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Yesilkaya HU, Chen X, Watford L, McCoy E, Genc I, Du F, Ongur D, Yuksel C. Poor Self-Reported Sleep is Associated with Prolonged White Matter T2 Relaxation in Psychotic Disorders. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.03.601887. [PMID: 39005452 PMCID: PMC11244968 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.03.601887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Background Schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are characterized by white matter (WM) abnormalities, however, their relationship with illness presentation is not clear. Sleep disturbances are common in both disorders, and recent evidence suggests that sleep plays a critical role in WM physiology. Therefore, it is plausible that sleep disturbances are associated with impaired WM integrity in these disorders. To test this hypothesis, we examined the association of self-reported sleep disturbances with WM transverse (T2) relaxation times in patients with SZ spectrum disorders and BD with psychotic features. Methods 28 patients with psychosis (17 BD-I, with psychotic features and 11 SZ spectrum disorders) were included. Metabolite and water T2 relaxation times were measured in the anterior corona radiata at 4T. Sleep was evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Results PSQI total score showed a moderate to strong positive correlation with water T2 (r = 0.64, p<0.001). Linear regressions showed that this association was specific to sleep disturbance but was not a byproduct of exacerbation in depressive, manic, or psychotic symptoms. In our exploratory analysis, sleep disturbance was correlated with free water percentage, suggesting that increased extracellular water may be a mechanism underlying the association of disturbed sleep and prolonged water T2 relaxation. Conclusion Our results highlight the connection between poor sleep and WM abnormalities in psychotic disorders. Future research using objective sleep measures and neuroimaging techniques suitable to probe free water is needed to further our insight into this relationship.
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- Haluk Umit Yesilkaya
- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
- Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Fu X, Wan XJ, Liu JY, Sun Q, Shen Y, Li J, Mao CJ, Ma QH, Wang F, Liu CF. Effects of sleep fragmentation on white matter pathology in a rat model of cerebral small vessel disease. Sleep 2024; 47:zsad225. [PMID: 37638817 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Mounting evidence indicated the correlation between sleep and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). However, little is known about the exact causality between poor sleep and white matter injury, a typical signature of CSVD, as well as the underlying mechanisms. METHODS Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and control Wistar Kyoto rats were subjected to sleep fragmentation (SF) for 16 weeks. The effects of chronic sleep disruption on the deep white matter and cognitive performance were observed. RESULTS SHR were validated as a rat model for CSVD. Fragmented sleep induced strain-dependent white matter abnormalities, characterized by reduced myelin integrity, impaired oligodendrocytes precursor cells (OPC) maturation and pro-inflammatory microglial polarization. Partially reversible phenotypes of OPC and microglia were observed in parallel following sleep recovery. CONCLUSIONS Long-term SF-induced pathological effects on the deep white matter in a rat model of CSVD. The pro-inflammatory microglial activation and the block of OPC maturation may be involved in the mechanisms linking sleep to white matter injury.
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- Xiang Fu
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Blaszczyk B, Wieckiewicz M, Kusztal M, Michalek-Zrabkowska M, Lachowicz G, Mazur G, Martynowicz H. Fabry disease and sleep disorders: a systematic review. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1217618. [PMID: 37869133 PMCID: PMC10586315 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1217618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Background Fabry disease (FD) is an X-chromosome-linked disorder characterized by a reduced or complete absence of the enzyme α-galactosidase, resulting in the accumulation of lysosomal globotriaosylceramide. Despite the presence of these deposits in multiple organs, the problem of sleep disorders within this population has very rarely been documented. Objective This study aimed to investigate the types and prevalence of sleep disorders among patients with FD. Methods Screening of the following medical databases using key terms was performed on 10 February 2023: PubMed, Scopus, and Embase. A total of 136 records were identified. The quality assessment of the studies was conducted by using tools from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and critical appraisal tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). Results The study included nine studies on sleep disorders in patients with FD. The overall quality of the majority of these studies was assessed as either poor or fair. Among 330 patients, there was a slightly higher representation of female patients (56%). Sleep problems manifested 4-5 years after the onset of FD and sometimes even after 10-11 years. Genotypes of disease associated with sleep problems were rarely described. Within the FD population, the most commonly reported conditions were excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) as well as obstructive and central sleep apnea (OSA, CSA). However, EDS occurred more frequently in FD patients, while the prevalence of OSA and CSA was within the ranges observed in the general population. The studies included indicated a lack of association between organ impairment by primary disease and EDS and OSA. The effectiveness of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in treating sleep disorders was not demonstrated. Conclusion The findings of this report revealed the presence of many sleep-related disorders within the FD population. However, very few studies on this subject are available, and their limited results make it difficult to truly assess the real extent of the prevalence of sleep disturbances among these individuals. There is a need to conduct further studies on this topic, involving a larger group of patients. It is important to note that there are no guidelines available for the treatment of sleep disorders in patients with FD.
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- Bartlomiej Blaszczyk
- Student Research Club No K133, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Dentistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland
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Tsiknia AA, Parada H, Banks SJ, Reas ET. Sleep quality and sleep duration predict brain microstructure among community-dwelling older adults. Neurobiol Aging 2023; 125:90-97. [PMID: 36871334 PMCID: PMC10115563 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Although poor sleep quality and extreme sleep durations have been associated with brain atrophy and dementia, it is unclear whether sleep disturbances contribute to neural injury in the absence of neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment. In 146 dementia-free older adults of the Rancho Bernardo Study of Healthy Aging (76.7 ± 7.8 years at MRI), we examined associations of restriction spectrum imaging metrics of brain microstructure with self-reported sleep quality 6.3 ± 0.7 years prior, and with sleep duration reported 25, 15 and 9 years prior. Worse sleep quality predicted lower white matter restricted isotropic diffusion and neurite density and higher amygdala free water, with stronger associations between poor sleep quality and abnormal microstructure for men. Among women only, short or long sleep duration 25 and 15 years before MRI predicted lower white matter restricted isotropic diffusion and increased free water. Associations persisted after accounting for associated health and lifestyle factors. Sleep patterns were not related to brain volume or cortical thickness. Optimizing sleep behaviors throughout the life-course may help to preserve healthy brain aging.
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- Amaryllis A Tsiknia
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Hidese S, Ota M, Matsuo J, Ishida I, Yokota Y, Hattori K, Yomogida Y, Kunugi H. Association between the Pittsburgh sleep quality index and white matter integrity in healthy adults: a whole-brain magnetic resonance imaging study. Sleep Biol Rhythms 2023; 21:249-256. [PMID: 38469289 PMCID: PMC10899930 DOI: 10.1007/s41105-022-00442-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To disclose possible associations between poorer sleep quality and structural brain alterations in a non-psychiatric healthy population, this study investigated the association between the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and brain correlates, using a whole-brain approach. This study included 371 right-handed healthy adults (138 males, mean age: 46.4 ± 14.0 years [range: 18-75]) who were right-handed. Subjective sleep quality was assessed using the Japanese version of the PSQI (PSQI-J), and the cutoff score for poor subjective sleep quality was set at ≥ 6. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were performed to examine whether a higher score of the PSQI-J indicates, poorer sleep quality is associated with gray matter volume and white matter microstructure alternations, respectively. Among the participants, 38.8% had a PSQI-J cutoff score of ≥ 6. VBM did not reveal any correlation between PSQI-J scores and gray matter volume. However, DTI revealed that PSQI-J global scores were significantly and negatively correlated with diffuse white matter fractional anisotropy (FA) values (p < 0.05, corrected). Moreover, the PSQI-J sleep disturbance and use of sleep medication component scores were significantly and negatively correlated with right anterior thalamic radiation and diffuse white matter FA values, respectively (p < 0.05, corrected). There were no significant differences in gray matter volume and white matter metrics (FA, axial, radial, and mean diffusivities) between the groups with PSQI-J scores above or below the cutoff. Our findings suggest that lower sleep quality, especially the use of sleep medication, is associated with impaired white matter integrity in healthy adults. Limitations of this study are relatively small number of participants and cross-sectional design. Fine sleep quality, possibly preventing the use of sleep medication, may contribute to preserve white matter integrity in the brain of healthy adults. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41105-022-00442-0.
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- Shinsuke Hidese
- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-8605 Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 2-1-1, Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8576 Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551 Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-8605 Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Department of Behavioral Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553 Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Medical Genome Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551 Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Araya Inc., 1-12-32, Akasaka, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 107-6024 Japan
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- Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1, Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502 Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173-8605 Japan
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Bruce HA, Kochunov P, Kvarta MD, Goldwaser EL, Chiappelli J, Schwartz A, Lightner S, Endres J, Yuen A, Ma Y, Van der Vaart A, Hatch KS, Gao S, Ye Z, Wu Q, Chen S, Mitchell BD, Hong LE. Frontal white matter association with sleep quality and the role of stress. J Sleep Res 2023; 32:e13669. [PMID: 35698853 PMCID: PMC9748025 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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An important measure of brain health is the integrity of white matter connectivity structures that link brain regions. Studies have found an association between poorer sleep quality and decreased white matter integrity. Stress is among the strongest predictors of sleep quality. This study aimed to evaluate the association between sleep quality and white matter and to test if the relationship persisted after accounting for stress. White matter microstructures were measured by diffusion tensor imaging in a population of Old Order Amish/Mennonite (N = 240). Sleep quality was determined by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Current stress levels were measured by the perceived stress scale. Exposure to lifetime stress was measured by the lifetime stressor inventory. Microstructures of four white matter tracts: left and right anterior limbs of internal capsule, left anterior corona radiata, and genu of corpus callosum were significantly correlated with sleep quality (all p ≤ 0.001). The current stress level was a significant predictor of sleep quality (p ≤ 0.001) while lifetime stress was not. PSQI remained significantly associated with white matter integrity in these frontal tracts (all p < 0.01) after accounting for current stress and lifetime stress, while current and lifetime stress were not significant predictors of white matter in any of the four models. Sleep quality did not have any substantial mediation role between stress and white matter integrity. Sleep quality was significantly associated with several frontal white matter tracts that connect brain structures important for sleep regulation regardless of current or past stress levels.
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- Heather A Bruce
- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Geriatrics Research and Education Clinical Center, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Wing D, Eyler LT, Lenze EJ, Wetherell JL, Nichols JF, Meeusen R, Godino JG, Shimony JS, Snyder AZ, Nishino T, Nicol GE, Nagels G, Roelands B. Fatness, fitness and the aging brain: A cross sectional study of the associations between a physiological estimate of brain age and physical fitness, activity, sleep, and body composition. NEUROIMAGE. REPORTS 2022; 2:100146. [PMID: 36743444 PMCID: PMC9894084 DOI: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2022.100146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Introduction Changes in brain structure and function occur with aging. However, there is substantial heterogeneity both in terms of when these changes begin, and the rate at which they progress. Understanding the mechanisms and/or behaviors underlying this heterogeneity may allow us to act to target and slow negative changes associated with aging. Methods Using T1 weighted MRI images, we applied a novel algorithm to determine the physiological age of the brain (brain-predicted age) and the predicted age difference between this physiologically based estimate and chronological age (BrainPAD) to 551 sedentary adults aged 65 to 84 with self-reported cognitive complaint measured at baseline as part of a larger study. We also assessed maximal aerobic capacity with a graded exercise test, physical activity and sleep with accelerometers, and body composition with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Associations were explored both linearly and logistically using categorical groupings. Results Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT), Total Sleep Time (TST) and maximal aerobic capacity all showed significant associations with BrainPAD. Greater VAT was associated with higher (i.e,. older than chronological) BrainPAD (r = 0.149 p = 0.001)Greater TST was associated with higher BrainPAD (r = 0.087 p = 0.042) and greater aerobic capacity was associated with lower BrainPAD (r = - 0.088 p = 0.040). With linear regression, both VAT and TST remained significant (p = 0.036 and 0.008 respectively). Each kg of VAT predicted a 0.741 year increase in BrainPAD, and each hour of increased TST predicted a 0.735 year increase in BrainPAD. Maximal aerobic capacity did not retain statistical significance in fully adjusted linear models. Discussion Accumulation of visceral adipose tissue and greater total sleep time, but not aerobic capacity, total daily physical activity, or sleep quantity and/or quality are associated with brains that are physiologically older than would be expected based upon chronological age alone (BrainPAD).
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- David Wing
- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity, University of California, San Diego, United States
- Exercise and Physical Activity Resource Center (EPARC), University of California, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
- San Diego Veterans Administration Health Care System, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Mental Health Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity, University of California, San Diego, United States
- Exercise and Physical Activity Resource Center (EPARC), University of California, San Diego, United States
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- Human Physiology & Sports Physiotherapy Research Group, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity, University of California, San Diego, United States
- Exercise and Physical Activity Resource Center (EPARC), University of California, San Diego, United States
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Neurology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Center for Neurosciences (C4N), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Human Physiology & Sports Physiotherapy Research Group, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Chen RF, Cai Y, Zhu ZH, Hou WL, Chen P, Wang J, Jia YM, Zhu ZB, Zhang YH, Tao LY, Wu JW, Zhang J, Zhang H, Wang ZX, Jia QF, Hui L. Sleep disorder as a clinical risk factor of major depression: associated with cognitive impairment. Asian J Psychiatr 2022; 76:103228. [PMID: 35973338 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND This research aims explored the sleep disorder (SD) role in major depressive disorder (MDD), and the SD influencing their cognition. METHODS 372 MDD patients and 457 healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled. RESULTS Patients increased a 38.88 times SD risk compared with HCs. In patients, visuospatial/constructional score was lower in SD than non-SD, and PSQI score was negatively associated with visuospatial/constructional score of SD. In SD and non-SD, RBANS scores were lower in MDD than HCs, excepted for visuospatial/constructional in non-SD. CONCLUSION The SD as a MDD risk factor, has more serious visuospatial/constructional impairment alleviated via improving sleep/depression in patients.
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- Ru Feng Chen
- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10605, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118-2526, USA
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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- Research Center of Biological Psychiatry, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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Gudberg C, Stevelink R, Douaud G, Wulff K, Lazari A, Fleming MK, Johansen-Berg H. Individual differences in slow wave sleep architecture relate to variation in white matter microstructure across adulthood. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:745014. [PMID: 36092806 PMCID: PMC9453235 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.745014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sleep plays a key role in supporting brain function and resilience to brain decline. It is well known that sleep changes substantially with aging and that aging is associated with deterioration of brain structure. In this study, we sought to characterize the relationship between slow wave slope (SWslope)—a key marker of sleep architecture and an indirect proxy of sleep quality—and microstructure of white matter pathways in healthy adults with no sleep complaints. Participants were 12 young (24–27 years) and 12 older (50–79 years) adults. Sleep was assessed with nocturnal electroencephalography (EEG) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). White matter integrity was assessed using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) on tensor-based metrics such as Fractional Anisotropy (FA) and Mean Diffusivity (MD). Global PSQI score did not differ between younger (n = 11) and older (n = 11) adults (U = 50, p = 0.505), but EEG revealed that younger adults had a steeper SWslope at both frontal electrode sites (F3: U = 2, p < 0.001, F4: U = 4, p < 0.001, n = 12 younger, 10 older). There were widespread correlations between various diffusion tensor-based metrics of white matter integrity and sleep SWslope, over and above effects of age (n = 11 younger, 9 older). This was particularly evident for the corpus callosum, corona radiata, superior longitudinal fasciculus, internal and external capsule. This indicates that reduced sleep slow waves may be associated with widespread white matter deterioration. Future studies should investigate whether interventions targeted at improving sleep architecture also impact on decline in white matter microstructure in older adults.
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- Christel Gudberg
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Radiation Sciences and Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Melanie K. Fleming,
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Raja R, Na X, Badger TM, Ou X. Neural correlates of sleep quality in children: Sex-specific associations shown by brain diffusion tractography. J Neuroimaging 2022; 32:530-543. [PMID: 35041231 PMCID: PMC9173651 DOI: 10.1111/jon.12964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sleep quality is important for healthy growth and development of children. We aimed to identify associations between sleep disturbances in healthy children without clinical diagnosis of sleep disorders and brain white matter (WM) microstructure using an advanced diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) based tractography analysis, and to explore whether there are sex differences in these associations. METHODS Brain DW-MRI data were collected from sixty-two 8-year-old children (28 boys, 34 girls) whose parents also completed Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ). Track-weighted imaging (TWI) measures were computed from the DW-MRI data for 37 WM tracts in each subject. Sex-specific partial correlation analyses were performed to evaluate correlations between TWI measures and a set of sleep disturbance scores derived from the CSHQ. RESULTS Significant correlations (P < .05, FDR-corrected; r: .48-.67) were identified in 13 WM tracts between TWI and sleep disturbance scores. Sexually dimorphic differences in correlations between sleep disturbance scores and WM microstructure measurements were observed. Specifically, in boys, daytime sleepiness positively correlated with track-weighted mean or radial diffusivity in 10 WM tracts (bilateral arcuate fasciculus, left cingulum, right middle longitudinal fasciculus, and three bilateral segments of superior longitudinal fasciculus). In girls, total CSHQ score, night walking, or sleep onset delay negatively correlated with track-weighted fractional anisotropy or axial diffusivity in 4 WM tracts (bilateral inferior longitudinal fasciculus and uncinate fasciculus). CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that sleep disturbances without clinical diagnosis of sleep disorders are associated with lower WM microstructural integrity in children. Additionally, the associations possess unique patterns in boys and girls.
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- Rajikha Raja
- Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.,Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.,Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Guo M, Shen B, Li J, Huang X, Hu J, Wei X, Wang S, Yuan R, He C, Li Y. Diffusion Abnormality in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients With Sleep Disorders: A Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging Study. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:885477. [PMID: 35693954 PMCID: PMC9177985 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.885477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) frequently complain of poor sleep quality, which is a condition that clinicians are typically neglecting. In this study, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) were used to assess the sleep status of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Simultaneously diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) was applied to examine the white matter microstructure abnormalities in patients with TLE and sleep disorders. METHODS TLE patients who have been diagnosed in the cardio-cerebrovascular ward of the Yanan University Affiliated Hospital from October 2020 to August 2021 were recruited. Finally, 51 patients and 30 healthy controls were enrolled in our study, with all subjects completing the sleep evaluation questionnaire and undergoing a DKI examination. Using independent sample t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Mann-Whitney U test to compare groups. RESULTS Thirty patients (58.82%) complained of long-term sleep difficulties. The overall differences among the evaluation of AIS, ESS, and PSQI are significant (P = 0.00, P = 0.00, P = 0.03). The scores of AIS, ESS in Left and Right-TLE (L/R-TLE) with sleep disorders, as well as PSQI in L-TLE, are statistically higher than the control group (P = 0.00, P = 0.00, P = 0.00, P = 0.00, P = 0.02). L-TLE with sleep disorders showed decreased MK on affected sides (P = 0.01). However, statistical differences in MD and FA have not been observed (P = 0.34, P = 0.06); R-TLE with sleep disorders showed significantly decreased MK and increased MD on affected sides (P = 0.00, P = 0.00), but FA's statistical difference has not been observed (P = 0.20). CONCLUSIONS TLE patients with sleep disorders have different DKI parameters than individuals who do not have sleep issues. During this process, the kurtosis parameter (MK) was more sensitive than the tensor parameters (MD, FA) in detecting the patient's aberrant white matter diffusion. DKI may be a better choice for in vivo investigation of anomalous craniocerebral water diffusion.
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- Min Guo
- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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- MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan, China
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Bai Y, Zhang L, Liu C, Cui X, Li D, Yin H. Association of white matter volume with sleep quality: a voxel-based morphometry study. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 16:1163-1175. [PMID: 34846693 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00569-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Many studies have focused on the gray matter volume associated with sleep quality, little is known about the relationship between white matter volume and sleep quality. Brain white structure is a crucial component in the structural neuroanatomy. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the association between white matter volume and sleep quality. Data were collected using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and voxel-based morphometry among 352 college students. Results showed that the global PSQI score was negatively associated with the white matter volume, including in the right middle occipital gyrus, the left superior temporal gyrus, the right the precentral gyrus, the left supramarginal gyrus, the left middle frontal gyrus, the left precunes, and the right superior frontal gyrus. Results also indicated that the white matter volume in specific regions negatively associated with the factor of PSQI. These specific brain regions may be replicated in brain areas related to sleep quality. In summary, we suggested that exploring brain white structure are related to sleep could help to expound the mechanisms by which sleep quality are associated with brain function, behavior and cognition, as well as potentially the networks and systems responsible for variations in sleep themselves.
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- Youling Bai
- School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China.,Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China.,Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- Department of Psychology, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
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- School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China.,Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
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- School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China. .,Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China.
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- School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China. .,Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China.
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McMahon M, Malneedi Y, Worthy DA, Schnyer DM. Rest-activity rhythms and white matter microstructure across the lifespan. Sleep 2021; 44:6017487. [PMID: 33269397 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine how rest-activity (RA) rhythm stability may be associated with white matter microstructure across the lifespan in healthy adults free of significant cardiovascular risk. METHODS We analyzed multi-shell diffusion tensor images from 103 healthy young and older adults using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) to examine relationships between white matter microstructure and RA rhythm stability. RA measures were computed using both cosinor and non-parametric methods derived from 7 days of actigraphy data. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) were examined in this analysis. Because prior studies have suggested that the corpus callosum (CC) is sensitive to sleep physiology and RA rhythms, we also conducted a focused region of interest analysis on the CC. RESULTS Greater rest-activity rhythm stability was associated with greater FA across both young and older adults, primarily in the CC and anterior corona radiata. This effect was not moderated by age group. While RA measures were associated with sleep metrics, RA rhythm measures uniquely accounted for the variance in white matter integrity. CONCLUSIONS This study strengthens existing evidence for a relationship between brain white matter structure and RA rhythm stability in the absence of health risk factors. While there are differences in RA stability between age groups, the relationship with brain white matter was present across both young and older adults. RA rhythms may be a useful biomarker of brain health across both periods of adult development.
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- Megan McMahon
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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Zhang Y, Vakhtin AA, Dietch J, Jennings JS, Yesavage JA, Clark JD, Bayley PJ, Ashford JW, Furst AJ. Brainstem damage is associated with poorer sleep quality and increased pain in gulf war illness veterans. Life Sci 2021; 280:119724. [PMID: 34144059 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AIMS Gulf War Illness (GWI) is manifested as multiple chronic symptoms, including chronic pain, chronic fatigue, sleep problems, neuropsychiatric disorders, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and skin problems. No single target tissue or unifying pathogenic process has been identified that accounts for this variety of symptoms. The brainstem has been suspected to contribute to this multiple symptomatology. The aim of this study was to assess the role of the brainstem in chronic sleep problems and pain in GWI veterans. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 90 veterans (Age = 50 ± 5, 87% Male) who were deployed to the 1990-91 Gulf War and presented with GWI symptoms. Sleep quality was evaluated using the global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Pain intensities were obtained with the Brief Pain Inventory sum score. Volumes in cortical, subcortical, brainstem, and brainstem subregions and diffusion tensor metrics in 10 bilateral brainstem tracts were tested for correlations with symptom measures. KEY FINDINGS Poorer sleep quality was significantly correlated with atrophy of the whole brainstem and brainstem subregions (including midbrain, pons, medulla). Poorer sleep quality also significantly correlated with lower fractional anisotropy in the nigrostriatal tract, medial forebrain tract, and the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus. There was a significant correlation between increased pain intensity and decreased fractional anisotropy in the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus. These correlations were not altered after controlling for age, sex, total intracranial volumes, or additional factors, e.g., depression and neurological conditions. SIGNIFICANCE These findings suggest that the brainstem plays an important role in the aberrant neuromodulation of sleep and pain symptoms in GWI.
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- Yu Zhang
- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
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- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States
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- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- War Related Illness & Injury Study Center (WRIISC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Sex differences in the association between symptom profiles and cognitive functioning in patients with depressive disorder. J Affect Disord 2021; 287:1-7. [PMID: 33761324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Depressive disorder (DD) is a heterogeneous disease with sex differences in symptom profiles and cognitive performance. However, sex differences in cognitive dysfunction associated with different symptom profiles have received little systematic study. This study aimed to explore the association between clinical symptoms and cognitive deficits in patients with DD. METHODS A cohort of 222 hospitalized patients with DD (males/females = 114/108) and 173 healthy controls (males/females = 80/93) were enrolled. Cognitive function was measured using a comprehensive neuropsychological battery. Depression was assessed using the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17). According to different genders, the relationship between symptom profiles and cognitive deficits was identified using partial correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS Patients with DD performed significantly worse than healthy controls in all cognitive domains investigated (all p < 0.05). Remarkably, female patients scored better than male patients on information processing speed (p < 0.05). Multivariate regression analyses showed that the retardation factor score was independently associated with attention and cognitive flexibility, and the sleep disturbance factor score was independently associated with information processing speed in male patients. Furthermore, the anxiety/somatization factor score was independently associated with working memory in female patients. CONCLUSION In the present study, we showed that significant sex differences in the association between symptom profiles and cognitive impairment are present in DD patients. Understanding how DD patients' clinical features and cognitive performance are linked from a sex perspective may have clinical implications for predicting and interfering with the outcome of depression.
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Toschi N, Passamonti L, Bellesi M. Sleep quality relates to emotional reactivity via intracortical myelination. Sleep 2021; 44:5889980. [PMID: 32770244 PMCID: PMC7819832 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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A good quality and amount of sleep are fundamental to preserve cognition and affect. New evidence also indicates that poor sleep is detrimental to brain myelination. In this study, we test the hypothesis that sleep quality and/or quantity relate to variability in cognitive and emotional function via the mediating effect of interindividual differences in proxy neuroimaging measures of white matter integrity and intracortical myelination. By employing a demographically and neuropsychologically well-characterized sample of healthy people drawn from the Human Connectome Project (n = 974), we found that quality and amount of sleep were only marginally linked to cognitive performance. In contrast, poor quality and short sleep increased negative affect (i.e. anger, fear, and perceived stress) and reduced life satisfaction and positive emotionality. At the brain level, poorer sleep quality and shorter sleep duration related to lower intracortical myelin in the mid-posterior cingulate cortex (p = 0.038), middle temporal cortex (p = 0.024), and anterior orbitofrontal cortex (OFC, p = 0.034) but did not significantly affect different measures of white matter integrity. Finally, lower intracortical myelin in the OFC mediated the association between poor sleep quality and negative emotionality (p < 0.05). We conclude that intracortical myelination is an important mediator of the negative consequences of poor sleep on affective behavior.
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- Nicola Toschi
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.,Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare (IBFM), Milan, Italy.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Jamieson D, Shan Z, Lagopoulos J, Hermens DF. The role of adolescent sleep quality in the development of anxiety disorders: A neurobiologically-informed model. Sleep Med Rev 2021; 59:101450. [PMID: 33588272 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In a series of cognitive and neuroimaging studies we investigated the relationships between adolescent sleep quality, white matter (WM) microstructural integrity and psychological distress. Collectively these studies showed that during early adolescence (12-14 years of age), sleep quality and psychological distress are significantly related. Sleep quality and the microstructure of the posterior limb of the internal capsule (PLIC), a WM tract that provides important connectivity between the cortex, thalamus and brain stem, were also shown to be significantly correlated as too were social connectedness and psychological distress. Longitudinally the uncinate fasciculus (UF), a WM tract that provides bidirectional connectivity between the amygdala and executive control centers in the Prefrontal cortex (PFC), was observed to be undergoing continued development during this period and sleep quality was shown to impact this development. Sleep latency was also shown to be a significant predictor of worry endured by early adolescents during future stressful situations. The current review places these findings within the broader literature and proposes an empirically supported model based in a theoretical framework. This model focuses on how fronto-limbic top-down control (or lack thereof) explains how poor sleep quality during early adolescence plays a crucial role in the initial development of anxiety disorders, and possibly in the reduced ability of anxiety disorder sufferers to benefit from cognitive reappraisal based therapies. While the findings outlined in these studies highlight the importance of sleep quality for WM development and in mitigating psychological distress, further research is required to further explicate the associations proposed within the model to allow causal inferences to be made.
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- Thompson Institute, Birtinya, QLD, Australia
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Laniepce A, Lahbairi N, Cabé N, Pitel AL, Rauchs G. Contribution of sleep disturbances to the heterogeneity of cognitive and brain alterations in alcohol use disorder. Sleep Med Rev 2021; 58:101435. [PMID: 33578081 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cognitive and brain alterations are common in alcohol use disorder and vary importantly from one patient to another. Sleep disturbances are also very frequent in these patients and remain largely neglected even though they can persist after drinking cessation. Sleep disturbances may be the consequence of specific brain alterations, resulting in cognitive impairments. But sleep disruption may also exacerbate alcohol-related brain abnormalities and cognitive deficits through common pathophysiological mechanisms. Besides, sleep disturbances seem a vulnerability factor for the development of alcohol use disorder. From a clinical perspective, sleep disturbances are known to affect treatment outcome and to increase the risk of relapse. In this article, we conducted a narrative review to provide a better understanding of the relationships between sleep disturbances, brain and cognition in alcohol use disorder. We suggest that the heterogeneity of brain and cognitive alterations observed in patients with alcohol use disorder could at least partially be explained by associated sleep disturbances. We also believe that sleep disruption could indirectly favor relapse by exacerbating neuropsychological impairments required in psychosocial treatment and for the maintenance of abstinence. Implications for clinical practice as well as perspectives for future research are proposed.
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- Alice Laniepce
- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Université de Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14000 Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Université de Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14000 Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Université de Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14000 Caen, France; Service d'Addictologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Université de Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14000 Caen, France; Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Université de Paris, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14000 Caen, France.
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Sleep, rest-activity fragmentation and structural brain changes related to the ageing process. Curr Opin Behav Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ikram MA, Brusselle G, Ghanbari M, Goedegebure A, Ikram MK, Kavousi M, Kieboom BCT, Klaver CCW, de Knegt RJ, Luik AI, Nijsten TEC, Peeters RP, van Rooij FJA, Stricker BH, Uitterlinden AG, Vernooij MW, Voortman T. Objectives, design and main findings until 2020 from the Rotterdam Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2020; 35:483-517. [PMID: 32367290 PMCID: PMC7250962 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-020-00640-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 76.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The Rotterdam Study is an ongoing prospective cohort study that started in 1990 in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The study aims to unravel etiology, preclinical course, natural history and potential targets for intervention for chronic diseases in mid-life and late-life. The study focuses on cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, otolaryngological, locomotor, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over comprise the Rotterdam Study cohort. Since 2016, the cohort is being expanded by persons aged 40 years and over. The findings of the Rotterdam Study have been presented in over 1700 research articles and reports. This article provides an update on the rationale and design of the study. It also presents a summary of the major findings from the preceding 3 years and outlines developments for the coming period.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Arfan Ikram
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Kocevska D, Tiemeier H, Lysen TS, de Groot M, Muetzel RL, Van Someren EJW, Ikram MA, Vernooij MW, Luik AI. The prospective association of objectively measured sleep and cerebral white matter microstructure in middle-aged and older persons. Sleep 2020; 42:5528118. [PMID: 31270542 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES Poor sleep may destabilize axonal integrity and deteriorate cerebral white matter. In middle-aged and older adults sleep problems increase alongside structural brain changes, but the temporal relation between these processes is poorly understood. We studied longitudinal associations between sleep and cerebral white matter microstructure. METHODS One thousand one persons (59.3 ± 7.9 years, 55% women) were followed across 5.8 years (3.9-10.8). Total sleep time (TST, hours), sleep efficiency (SE, percentage), sleep onset latency (SOL, minutes), and wake after sleep onset (WASO, minutes) were measured at baseline using a wrist-worn actigraph. White matter microstructure (global and tract-specific fractional anisotropy [FA] and mean diffusivity [MD]) was measured twice with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). RESULTS Poor sleep was associated with worse white matter microstructure up to 7 years later but did not predict trajectories of DTI over time. Longer TST was associated with higher global FA (β = 0.06, 95% CI: 0.01 to 0.12), but not with MD. Persons with higher SE had higher global FA (β = 0.01, 95% CI: 0.002 to 0.01) and lower MD (β = -0.01, 95% CI: -0.01 to -0.0004). Consistently, those with more WASO had lower global FA (β = -0.003, 95% CI: -0.005 to -0.001) and higher MD (β = 0.002, 95% CI: 0.0004 to 0.004). Global findings seemed to be driven by microstructural alterations in the cingulum, anterior forceps of corpus callosum, projection and association tracts. CONCLUSIONS Middle-aged and older persons with more WASO, lower SE and shorter TST have worse microstructure of cerebral white matter. Microstructural alterations are most pronounced projection and association tracts, in the cingulum, and in the anterior forceps of corpus callosum.
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- Desana Kocevska
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (an Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (an Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Psychiatry, Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Ward SA, Pase MP. Advances in pathophysiology and neuroimaging: Implications for sleep and dementia. Respirology 2019; 25:580-592. [DOI: 10.1111/resp.13728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Stephanie A. Ward
- School of Public Health and Preventive MedicineMonash University Melbourne VIC Australia
- Department of Geriatric MedicinePrince of Wales Hospital Sydney NSW Australia
- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of PsychiatryUniversity of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia
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- Melbourne Dementia Research CentreThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Melbourne VIC Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health ScienceThe University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC Australia
- Centre for Human PsychopharmacologySwinburne University of Technology Melbourne VIC Australia
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Wassenaar TM, Yaffe K, van der Werf YD, Sexton CE. Associations between modifiable risk factors and white matter of the aging brain: insights from diffusion tensor imaging studies. Neurobiol Aging 2019; 80:56-70. [PMID: 31103633 PMCID: PMC6683729 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
There is increasing interest in factors that may modulate white matter (WM) breakdown and, consequentially, age-related cognitive and behavioral deficits. Recent diffusion tensor imaging studies have examined the relationship of such factors with WM microstructure. This review summarizes the evidence regarding the relationship between WM microstructure and recognized modifiable factors, including hearing loss, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking, depressive symptoms, physical (in) activity, and social isolation, as well as sleep disturbances, diet, cognitive training, and meditation. Current cross-sectional evidence suggests a clear link between loss of WM integrity (lower fractional anisotropy and higher mean diffusivity) and hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and smoking; a relationship that seems to hold for hearing loss, social isolation, depressive symptoms, and sleep disturbances. Physical activity, cognitive training, diet, and meditation, on the other hand, may protect WM with aging. Preliminary evidence from cross-sectional studies of treated risk factors suggests that modification of factors could slow down negative effects on WM microstructure. Careful intervention studies are needed for this literature to contribute to public health initiatives going forward.
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- Thomas M Wassenaar
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, MC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Global Brain Health Institute, Memory and Aging Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK.
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