index than HW (P < 0.05). Physical activity (average daily metabolic equivalent of tasks [METs]) by accelerometer was lower in OB (P < 0.05). After exercise training, obese adolescents increased their sleep duration (+64.4 min; effect size: 0.88; P = 0.025) and sleep efficiency (+7.6%; effect size: 0.76; P = 0.028). Physical activity levels were increased in OB as evidenced by increased steps per day and average daily METs (P < 0.05). Improved sleep duration was associated with improved average daily METs (r = 0.48, P = 0.04). CONCLUSION The present study confirms altered sleep duration and quality in OB. Exercise training improves sleep duration, sleep quality and physical activity.
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- M Mendelson
- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- CHU de Grenoble, Department of Pediatrics, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU, Hôpital A. Michalon, Département de Biochimie, Toxicologie et Pharmacologie, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU, Hôpital A. Michalon, Département de Biochimie, Toxicologie et Pharmacologie, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,INSERM, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France.,CHU de Grenoble, HP2, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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Memory Reactivation in Humans (Imaging Studies). SPRINGER SERIES IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1969-7_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Development and Impact of Brain Imaging Techniques. Sleep Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2089-1_64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Human brain dynamics are nowadays routinely explored at the macroscopic level using a wide variety of non-invasive neuroimaging techniques, including single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET), near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In the past decades, the application of brain imaging methods to the study of sleep raised a renewed interest for the field, especially in the domain of neuroscience. Indeed, these studies enabled researchers to characterize the functional neuroanatomy of sleep stages and identify the neural correlates of phasic and tonic sleep mechanisms. Furthermore, they provided the scientific community with tools to address the crucial question of brain plasticity processes during human sleep, the role of sleep-related plasticity for memory consolidation, and how sleep and the lack of post-training sleep impacts brain functioning in the neural networks underlying memory-related cognitive processes. This chapter reviews the contributions of neuroimaging to our understanding of the functional neuroanatomy of sleep and sleep stages, and discusses how sleep contributes to the long-term consolidation of recently acquired memories in light of contemporary neural models for memory consolidation during sleep.
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- Philippe Peigneux
- UR2NF-Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit, CRCN-Centre de Recherches Cognition et Neurosciences and UNI-ULB Neurosciences Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), CP191, Av. F Roosevelt 50, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium,
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Comai S, Gobbi G. Unveiling the role of melatonin MT2 receptors in sleep, anxiety and other neuropsychiatric diseases: a novel target in psychopharmacology. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2014; 39:6-21. [PMID: 23971978 PMCID: PMC3868666 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.130009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Melatonin (MLT) is a pleiotropic neurohormone controlling many physiological processes and whose dysfunction may contribute to several different diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, circadian and mood disorders, insomnia, type 2 diabetes and pain. Melatonin is synthesized by the pineal gland during the night and acts through 2 G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), MT1 (MEL1a) and MT2 (MEL1b). Although a bulk of research has examined the physiopathological effects of MLT, few studies have investigated the selective role played by MT1 and MT2 receptors. Here we have reviewed current knowledge about the implications of MT2 receptors in brain functions. METHODS We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and articles' reference lists for studies on MT2 receptor ligands in sleep, anxiety, neuropsychiatric diseases and psychopharmacology, including genetic studies on the MTNR1B gene, which encodes the melatonin MT2 receptor. RESULTS These studies demonstrate that MT2 receptors are involved in the pathophysiology and pharmacology of sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, Alzheimer disease and pain and that selective MT2 receptor agonists show hypnotic and anxiolytic properties. LIMITATIONS Studies examining the role of MT2 receptors in psychopharmacology are still limited. CONCLUSION The development of novel selective MT2 receptor ligands, together with further preclinical in vivo studies, may clarify the role of this receptor in brain function and psychopharmacology. The superfamily of GPCRs has proven to be among the most successful drug targets and, consequently, MT2 receptors have great potential for pioneer drug discovery in the treatment of mental diseases for which limited therapeutic targets are currently available.
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- Correspondence to: G. Gobbi, Neurobiological Psychiatry Unit, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 1033 Pine Ave. W, room 220, Montréal QC H3A 1A1;
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Sims RE, Wu HHT, Dale N. Sleep-wake sensitive mechanisms of adenosine release in the basal forebrain of rodents: an in vitro study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53814. [PMID: 23326515 PMCID: PMC3543262 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Adenosine acting in the basal forebrain is a key mediator of sleep homeostasis. Extracellular adenosine concentrations increase during wakefulness, especially during prolonged wakefulness and lead to increased sleep pressure and subsequent rebound sleep. The release of endogenous adenosine during the sleep-wake cycle has mainly been studied in vivo with microdialysis techniques. The biochemical changes that accompany sleep-wake status may be preserved in vitro. We have therefore used adenosine-sensitive biosensors in slices of the basal forebrain (BFB) to study both depolarization-evoked adenosine release and the steady state adenosine tone in rats, mice and hamsters. Adenosine release was evoked by high K+, AMPA, NMDA and mGlu receptor agonists, but not by other transmitters associated with wakefulness such as orexin, histamine or neurotensin. Evoked and basal adenosine release in the BFB in vitro exhibited three key features: the magnitude of each varied systematically with the diurnal time at which the animal was sacrificed; sleep deprivation prior to sacrifice greatly increased both evoked adenosine release and the basal tone; and the enhancement of evoked adenosine release and basal tone resulting from sleep deprivation was reversed by the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) inhibitor, 1400 W. These data indicate that characteristics of adenosine release recorded in the BFB in vitro reflect those that have been linked in vivo to the homeostatic control of sleep. Our results provide methodologically independent support for a key role for induction of iNOS as a trigger for enhanced adenosine release following sleep deprivation and suggest that this induction may constitute a biochemical memory of this state.
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- Robert Edward Sims
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
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Jedidi Z, Rikir E, Muto V, Mascetti L, Kussé C, Foret A, Shaffii-Le Bourdiec A, Vandewalle G, Maquet P. Functional neuroimaging of the reciprocal influences between sleep and wakefulness. Pflugers Arch 2011; 463:103-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-1016-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2011] [Revised: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Desseilles M, Dang-Vu T, Maquet P. Functional neuroimaging in sleep, sleep deprivation, and sleep disorders. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2011; 98:71-94. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-52006-7.00006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Horovitz SG, Fukunaga M, de Zwart JA, van Gelderen P, Fulton SC, Balkin TJ, Duyn JH. Low frequency BOLD fluctuations during resting wakefulness and light sleep: a simultaneous EEG-fMRI study. Hum Brain Mapp 2008; 29:671-82. [PMID: 17598166 PMCID: PMC6871022 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Recent blood oxygenation level dependent functional MRI (BOLD fMRI) studies of the human brain have shown that in the absence of external stimuli, activity persists in the form of distinct patterns of temporally correlated signal fluctuations. In this work, we investigated the spontaneous BOLD signal fluctuations during states of reduced consciousness such as drowsiness and sleep. For this purpose, we performed BOLD fMRI on normal subjects during varying levels of consciousness, from resting wakefulness to light (non-slow wave) sleep. Depth of sleep was determined based on concurrently acquired EEG data. During light sleep, significant increases in the fluctuation level of the BOLD signal were observed in several cortical areas, among which visual cortex was the most significant. Correlations among brain regions involved with the default-mode network persisted during light sleep. These results suggest that activity in areas such as the default-mode network and primary sensory cortex, as measured from BOLD fMRI fluctuations, does not require a level of consciousness typical of wakefulness.
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- Silvina G Horovitz
- Advanced MRI Section, LFMI, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Liu X, Forbes EE, Ryan ND, Rofey D, Hannon TS, Dahl RE. Rapid eye movement sleep in relation to overweight in children and adolescents. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY 2008; 65:924-32. [PMID: 18678797 PMCID: PMC2729137 DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.8.924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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CONTEXT Short sleep duration is associated with obesity, but few studies have examined the relationship between obesity and specific physiological stages of sleep. OBJECTIVE To examine specific sleep stages, including rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and stages 1 through 4 of non-REM sleep, in relation to overweight in children and adolescents. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A total of 335 children and adolescents (55.2% male; aged 7-17 years) underwent 3 consecutive nights of standard polysomnography and weight and height assessments as part of a study on the development of internalizing disorders (depression and anxiety). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) z score and weight status (normal, at risk for overweight, overweight) according to the body mass index percentile for age and sex. RESULTS The body mass index z score was significantly related to total sleep time (beta = -0.174), sleep efficiency (beta = -0.027), and REM density (beta = -0.256). Compared with normal-weight children, overweight children slept about 22 minutes less and had lower sleep efficiency, shorter REM sleep, lower REM activity and density, and longer latency to the first REM period. After adjustment for demographics, pubertal status, and psychiatric diagnosis, 1 hour less of total sleep was associated with approximately 2-fold increased odds of overweight (odds ratio = 1.85), 1 hour less of REM sleep was associated with about 3-fold increased odds (odds ratio = 2.91), and REM density and activity below the median increased the odds of overweight by 2-fold (odds ratio = 2.18) and 3-fold (odds ratio = 3.32), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm previous epidemiological observations that short sleep time is associated with overweight in children and adolescents. A core aspect of the association between short sleep duration and overweight may be attributed to reduced REM sleep. Further studies are needed to investigate possible mechanisms underpinning the association between diminished REM sleep and endocrine and metabolic changes that may contribute to obesity.
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- Xianchen Liu
- Department of Psychiatry and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Why we sleep seems like a simple question, yet it has baffled scientists for generations. Based on recent data, Emmanuel Mignot argues that the function of sleep is essentially a resilient form of cellular recovery, organized anatomically and temporally by natural evolution, that has taken on additional functions over time.
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- Emmanuel Mignot
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
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The present review investigates the role of sleep and its alteration in triggering metabolic disorders. The reduction of the amount of time sleeping has become an endemic condition in modern society and the current literature has found important associations between sleep loss and alterations in nutritional and metabolic aspects. Studies suggest that individuals who sleep less have a higher probability of becoming obese. It can be related to the increase of ghrelin and decrease of leptin levels, generating an increase of appetite and hunger. Sleep loss has been closely associated with problems in glucose metabolism and a higher risk for the development of insulin resistance and diabetes, and this disturbance may reflect decreased efficacy of the negative-feedback regulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. The period of sleep is also associated with an increase of blood lipid concentrations, which can be intensified under conditions of reduced sleep time, leading to disorders in fat metabolism. Based on a review of the literature, we conclude that sleep loss represents an important risk factor for weight gain, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia. Therefore, an adequate sleep pattern is fundamental for the nutritional balance of the body and should be encouraged by professionals in the area.
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Over the past 30 years there has been an increase in the prevalence of obesity and diabetes, both of which can have serious consequences for longevity and quality of life. Sleep durations may have also decreased over this time period. This chapter reviews laboratory and epidemiologic evidence for an association between sleep loss and impairments in glucose metabolism and appetite regulation, which could increase the risk of diabetes or weight gain.
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This paper presents an overview of the current knowledge of the neurophysiology and cellular pharmacology of sleep mechanisms. It is written from the perspective that recent years have seen a remarkable development of knowledge about sleep mechanisms, due to the capability of current cellular neurophysiological, pharmacological and molecular techniques to provide focused, detailed, and replicable studies that have enriched and informed the knowledge of sleep phenomenology and pathology derived from electroencephalographic (EEG) analysis. This chapter has a cellular and neurophysiological/neuropharmacological focus, with an emphasis on rapid eye movement (REM) sleep mechanisms and non-REM (NREM) sleep phenomena attributable to adenosine. The survey of neuronal and neurotransmitter-related brainstem mechanisms of REM includes monoamines, acetylcholine, the reticular formation, a new emphasis on GABAergic mechanisms and a discussion of the role of orexin/hypcretin in diurnal consolidation of REM sleep. The focus of the NREM sleep discussion is on the basal forebrain and adenosine as a mediator of homeostatic control. Control is through basal forebrain extracellular adenosine accumulation during wakefulness and inhibition of wakefulness-active neurons. Over longer periods of sleep loss, there is a second mechanism of homeostatic control through transcriptional modification. Adenosine acting at the A1 receptor produces an up-regulation of A1 receptors, which increases inhibition for a given level of adenosine, effectively increasing the gain of the sleep homeostat. This second mechanism likely occurs in widespread cortical areas as well as in the basal forebrain. Finally, the results of a new series of experimental paradigms in rodents to measure the neurocognitive effects of sleep loss and sleep interruption (modeling sleep apnea) provide animal model data congruent with those in humans.
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- Robert W McCarley
- Neuroscience Laboratory, VA Boston Healthcare System, 940 Belmont St., Brockton, MA 02301, USA.
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Karbowski J. Global and regional brain metabolic scaling and its functional consequences. BMC Biol 2007; 5:18. [PMID: 17488526 PMCID: PMC1884139 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Information processing in the brain requires large amounts of metabolic energy, the spatial distribution of which is highly heterogeneous, reflecting the complex activity patterns in the mammalian brain. RESULTS In this study, it was found, based on empirical data, that despite this heterogeneity, the volume-specific cerebral glucose metabolic rate of many different brain structures scales with brain volume with almost the same exponent: around -0.15. The exception is white matter, the metabolism of which seems to scale with a standard specific exponent of -1/4. The scaling exponents for the total oxygen and glucose consumptions in the brain in relation to its volume are identical, at 0.86 +/- 0.03, which is significantly larger than the exponents 3/4 and 2/3 that have been suggested for whole body basal metabolism on body mass. CONCLUSION These findings show explicitly that in mammals: (i) volume-specific scaling exponents of the cerebral energy expenditure in different brain parts are approximately constant (except brain stem structures), and (ii) the total cerebral metabolic exponent against brain volume is greater than the much-cited Kleiber's 3/4 exponent. The neurophysiological factors that might account for the regional uniformity of the exponents and for the excessive scaling of the total brain metabolism are discussed, along with the relationship between brain metabolic scaling and computation.
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- Jan Karbowski
- Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology, Division of Biology 216-76, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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Flint J, Kothare SV, Zihlif M, Suarez E, Adams R, Legido A, De Luca F. Association between inadequate sleep and insulin resistance in obese children. J Pediatr 2007; 150:364-9. [PMID: 17382111 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.08.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2006] [Revised: 06/06/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the relationships between sleep duration, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), and markers of insulin resistance in obese children. STUDY DESIGN Forty obese children were evaluated for sleep-related complaints. Each child underwent a polysomnogram, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and fasting lipid panel tests. Indices of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR and WBISI) and insulin secretion (IGI) were calculated based on the results of the OGTT. Markers of insulin resistance were compared among groups categorized according to polysomnogram results. RESULTS Subjects with shorter sleep duration had higher fasting insulin, peak insulin, and HOMA-IR levels and lower WBISI levels, findings suggestive of insulin resistance. In contrast, differences in body mass index z scores were not observed. Subjects with OSAS (32 of 40 children) had higher triglyceride levels and HOMA-IR values than those without OSAS, but did not differ in sleep duration. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that HOMA-IR was significantly correlated with age, sleep duration, and percentage of rapid-eye-movement sleep. CONCLUSIONS Insulin resistance in obese children is associated with short sleep duration and OSAS.
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- Janna Flint
- Section of Endocrinology, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134, USA.
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- Mary Ip
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University Department of Medicine, 4th Floor, Professorial Block, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Sleep Disorders Center, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 0999/Room L11B, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Alzheimer' s disease, oxidative stress and gammahydroxybutyrate. Neurobiol Aging 2006; 28:1340-60. [PMID: 16837107 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2006] [Revised: 05/14/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although the cause of Alzheimer's disease is unknown, oxidative stress, energy depletion, excitotoxicity and vascular endothelial pathology are all considered to play a part in its pathogenesis. In reaction to these adverse events, the Alzheimer brain appears to deploy a highly conserved biological response to tissue stress. Oxidative metabolism is turned down, the expression of antioxidative enzymes is increased and intermediary metabolism is shifted in the direction of the pentose phosphate shunt to promote reductive detoxification, repair and biosynthesis. Gathering evidence suggests that the release of beta-amyloid and the formation of neurofibrillary tangles, the two hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, are components of this protective response. Gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB), an endogenous short chain fatty acid, may be able to buttress this response. GHB can reduce glucose utilization, shift intermediary metabolism in the direction the pentose phosphate shunt and generate NADPH, a key cofactor in the activity of many antioxidative and reductive enzymes. GHB has been shown to spare cerebral energy utilization, block excitotoxicity and maintain vascular integrity in the face of impaired perfusion. Most important, GHB has repeatedly been shown to prevent the tissue damaging effects of oxidative stress. It may therefore be possible to utilize GHB to strengthen the brain's innate defences against the pathological processes operating in the Alzheimer brain and, in this way, stem the advance of Alzheimer's disease.
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Herein are presented the results of research in the area of sleep neuroimaging over the past year. Significant work has been performed to clarify the basic mechanisms of sleep in humans. New studies also extend prior observations regarding altered brain activation in response to sleep deprivation by adding information regarding vulnerability to sleep deprivation and regarding the influence of task difficulty on aberrant responses. Studies in sleep disorder medicine have yielded significant findings in insomnia, depression, and restless legs syndrome. Extensive advances have been made in the area of sleep apnea where physiologic challenges have been used to probe brain activity in the pathophysiology of sleep apnea syndrome.
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- Eric A Nofzinger
- Sleep Neuroimaging Research Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Spiegel K, Knutson K, Leproult R, Tasali E, Van Cauter E. Sleep loss: a novel risk factor for insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005; 99:2008-19. [PMID: 16227462 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00660.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 708] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Chronic sleep loss as a consequence of voluntary bedtime restriction is an endemic condition in modern society. Although sleep exerts marked modulatory effects on glucose metabolism, and molecular mechanisms for the interaction between sleeping and feeding have been documented, the potential impact of recurrent sleep curtailment on the risk for diabetes and obesity has only recently been investigated. In laboratory studies of healthy young adults submitted to recurrent partial sleep restriction, marked alterations in glucose metabolism including decreased glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity have been demonstrated. The neuroendocrine regulation of appetite was also affected as the levels of the anorexigenic hormone leptin were decreased, whereas the levels of the orexigenic factor ghrelin were increased. Importantly, these neuroendocrine abnormalities were correlated with increased hunger and appetite, which may lead to overeating and weight gain. Consistent with these laboratory findings, a growing body of epidemiological evidence supports an association between short sleep duration and the risk for obesity and diabetes. Chronic sleep loss may also be the consequence of pathological conditions such as sleep-disordered breathing. In this increasingly prevalent syndrome, a feedforward cascade of negative events generated by sleep loss, sleep fragmentation, and hypoxia are likely to exacerbate the severity of metabolic disturbances. In conclusion, chronic sleep loss, behavioral or sleep disorder related, may represent a novel risk factor for weight gain, insulin resistance, and Type 2 diabetes.
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- Karine Spiegel
- Laboratoire de Physiologie, Centre d'Etude des Rythmes Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Hôpital Erasme-CPI 604, 808, Route de Lennik, B-1070 Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Kaufmann C, Wehrle R, Wetter TC, Holsboer F, Auer DP, Pollmächer T, Czisch M. Brain activation and hypothalamic functional connectivity during human non-rapid eye movement sleep: an EEG/fMRI study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 129:655-67. [PMID: 16339798 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Regional differences in sleep EEG dynamics indicate that sleep-related brain activity involves local brain processes with sleep stage specific activity patterns of neuronal populations. Macroscopically, it is not fully understood which cerebral brain regions are involved in the successive discontinuation of wakefulness. We simultaneously used EEG and functional MRI on 9 subjects (6 female: mean = 24.1 years, 3 male: mean = 26.0 years) and analyzed local blood oxygenation level dependent signal changes linked to the transition from wakefulness to different non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep stages (according to Rechtschaffen and Kales) of the first sleep cycles after 36 h of total sleep deprivation. Several brain regions throughout the cortex, the limbic lobe, the thalamus, the caudate nucleus, as well as midbrain structures, such as the mammillary body/hypothalamus, showed reduced activity during NREM sleep across all sleep stages. Additionally, we found deactivation patterns specific to NREM sleep stages compared with wakefulness suggesting that a synchronized sleeping state can be established only if these regions interact in a well-balanced way. Sleep stage 2, which is usually linked to the loss of self-conscious awareness, is associated with signal decreases comprising thalamic and hypothalamic regions, the cingulate cortex, the right insula and adjacent regions of the temporal lobe, the inferior parietal lobule and the inferior/middle frontal gyri. The hypothalamic region known to be of particular importance in the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle shows specific temporally correlated network activity with the cortex while the system is in the sleeping state, but not during wakefulness. We describe a specific pattern of decreased brain activity during sleep and suggest that this pattern must be synchronized for establishing and maintaining sleep.
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- C Kaufmann
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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In sleep medicine, patients with sleep disorders are evaluated and treated. The primary assessment tool of the field has traditionally been polysomnography. While polysomnography has been helpful in the evaluation of some sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder, it has been less helpful in others, such as the insomnias, or sleep disorders secondary to mental disorders. These disorders are presumed to stem from some alteration in brain function that disrupts sleep. The development of functional neuroimaging methods provides a means to understand brain function in patients with sleep disorders in a manner not accessible to polysomnography. This paper summarizes functional neuroimaging findings during healthy sleep, then, reviews available studies in sleep disorders patients, and studies addressing the pharmacology of sleep and sleep disorders. Areas in which functional neuroimaging methods may be helpful in sleep medicine, and in which future development is advised, include: (1) clarification of pathophysiology; (2) aid in differential diagnosis; (3) assessment of treatment response; (4) guiding new drug development; and (5) monitoring treatment response.
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- Eric A Nofzinger
- Sleep Neuroimaging Research Program, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Drummond SPA, Smith MT, Orff HJ, Chengazi V, Perlis ML. Functional imaging of the sleeping brain: review of findings and implications for the study of insomnia. Sleep Med Rev 2004; 8:227-42. [PMID: 15144964 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2003.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Despite the growing literature indicating that insomnia is prevalent and a substantial risk factor for medical and psychiatric morbidity, the pathophysiology of both Primary and Secondary Insomnia is poorly understood. Multiple trait and state factors are thought to give rise to and/or moderate illness severity in insomnia, but 'hyperarousal' is widely believed to be the final common pathway of the disorder. To date, very little work has been undertaken using functional imaging to explore the CNS correlates, underpinnings, or consequences of hyperarousal as it occurs in Primary Insomnia. In fact, all but one of the extant studies have been of healthy good sleepers or subjects with Secondary Insomnia. In the present article, we: (1) review the studies that have been undertaken in good sleepers and in patients using functional neuroimaging methodologies, and (2) discuss how these data can inform a research agenda aimed at describing the neuropathophysiology of insomnia.
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- Sean P A Drummond
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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Maquet P. Cerebral Functional Segregation and Integration during Human Sleep. Sleep 2004. [DOI: 10.1201/9780203496732.ch13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Basheer R, Strecker RE, Thakkar MM, McCarley RW. Adenosine and sleep–wake regulation. Prog Neurobiol 2004; 73:379-96. [PMID: 15313333 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2004.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2003] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This review addresses three principal questions about adenosine and sleep-wake regulation: (1) Is adenosine an endogenous sleep factor? (2) Are there specific brain regions/neuroanatomical targets and receptor subtypes through which adenosine mediates sleepiness? (3) What are the molecular mechanisms by which adenosine may mediate the long-term effects of sleep loss? Data suggest that adenosine is indeed an important endogenous, homeostatic sleep factor, likely mediating the sleepiness that follows prolonged wakefulness. The cholinergic basal forebrain is reviewed in detail as an essential area for mediating the sleep-inducing effects of adenosine by inhibition of wake-promoting neurons via the A1 receptor. The A2A receptor in the subarachnoid space below the rostral forebrain may play a role in the prostaglandin D2-mediated somnogenic effects of adenosine. Recent evidence indicates that a cascade of signal transduction induced by basal forebrain adenosine A1 receptor activation in cholinergic neurons leads to increased transcription of the A1 receptor; this may play a role in mediating the longer-term effects of sleep deprivation, often called sleep debt.
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- Radhika Basheer
- Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Boston VA Healthcare System, Brockton, MA 02301, USA
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Alanko L, Heiskanen S, Stenberg D, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Adenosine kinase and 5'-nucleotidase activity after prolonged wakefulness in the cortex and the basal forebrain of rat. Neurochem Int 2003; 42:449-54. [PMID: 12547643 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(02)00155-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effect of prolonged wakefulness on adenosine kinase (AK), ecto-5'-nucleotidase and endo-5'-nucleotidase activity was assessed in the present study. Rats were sleep deprived for 3 or 6h, and one group was allowed to sleep 2h of recovery sleep after the 6h deprivation. The cortex and the basal forebrain were dissected, and frozen rapidly on dry ice. The enzyme activity of adenosine kinase was measured by monitoring the conversion of [2-3H]-adenosine into [3H]-adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and the ecto-5'-nucleotidase and endo-5'-nucleotidase activities by monitoring the conversion of [2-3H]-AMP into [3H]-adenosine. The enzyme activities did not change during deprivation or recovery sleep in either cortex or basal forebrain when compared to unhandled controls. Significant diurnal variation in enzyme activities was noted in both brain areas. In the basal forebrain adenosine kinase and both nucleotidases showed their lowest activity in the middle of the rest phase, 6h after lights on, suggesting a low level of adenosine metabolism, both production and degradation at this time point. In the cortex adenosine kinase had a diurnal activity pattern similar to the basal forebrain and the ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity was low already early in the rest phase, 3h after lights on, and remained low until the end part of the rest phase, 8h after lights on. Endo-5'-nucleotidase lacked diurnal variation. These activity patterns may be associated with the lower level of energy metabolism during sleep compared to wakefulness.
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- Lauri Alanko
- Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 63, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Kalinchuk AV, Urrila AS, Alanko L, Heiskanen S, Wigren HK, Suomela M, Stenberg D, Porkka-Heiskanen T. Local energy depletion in the basal forebrain increases sleep. Eur J Neurosci 2003; 17:863-9. [PMID: 12603276 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sleep saves energy, but can brain energy depletion induce sleep? We used 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a molecule which prevents the synthesis of ATP, to induce local energy depletion in the basal forebrain of rats. Three-hour DNP infusions induced elevations in extracellular concentrations of lactate, pyruvate and adenosine, as well as increases in non-REM sleep during the following night. Sleep was not affected when DNP was administered to adjacent brain areas, although the metabolic changes were similar. The amount and the timing of the increase in non-REM sleep, as well as in the concentrations of lactate, pyruvate and adenosine with 0.5-1.0 mM DNP infusion, were comparable to those induced by 3 h of sleep deprivation. Here we show that energy depletion in localized brain areas can generate sleep. The energy depletion model of sleep induction could be applied to in vitro research into the cellular mechanisms of prolonged wakefulness.
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- Anna V Kalinchuk
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedicine, PO Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Peigneux P, Laureys S, Delbeuck X, Maquet P. Sleeping brain, learning brain. The role of sleep for memory systems. Neuroreport 2001; 12:A111-24. [PMID: 11742260 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200112210-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The hypothesis that sleep participates in the consolidation of recent memory traces has been investigated using four main paradigms: (1) effects of post-training sleep deprivation on memory consolidation, (2) effects of learning on post-training sleep, (3) effects of within sleep stimulation on the sleep pattern and on overnight memories, and (4) re-expression of behavior-specific neural patterns during post-training sleep. These studies convincingly support the idea that sleep is deeply involved in memory functions in humans and animals. However, the available data still remain too scarce to confirm or reject unequivocally the recently upheld hypothesis that consolidations of non-declarative and declarative memories are respectively dependent upon REM and NREM sleep processes.
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- P Peigneux
- Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège, Bât. B30, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Netchiporouk L, Shram N, Salvert D, Cespuglio R. Brain extracellular glucose assessed by voltammetry throughout the rat sleep-wake cycle. Eur J Neurosci 2001; 13:1429-34. [PMID: 11298804 DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the present study, cortical extracellular levels of glucose were monitored for the first time throughout the sleep-wake states of the freely moving rat. For this purpose, polygraphic recordings (electroencephalogram of the fronto-occipital cortices and electromyogram of the neck muscles) were achieved in combination with differential normal pulse voltammetry (DNPV) using a specific glucose sensor. Data obtained reveal that the basal extracellular glucose concentration in the conscious rat is 0.59 +/- 0.3 m M while under chloral hydrate anaesthesia (0.4 g/kg, i.p.) it increases up to 180% of its basal concentration. Regarding the sleep-wake cycle, the existence of spontaneous significant variations in the mean glucose level during slow-wave sleep (SWS = +13%) and paradoxical sleep (PS = -11%) compared with the waking state (100%) is also reported. It is to be noticed that during long periods of active waking, glucose level tends towards a decrease that becomes significant after 15 min (active waking = -32%). On the contrary, during long episodes of slow-wave sleep, it tends towards an increase which becomes significant after 12 min (SWS = +28%). It is suggested that voltammetric techniques using enzymatic biosensors are useful tools allowing direct glucose measurements in the freely moving animal. On the whole, paradoxical sleep is pointed out as a state highly dependent on the availability of energy and slow-wave sleep as a period of energy saving.
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- L Netchiporouk
- INSERM Unit 480, Claude Bernard University, 8 avenue Rockefeller, F-69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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Two aspects of consciousness are first considered: consciousness as awareness (phenomenological meaning) and consciousness as strategic control (functional meaning). As to awareness, three types can be distinguished: first, awareness as the phenomenal experiences of objects and events; second, awareness as meta-awareness, i.e., the awareness of mental life itself; third, awareness as self-awareness, i.e., the awareness of being oneself. While phenomenal experience and self-awareness are usually present during dreaming (even if many modifications are possible), meta-awareness is usually absent (apart from some particular experiences of self-reflectiveness) with the major exception of lucid dreaming. Consciousness as strategic control may also be present in dreams. The functioning of consciousness is then analyzed, following a cognitive model of dream production. In such a model, the dream is supposed to be the product of the interaction of three components: (a) the bottom-up activation of mnemonic elements coming from LTM systems, (b) interpretative and elaborative top-down processes, and (c) monitoring of phenomenal experience. A feedback circulation is activated among the components, where the top-down interpretative organization and the conscious monitoring of the oneiric scene elicitates other mnemonic contents, according to the requirements of the dream plot. This dream productive activity is submitted to unconscious and conscious processes.
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- P C Cicogna
- Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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Functional neuroimaging using positron emission tomography has recently yielded original data on the functional neuroanatomy of human sleep. This paper attempts to describe the possibilities and limitations of the technique and clarify its usefulness in sleep research. A short overview of the methods of acquisition and statistical analysis (statistical parametric mapping, SPM) is presented before the results of PET sleep studies are reviewed. The discussion attempts to integrate the functional neuroimaging data into the body of knowledge already acquired on sleep in animals and humans using various other techniques (intracellular recordings, in situ neurophysiology, lesional and pharmacological trials, scalp EEG recordings, behavioural or psychological description). The published PET data describe a very reproducible functional neuroanatomy in sleep. The core characteristics of this 'canonical' sleep may be summarized as follows. In slow-wave sleep, most deactivated areas are located in the dorsal pons and mesencephalon, cerebellum, thalami, basal ganglia, basal forebrain/hypothalamus, prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, precuneus and in the mesial aspect of the temporal lobe. During rapid-eye movement sleep, significant activations were found in the pontine tegmentum, thalamic nuclei, limbic areas (amygdaloid complexes, hippocampal formation, anterior cingulate cortex) and in the posterior cortices (temporo-occipital areas). In contrast, the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex, as well as the posterior cingulate cortex and precuneus, were the least active brain regions. These preliminary studies open up a whole field in sleep research. More detailed explorations of sleep in humans are now accessible to experimental challenges using PET and other neuroimaging techniques. These new methods will contribute to a better understanding of sleep functions.
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- P Maquet
- Cyclotron Research Centre, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Van Someren EJ. More than a marker: interaction between the circadian regulation of temperature and sleep, age-related changes, and treatment possibilities. Chronobiol Int 2000; 17:313-54. [PMID: 10841209 DOI: 10.1081/cbi-100101050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The neurobiological mechanisms of both sleep and circadian regulation have been unraveled partly in the last decades. A network of brain structures, rather than a single locus, is involved in arousal state regulation, whereas the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) has been recognized as a key structure for the regulation of circadian rhythms. Although most models of sleep regulation include a circadian component, the actual mechanism by which the circadian timing system promotes--in addition to homeostatic pressure--transitions between sleep and wakefulness remains to be elucidated. Little more can be stated presently than a probable involvement of neuronal projections and neurohumoral factors originating in the SCN. This paper reviews the relation among body temperature, arousal state, and the circadian timing system and proposes that the circadian temperature rhythm provides an additional signaling pathway for the circadian modulation of sleep and wakefulness. A review of the literature shows that increased brain temperature is associated with a type of neuronal activation typical of sleep in some structures (hypothalamus, basal forebrain), but typical of wakefulness in others (midbrain reticular formation, thalamus). Not only local temperature, but also skin temperature are related to the activation type in these structures. Warming of the skin is associated with an activation type typical of sleep in the midbrain reticular formation, hypothalamus, and cerebral cortex (CC). The decreasing part of the circadian rhythm in core temperature is mainly determined by heat loss from the skin of the extremities, which is associated with strongly increased skin temperature. As such, alterations in core and skin temperature over the day could modulate the neuronal activation state or "preparedness for sleep" in arousal-related brain structures. Body temperature may thus provide a third signaling pathway, in addition to synaptic and neurohumoral pathways, for the circadian modulation of sleep. A proposed model for the effects of body temperature on sleep appears to fit the available data better than previous hypotheses on the relation between temperature and sleep. Moreover, when the effects of age-related thermoregulatory alterations are introduced into the model, it provides an adequate description of age-related changes in sleep, including shallow sleep and awakening closer to the nocturnal core temperature minimum. Finally, the model indicates that appropriately timed direct (passive heating) or indirect (bright light, melatonin, physical activity) manipulation of the nocturnal profile of skin and core temperature may be beneficial to disturbed sleep in the elderly. Although such procedures could be viewed by researchers as merely masking a marker for the endogenous rhythm, they may in fact be crucial for sleep improvement in elderly subjects.
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Basheer R, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Stenberg D, McCarley RW. Adenosine and behavioral state control: adenosine increases c-Fos protein and AP1 binding in basal forebrain of rats. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1999; 73:1-10. [PMID: 10581392 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00219-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In several brain areas, extracellular adenosine (AD) levels are higher during waking than sleep and during prolonged wakefulness AD levels in the basal forebrain increase progressively. Similarly, c-Fos levels in several brain areas are higher during waking than sleep and remain elevated during prolonged wakefulness. In the present study, we investigated the effect of extracellular AD levels on c-Fos protein and activator protein-1 (AP1) binding in the basal forebrain of rats. Increased levels of extracellular AD were induced either by keeping the animals awake, or by local perfusion of AD into the basal forebrain. During prolonged wakefulness extracellular AD concentration was monitored using in vivo microdialysis. The effect of AD perfusion on the behavioral states was recorded using polysomnography. At the end of the perfusion period the basal forebrain tissue was analyzed for the levels of c-Fos protein and AP1 binding. In vivo microdialysis measurements showed an increase in AD levels with prolonged wakefulness. Unilateral perfusion of AD (300 microM) increased non-REM sleep and delta power (0.5 to 4 Hz) when compared to rats perfused with artificial CSF. The levels of c-Fos protein and the AP1 DNA binding were high in the basal forebrain of both sleep-deprived animals and in animals perfused with AD. The results suggest that AD might mediate, at least in part, the long term effects of sleep deprivation by inducing c-Fos protein and subsequent AP1 binding.
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- R Basheer
- V.A. Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Laboratory of Neuroscience 116A, Department of Psychiatry, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02401, USA
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Sleep propensity increases in the course of wakefulness: the longer the previous wakefulness period is, the longer and deeper (measured as delta power in EEG recordings) is the following sleep. The mechanisms that regulate the need of sleep at the cellular level are largely unknown. The inhibitory neuromodulator, adenosine, is a promising candidate for a sleep-inducing factor: its concentration is higher during wakefulness than during sleep, it accumulates in the brain during prolonged wakefulness, and local perfusions as well as systemic administration of adenosine and its agonists induce sleep and decrease wakefulness. Adenosine receptor antagonists, caffeine and theophylline, are widely used as stimulants of the central nervous system to induce vigilance and increase the time spent awake. Our hypothesis is that adenosine accumulates in the extracellular space of the basal forebrain during wakefulness, increasing the sleep propensity. The increase in extracellular adenosine concentration decreases the activity of the wakefulness-promoting cell groups, especially the cholinergic cells in the basal forebrain. When the activity of the wakefulness-active cells decreases sufficiently sleep is initiated. During sleep the extracellular adenosine concentrations decrease, and thus the inhibition of the wakefulness-active cells also decreases allowing the initiation of a new wakefulness period.
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Van Bogaert P, Wikler D, Damhaut P, Szliwowski HB, Goldman S. Regional changes in glucose metabolism during brain development from the age of 6 years. Neuroimage 1998; 8:62-8. [PMID: 9698576 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1998.0346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) studies of 42 subjects ages 6 to 38 years were analyzed using statistical parametric mapping to identify age-related changes in regional distribution of glucose metabolism adjusted for global activity. Whereas adults were normal volunteers, children had idiopathic epilepsy. We studied polynomial expansions of age to identify nonlinear effects and found that adjusted glucose metabolism varied very significantly in the thalamus and the anterior cingulate cortex and to a lesser degree in the basal ganglia, the mesencephalon, and the insular, posterior cingulate, frontal, and postcentral cortices. Regression plots slowed that the best fit was not linear: adjusted glucose metabolism increased mainly before the age of 25 years and then remained relatively stable. Effects persisted when anti-epileptic drug intake and sleep during the FDG uptake were considered as confounding covariates. To determine if the metabolic changes observed were not due to the epileptic condition of the children, PET data obtained in adults with temporal lobe epilepsy were compared with those in our group of normal adult subjects, resulting in the absence of mapping in the age-related regions. This study suggests that brain maturation from the age of 6 years gives rise to a relative increase of synaptic activities in the thalamus, possibly as a consequence of improved corticothalamic connections. Increased metabolic activity in the anterior cingulate cortex is probably related to these thalamic changes and suggests that the limbic system is involved in the processes of brain maturation.
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- P Van Bogaert
- Department of Neurology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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- E Van Cauter
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Regional cerebral blood flow changes as a function of delta and spindle activity during slow wave sleep in humans. J Neurosci 1997. [PMID: 9169538 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-12-04800.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the present study, we investigated changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in humans during the progression from relaxed wakefulness through slow wave sleep (SWS). These changes were examined as a function of spindle (12-15 Hz) and delta (1.5-4.0 Hz) electroencephalographic (EEG) activity of SWS. rCBF was studied with positron emission tomography (PET) using the H215O bolus method. A maximum of six 60 sec scans were performed per subject during periods of wakefulness and stages 1-4 of SWS, as determined by on-line EEG monitoring. Spectral analysis was performed off-line on the EEG epochs corresponding to the scans for computation of activity in specific frequency bands. The relationship between EEG frequency band activity and normalized rCBF was determined by means of a voxel-by-voxel analysis of covariance. delta activity covaried negatively with rCBF most markedly in the thalamus and also in the brainstem reticular formation, cerebellum, anterior cingulate, and orbitofrontal cortex. After the effect of delta was removed, a significant negative covariation between spindle activity and the residual rCBF was evident in the medial thalamus. These negative covariations may reflect the disfacilitation and active inhibition of thalamocortical relay neurons in association with delta and spindles, as well as the neural substrates underlying the progressive attenuation of sensory awareness, motor responsiveness, and arousal that occur during SWS. delta activity covaried positively with rCBF in the visual and auditory cortex, possibly reflecting processes of dream-like mentation purported to occur during SWS.
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Porkka-Heiskanen T, Strecker RE, Thakkar M, Bjørkum AA, Greene RW, McCarley RW. Adenosine: a mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness. Science 1997; 276:1265-8. [PMID: 9157887 PMCID: PMC3599777 DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5316.1265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 726] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Both subjective and electroencephalographic arousal diminish as a function of the duration of prior wakefulness. Data reported here suggest that the major criteria for a neural sleep factor mediating the somnogenic effects of prolonged wakefulness are satisfied by adenosine, a neuromodulator whose extracellular concentration increases with brain metabolism and which, in vitro, inhibits basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. In vivo microdialysis measurements in freely behaving cats showed that adenosine extracellular concentrations in the basal forebrain cholinergic region increased during spontaneous wakefulness as contrasted with slow wave sleep; exhibited progressive increases during sustained, prolonged wakefulness; and declined slowly during recovery sleep. Furthermore, the sleep-wakefulness profile occurring after prolonged wakefulness was mimicked by increased extracellular adenosine induced by microdialysis perfusion of an adenosine transport inhibitor in the cholinergic basal forebrain but not by perfusion in a control noncholinergic region.
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- Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brockton Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), 116 A, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02401, USA, and Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brockton VAMC, 116 A, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02401, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brockton VAMC, 116 A, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02401, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brockton VAMC, 116 A, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02401, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brockton VAMC, 116 A, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02401, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brockton VAMC, 116 A, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02401, USA
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Using positron emission tomography (PET) it is possible to perform an in vivo study of cerebral physiological and biochemical processes in man. Employing this technique in sleep studies, decreased cerebral metabolic rates for glucose during slow wave sleep compared with those seen during wakefulness were first demonstrated, whereas similar rates of cerebral glucose metabolism were observed during paradoxical sleep and wakefulness. More recently, regional modifications of cerebral blood flow during sleep have also been demonstrated. During slow wave sleep, cerebral blood flow is decreased particularly in the prefrontal cortex. Rapid eye movement sleep is characterized by activation of the pons, thalami, amygdaloid complexes and a number of cortical areas (e.g. the anterior cingulate cortex). Although data remain incomplete, a variety of sleep disorders, including narcolepsy, fatal familial insomnia and continuous spike-and-wave discharges during slow sleep have been investigated. These results are briefly reviewed.
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- P Maquet
- Cyclotron Research Centre (B 30), University of Liège, Belgium.
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Nakanishi H, Sun Y, Nakamura RK, Mori K, Ito M, Suda S, Namba H, Storch FI, Dang TP, Mendelson W, Mishkin M, Kennedy C, Gillin JC, Smith CB, Sokoloff L. Positive correlations between cerebral protein synthesis rates and deep sleep in Macaca mulatta. Eur J Neurosci 1997; 9:271-9. [PMID: 9058047 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01397.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Local rates of cerebral protein synthesis (ICPSleu) were determined with the autoradiographic L-[1-14C]leucine method in seven awake and seven asleep, adult rhesus monkeys conditioned to sleep in a restraining chair in a darkened, ventilated chamber while EEG, EOG, and EMG were monitored. Prior to the period of measurement all animals slept for 1-4 h. Controls were awakened after at least one period of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. Experimental animals were allowed to remain asleep, and they exhibited non-REM sleep for 71-99% of the experimental period. Statistically significant differences in ICPSleu between control and experimental animals were found in four of the 57 regions of brain examined, but these effects may have occurred by chance. In the sleeping animals, however, correlations between ICPSleu and percent time in deep sleep were positive in all regions and were statistically significant (P < or = 0.05) in 35 of the regions. When time in deep sleep was weighted for the integrated specific activity of leucine in grey matter, positive correlations were statistically significant (P < or = 0.05) in 18 regions in the experimental animals. These results suggest that rates of protein synthesis are increased in many regions of the brain during deep sleep compared with light sleep.
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- H Nakanishi
- Laboratory of Cerebral Metabolism, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4030, USA
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Varying degrees of metabolic arrest are used by many living species to survive in a harsh environment. For example, in hibernating mammals, neuronal activity and cerebral metabolism are profoundly depressed in most regions of the brain and limited energy resources are deployed to maintain vital cell functions. Gathering evidence suggests that energy resources are also limited in both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and that this promotes metabolic stress and the degenerative process. Key steps in this process are energy requiring, and this further compromises cell energy reserves. It may be possible to slow the progress of these diseases by inducing slow-wave sleep (SWS) at night with gammahydroxybutyrate. Patients with these diseases sleep poorly and generate little SWS. SWS and hibernation are thought to be on a continuum of energy conservation. Thus, the induction of SWS may retard the degenerative process by depressing cell metabolism and by directing energy utilization to vital cell functions. In this way, GHB-induced SWS may duplicate the effects of hibernation and extend biologic time.
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- M Mamelak
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The function(s) of sleep would probably be better understood if the metabolic processes taking place within the central nervous system (CNS) during sleep were known in greater detail. The general pattern of the energy requirements of the brain during sleep is now outlined. Brain energy metabolism dramatically decreases during slow wave sleep (SWS) whereas, during rapid eye movement sleep (REMS), the level of metabolism is similar to that of wakefulness. However, these modifications of the energy metabolism, in good agreement with intracerebral recordings of neuronal firing, do not help in identifying the function(s) of sleep, since they are in line with several theories of sleep function(s) (protection, energy conservation, brain cooling, tissue restitution). On the other hand, several studies of brain basal metabolism suggest an enhanced synthesis of macromolecules such as nucleic acids and proteins in the brain during sleep. However, up to now, these data remain scarce and controversial. As a consequence, the research in the field of the brain metabolism during sleep has now come to a turning point, since the confirmation of sizeable cerebral anabolic processes would provide an outstanding argument in favour of the restorative theory of sleep. In this case, a hypothesis, based on clinical findings and preliminary metabolic data, might be further proposed. The putative biosynthetic processes would not equally benefit all the components of the CNS but would primarily be devoted to the maintenance of an optimal synaptic function.
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- P Maquet
- Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Belgium
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