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Rosamaria L, Michela F, Emma B, Ana M, Bruno P, Philippe D, Bérangère D, Raffaele F, Monica P, Franck D, Maria Livia F. Strained face during sleep in multiple system atrophy: not just a bad dream. Sleep 2023; 46:zsad180. [PMID: 37463431 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsad180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES Patients with Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy may be subject to sleep state dissociation. Motivated by the fortuitous observation of prominent facial muscle activity during video-polysomnography in patients with multiple system atrophy, we assessed facial motor activity and chin muscle tone during sleep in multiple system atrophy compared to Parkinson's disease and controls. METHODS A sleep expert blinded to pathology and sleep stage retrospectively analyzed facial activity in 62 video-polysomnography (11 multiple system atrophy, 38 Parkinson's disease, and 13 controls). Facial movements were classified into six categories: "Eyes closing/opening," "Eyebrows frowning," "Raising eyebrows," "Smiling," "Other mouth movements," and "Strained face," an expression involving both the superior and inferior parts of the face. Chin electromyography activity was quantified during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) and Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep using the atonia index, a validated algorithm. RESULTS Multiple system atrophy patients had an increased number of all facial movements compared to controls during NREM. "Strained face" was significantly more frequent in multiple system atrophy compared to Parkinson's disease, even after adjusting for the presence of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). Atonia index was lower in multiple system atrophy compared to controls and Parkinson's disease during REM and NREM sleep. This difference remained significant compared to Parkinson's disease in NREM sleep during N1 and N2 after adjusting for the presence of RBD. CONCLUSIONS Facial movements during sleep are frequent in multiple system atrophy, "strained face" appears to be a hallmark of this condition. The presence of increased facial activity and elevated muscle tone during all stages of sleep in multiple system atrophy may be a manifestation of sleep state dissociation, reflecting more severe neurodegeneration.
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- Lecca Rosamaria
- Sleep and EEG, Neurophysiology Unit, Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Sleep Disorder Center, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Sleep Disorder Center, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Sleep and EEG, Neurophysiology Unit, Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Biostatistics Unit, Department of Clinical Research and Innovation Direction (DRCI), CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, Italy
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- Sleep Disorder Center, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Sleep and EEG, Neurophysiology Unit, Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Neurology Department, CHU University Hospital and UMR 6602-Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Institute Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Eichelberger H, Lindo RO, Rodriguez AJ. Differential diagnosis of sleep laughter: A case report and literature review. Sleep Med 2023; 110:231-234. [PMID: 37647714 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Sleep laughter is a relatively common phenomenon. It is classically seen during REM sleep, which is associated with dreams, and may be a component of REM sleep without atonia (RWA) as seen in cases of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). However, repetitive laughter episodes during NREM or during sleep-wake transition have not been described in the literature. We present a case of paroxysmal laughter out of drowsiness and NREM sleep, occurring almost every night, prompting evaluation for a possible seizure disorder. Multiple tests were unrevealing, including brain magnetic resonance imaging, polysomnogram, multiple sleep latency test and electroencephalogram. However, despite the lack of diagnostic certainty, this case provoked a discussion of key factors distinguishing parasomnia from seizure, which is useful for all physicians who may be faced with a case of unusual behavior in sleep. This case highlights the challenges that are encountered when trying to classify certain unusual sleep-related paroxysmal events.
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- Hillary Eichelberger
- Department of Neurology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NYU Langone Health, 222 34th East Street, New York, New York, 10016, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center, 724 Second Avenue, New York, New York, 10016, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NYU Langone Health, 222 34th East Street, New York, New York, 10016, USA; Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center, 724 Second Avenue, New York, New York, 10016, USA.
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Sikka P, Gross JJ. Affect Across the Wake-Sleep Cycle. AFFECTIVE SCIENCE 2023; 4:563-569. [PMID: 37744973 PMCID: PMC10514005 DOI: 10.1007/s42761-023-00204-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Affective scientists traditionally have focused on periods of active wakefulness when people are responding to external stimuli or engaging in specific tasks. However, we live much of our lives immersed in experiences not related to the current environment or tasks at hand-mind-wandering (or daydreaming) during wakefulness and dreaming during sleep. Despite being disconnected from the immediate environment, our brains still generate affect during such periods. Yet, research on stimulus-independent affect has remained largely separate from affective science. Here, we suggest that one key future direction for affective science will be to expand our field of view by integrating the wealth of findings from research on mind-wandering, sleep, and dreaming to provide a more comprehensive account of affect across the wake-sleep cycle. In developing our argument, we address two key issues: affect variation across the wake-sleep cycle, and the benefits of expanding the study of affect across the full wake-sleep cycle. In considering these issues, we highlight the methodological and clinical implications for affective science.
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- Pilleriin Sikka
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy, University of Skövde, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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Grossman P. FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES AND LIKELY REFUTATIONS OF THE FIVE BASIC PREMISES OF THE POLYVAGAL THEORY. Biol Psychol 2023:108589. [PMID: 37230290 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The polyvagal collection of hypotheses is based upon five essential premises, as stated by its author (Porges, 2011). Polyvagal conjectures rest on a primary assumption that the brainstem ventral and dorsal regions in mammals each have their own unique mediating effects upon vagal control of heart rate. The polyvagal hypotheses link these putative dorsal- vs. ventral-vagal differences to socioemotional behavior (e.g. defensive immobilization, and social affiliative behaviors, respectively), as well as to trends in the evolution of the vagus nerve (e.g. Porges, 2011 & 2021a). Additionally, it is essential to note that only one measurable phenomenon-as index of vagal processes-serves as the linchpin for virtually every premise. That phenomenon is respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), heart-rate changes coordinated to phase of respiration (i.e. inspiration vs. expiration), often employed as an index of vagally, or parasympathetically, mediated control of heart rate. The polyvagal hypotheses assume that RSA is a mammalian phenomenon, since Porges (2011) states "RSA has not been observed in reptiles." I will here briefly document how each of these basic premises have been shown to be either untenable or highly implausible based on the available scientific literature. I will also argue that the polyvagal reliance upon RSA as equivalent to general vagal tone or even cardiac vagal tone is conceptually a category mistake (Ryle, 1949), confusing an approximate index (i.e. RSA) of a phenomenon (some general vagal process) with the phenomenon, itself.
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- Paul Grossman
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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Masset L, Nigam M, Ladarre A, Vidailhet M, Leu-Semenescu S, Fossati P, Arnulf I, Maranci JB. The dynamics of emotional behaviors in rapid eye movement sleep. Sleep 2023; 46:6852875. [PMID: 36445852 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsac285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Dream's emotions could exert a major role in desensitizing negative emotions. Studying emotional dynamics (how emotions fluctuate across time) during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep could provide some insight into this function. However, studies so far have been limited to dream reports. To bypass this limit, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), in which participants enact their dreams, enables direct access to overt emotional dream behaviors (such as facial expressions and speeches). In total, 17 participants with RBD, and 39.7 h of REM sleep video were analyzed. The frequency of emotional behaviors did not differ between REM sleep episodes of early and late night. Within individual REM sleep episodes, emotional behaviors exhibited a biphasic temporal course, including an increased frequency for the first 10 min, followed by a progressive decrease. The negative emotional behaviors occurred earlier (mean time: 11.3 ± 10 min) than positive (14.4 ± 10.7 min) and neutral behaviors (16.4 ± 11.8 min). Emotional behaviors of opposing (negative and positive) valences were observed in 31% (N = 14) of episodes containing at least one emotional behavior, and were separated by a median time of 4.2 [1.1-10.9] min. The biphasic temporal course of behaviors in REM sleep could include the generation reactivation of emotional content during the ascending phase, followed by processing and extinction during the descending phase. The earlier occurrence time of negative emotional behavior suggests that negative emotions may need to be processed first. The rapid succession of emotions of opposite valence could prevent prolonged periods of negative emotions and eventually nightmares.
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- Luc Masset
- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montréal, Canada
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Paris, France.,AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Paris, France.,AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Paris, France
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- Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Paris, France.,AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.,Department of Psychiatry, Pitié-Salpêtriere University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Paris, France.,AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Paris, France.,AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Krumhuber EG, Kappas A. More What Duchenne Smiles Do, Less What They Express. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2022; 17:1566-1575. [PMID: 35712993 DOI: 10.1177/17456916211071083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We comment on an article by Sheldon et al. from a previous issue of Perspectives (May 2021). They argued that the presence of positive emotion (Hypothesis 1), the intensity of positive emotion (Hypothesis 2), and chronic positive mood (Hypothesis 3) are reliably signaled by the Duchenne smile (DS). We reexamined the cited literature in support of each hypothesis and show that the study findings were mostly inconclusive, irrelevant, incomplete, and/or misread. In fact, there is no single (empirical) article that would unanimously support the idea that DSs function solely as indicators of felt positive affect. Additional evidence is reviewed, suggesting that DSs can be-and often are-displayed deliberately and in the absence of positive feelings. Although DSs may lead to favorable interpersonal perceptions and positive emotional responses in the observer, we propose a functional view that focuses on what facial actions-here specifically DSs-do rather than what they express.
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- Eva G Krumhuber
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London
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- Department of Psychology, Jacobs University Bremen
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Idir Y, Oudiette D, Arnulf I. Sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sexsomnia and other disorders of arousal: the old and the new. J Sleep Res 2022; 31:e13596. [PMID: 35388549 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Disorders of arousal (DOA) is an umbrella term initially covering classical sleepwalking, sleep terrors, and confusional arousals, and now including a wider spectrum of specialised forms of non rapid eye movement (non REM) parasomnias such as sexsomnia, sleep-related eating disorder, and sleep-related choking syndrome. Growing evidence has shown that DOA are not restricted to children but are also prevalent in adults (2%-4% of the adult population). While DOA run in family, genetics studies remain scarce and inconclusive. In addition to the risk of injury on themselves and others (including sexual assaults in sexsomnia), adults with DOA frequently suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness, pain, and altered quality of life. The widespread view of DOA as automatic and amnesiac behaviours has now been challenged by subjective (dream reports) and objective (dream-enacting behaviours documented on video-polysomnography) observations, suggesting that sleepwalkers are 'dream walking' during their episodes. Behavioural, experiential, cognitive, and brain (scalp electroencephalography [EEG], stereo-EEG, high density-EEG, functional brain imaging) data converge in showing a dissociated pattern during the episodes. This dissociated pattern resembles the new concept of local arousal with a wake-like activation in motor and limbic regions and a preserved (or even increased) sleep intensity over a frontoparietal network. EEG and behavioural criteria supporting the DOA diagnosis with high sensitivity and specificity are now available. However, treatment is still based on controlling priming and precipitating factors, as well as on clinicians' personal experience with sedative drugs. Placebo-controlled trials are needed to improve patients' treatment. DOA deserve more attention from sleep researchers and clinicians.
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- Yannis Idir
- Sorbonne University, Paris, France.,Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France.,APHP-Sorbonne, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital Sleep Disorders Unit, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne University, Paris, France.,Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France.,APHP-Sorbonne, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital Sleep Disorders Unit, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne University, Paris, France.,Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute - ICM, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France.,APHP-Sorbonne, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital Sleep Disorders Unit, Paris, France
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Maranci JB, Nigam M, Masset L, Msika EF, Vionnet MC, Chaumereil C, Vidailhet M, Leu-Semenescu S, Arnulf I. Eye movement patterns correlate with overt emotional behaviours in rapid eye movement sleep. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1770. [PMID: 35110651 PMCID: PMC8810754 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05905-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Growing evidence suggests that sleep plays a key role in regulating emotions. Rapid eye movements (REMs) in REM sleep could be associated with dreams emotions, but supporting evidence is indirect. To highlight this association, we studied the REM sleep during video-polysomnography of 20 subjects with REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), a model of enacted dreams offering direct access to the emotional content of the sleeper (face expression, speeches, behaviour). Video and the electro-oculography recordings were divided into 3 s time intervals and classified as non-behavioural, or behavioural (neutral, positive or negative emotions), and as containing no eye movements (EMs), slow eye movements (SEMs) or REMs (isolated or bursts). Compared to the absence of EMs, neutral behaviours successively increased in the presence of SEMs (odd ratio, OR = 1.4), then isolated REMs (OR = 2.8) and then REM bursts (OR = 4.6). Positive behaviours increased with SEMs (OR = 2.8) but did not increase further with isolated REMs (OR = 2.8) and REM bursts (OR = 3). Negative behaviours were absent with SEMs, increased with isolated REMs (OR = 2.6) and further with REM bursts (OR = 10.1). These results support an association between REMs and SEMs, and dream emotions.
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- Jean-Baptiste Maranci
- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France.,Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France. .,Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France. .,Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
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Brás AB, Maranci JB, Yang Z, Chaumereuil C, Arnulf I. Movements and behaviors during spontaneous arousals in healthy young adults: an intermediary stage between wakefulness and sleep? Sleep Med 2021; 89:93-96. [PMID: 34952413 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Arousals are common, sudden and transient elevations of the vigilance level during normal sleep, but arousal-associated behaviors have not yet been studied. OBJECTIVE We aimed to describe the duration as well as motor and autonomic patterns associated with arousals across sleep stages in normal subjects. METHODS The spontaneous arousals of 25 healthy young adults were randomly analyzed on polysomnography with body- and face-oriented video cameras. The duration of the heart rate response as well as the frequency, amplitude, speed, body segment and semiology of associated movements were measured. RESULTS Among 624 arousals (258 in N2, 140 in N3 and 226 in REM sleep), REM sleep arousals had the shortest duration, and N3 arousals were associated with greater heart rate acceleration. Movements and behaviors (mostly involving the head and neck, then the upper limbs, with rare eyes opening and no turning in bed) were frequent during arousals (69.4% during N2 sleep, 89.3% during N3 and 93.8% during REM sleep). Arousals more frequently included ample, prolonged and whole-body movements during N3 sleep and fast movements and facial expressions during REM sleep. During N2 arousals, chewing was the most prevalent behavior. Some movements resembled orientation and comfort behaviors (flexing/rotating the neck and trunk, scratching, pulling the sheets, rubbing the nose, yawning, smiling, frowning and speaking), whereas others resembled sleep-associated automatisms (swallowing, chewing). CONCLUSION In contrast with previous assumptions, most arousals are associated with movements. The type of movements suggests that arousal is an intermediary state between wakefulness and sleep.
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- Ana Branquinho Brás
- Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France; Department of Neurology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France; Department of Neurology, University-Town Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
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- Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorders Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
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Malinowski JE, Scheel D, McCloskey M. Do animals dream? Conscious Cogn 2021; 95:103214. [PMID: 34653784 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
The understanding of biological functions of sleep has improved recently, including an understanding of the deep evolutionary roots of sleep among animals. However, dreaming as an element of sleep may be particularly difficult to address in non-human animals because in humans dreaming involves a non-wakeful form of awareness typically identified through verbal report. Here, we argue that parallels that exist between the phenomenology, physiology, and sleep behaviors during human dreaming provide an avenue to investigate dreaming in non-human animals. We review three alternative measurements of human dreaming - neural correlates of dreaming, 'replay' of newly-acquired memories, and dream-enacting behaviors - and consider how these may be applied to non-human animal models. We suggest that while animals close in brain structure to humans (such as mammals and birds) may be optimal models for the first two of these measurements, cephalopods, especially octopuses, may be particularly good candidates for the third.
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- J E Malinowski
- School of Psychology, University of East London, Stratford, UK.
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- Institute of Culture & Environment, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK, USA.
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- Institute of Culture & Environment, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK, USA.
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Maranci JB, Aussel A, Vidailhet M, Arnulf I. Grumpy face during adult sleep: A clue to negative emotion during sleep? J Sleep Res 2021; 30:e13369. [PMID: 33928717 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Negative facial expressions and frowns have been studied (albeit more rarely than smiles) in fetus' and neonate' sleep, but they have not been investigated during adult sleep. Video polysomnography (including corrugator muscle electromyography and face-focussed video) was used to study negative facial expressions in sleeping adults, including healthy subjects and patients with/out parasomnia. Frowns were observed during sleep in 89/91 (97.8%) adults during normal (29 healthy subjects) and abnormal sleep (29 patients without parasomnia, 15 patients with disorders of arousal and 18 patients with rapid eye movement [REM] sleep behaviour disorder [RBD]). In healthy subjects, the following events occurred in decreasing frequency: isometric corrugator activations, brief frowns, and then prolonged frowns and raised eyebrows (both similarly rare). Frowns predominated in REM sleep, and had a lower frequency in non-REM sleep. In healthy subjects, frowns were elementary and not associated with other face movements to the point of composing negative expressions. In contrast, frowns were occasionally associated with overt negative facial expressions in REM sleep in patients with RBD and a young patient with night terrors. They included mostly painful expressions and rarely sadness and anger in connection with apparently negative behaviours (shouts, painful moaning, and speeches). Frowns persist during normal sleep (mostly in REM sleep) in adults, but overt negative facial expressions are restricted to patients with parasomnia. Whether elementary frowns translate a negative dream emotion should be determined, but overt negative facial expressions during RBD could be used as a direct access to dream emotions.
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- Jean-Baptiste Maranci
- Sleep Disorder Unit, APHP, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris, France.,Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute, ICM, Inserm, CNRS, Paris, France.,Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, APHP, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute, ICM, Inserm, CNRS, Paris, France.,Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sleep Disorder Unit, APHP, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris, France.,Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute, ICM, Inserm, CNRS, Paris, France.,Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Sheldon KM, Corcoran M, Sheldon M. Duchenne Smiles as Honest Signals of Chronic Positive Mood. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2021; 16:654-666. [DOI: 10.1177/1745691620959831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Chronic positive mood (CPM) has been shown to confer a wide variety of social, functional, and health benefits. Some researchers have argued that humans evolved to feel CPM, which explains why most people report better than neutral mood (the “positivity offset bias”) and why particularly happy people have particularly good outcomes. Here, we argue that the Duchenne smile evolved as an honest signal of high levels of CPM, alerting others to the psychological fitness of the smiler. Duchenne smiles are honest because they express felt positive emotion, making it difficult for unhappy people to produce them. Duchenne smiles enable happy people to signal and cooperate with one another, boosting their advantages. In our literature review, we found (a) that not all Duchenne smiles are “honest,” although producing them in the absence of positive emotion is difficult and often detectable, and (b) that the ability to produce and recognize Duchenne smiles may vary somewhat by a person’s cultural origin. In the final section of the article, we consider behavioral influences on CPM, reviewing research showing that engaging in eudaimonic activity reliably produces CPM, as posited by the eudaimonic-activity model. This research suggests that frequent Duchenne smiling may ultimately signal eudaimonic personality as well as CPM.
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- Kennon M. Sheldon
- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
- Department of Psychology, Higher School of Economics, National Research University
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
- Department of Psychology, Cabrini University
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri
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Dreams and nightmares in healthy adults and in patients with sleep and neurological disorders. Lancet Neurol 2020; 19:849-859. [PMID: 32949545 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(20)30275-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Dreams are experiences that occur during sleep, while we are disconnected from the environment. Thanks to recent progress in neuroimaging techniques, it is now becoming possible to relate dream features to specific patterns of brain activity. Some conditions occurring in patients with neurological disorders, such as lucid dreams and parasomnias, not only have diagnostic value, but also offer a window into the dream process. They show that dreaming is reflected in physiological signals, behaviours, and brain activity patterns, and that the body can enact dream content. Yet, the dream body can also be distinct from the real body; in their dreams, patients with congenital paraplegia can walk, those with sleep apnoea rarely suffocate, and phantom limb pain can disappear. These conditions provide valuable models for future studies investigating the mechanisms that underlie oneiric experiences.
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Mehta R, Giri S, Mallick BN. REM sleep loss-induced elevated noradrenaline could predispose an individual to psychosomatic disorders: a review focused on proposal for prediction, prevention, and personalized treatment. EPMA J 2020; 11:529-549. [PMID: 33240449 DOI: 10.1007/s13167-020-00222-1] [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: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Historically and traditionally, it is known that sleep helps in maintaining healthy living. Its duration varies not only among individuals but also in the same individual depending on circumstances, suggesting it is a dynamic and personalized physiological process. It has been divided into rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) and non-REMS (NREMS). The former is unique that adult humans spend the least time in this stage, when although one is physically asleep, the brain behaves as if awake, the dream state. As NREMS is a pre-requisite for appearance of REMS, the latter can be considered a predictive readout of sleep quality and health. It plays a protective role against oxidative, stressful, and psychopathological insults. Several modern lifestyle activities compromise quality and quantity of sleep (including REMS) affecting fundamental physiological and psychopathosomatic processes in a personalized manner. REMS loss-induced elevated brain noradrenaline (NA) causes many associated symptoms, which are ameliorated by preventing NA action. Therefore, we propose that awareness about personalized sleep hygiene (including REMS) and maintaining optimum brain NA level should be of paramount significance for leading physical and mental well-being as well as healthy living. As sleep is a dynamic, multifactorial, homeostatically regulated process, for healthy living, we recommend addressing and treating sleep dysfunctions in a personalized manner by the health professionals, caregivers, family, and other supporting members in the society. We also recommend that maintaining sleep profile, optimum level of NA, and/or prevention of elevation of NA or its action in the brain must be seriously considered for ameliorating lifestyle and REMS disturbance-associated dysfunctions.
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- Rachna Mehta
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110 067 India.,Present Address: Amity Institute of Neuropsychology & Neurosciences, Amity University, Noida, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110 067 India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110 067 India
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Challamel MJ, Hartley S, Debilly G, Lahlou S, Franco P. A video polysomnographic study of spontaneous smiling during sleep in newborns. J Sleep Res 2020; 30:e13129. [PMID: 32748500 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The objective of the present study was to confirm the link between spontaneous smiling and active sleep in newborns, and to identify the role of the cortex in the generation of spontaneous smiles. A total of 12 healthy newborns born at term and three infants with major congenital abnormalities (two with hydranencephaly and one with a left hemispherectomy) were evaluated by video and polysomnography during a 3-hr sleep period. Smiles were graded and their association with isolated rapid eye movements and grouped rapid eye movements was analysed. In all, 383 smiles were recorded of which 377 occurred during active sleep. Smiles were shown to be significantly associated with active sleep (p < .0001) and with grouped rapid eye movements (p < .0001). Bilateral smiles were more frequent than asymmetrical smiles. Among asymmetrical smiles, left-sided smiles were more frequent than right-sided smiles (p < .0001). Maternal stimulation during active sleep did not increase smiles. Smiling was absent during active sleep only in the infant with total hydranencephaly in whom nearly all cortical tissue was absent. In conclusion, smiling occurs in healthy newborns, almost exclusively in active sleep and is associated with grouped rapid eye movements. In infants with major congenital abnormalities, smiling is abolished only when nearly all of the cerebral cortex is absent. These results support the hypothesis of the role of active sleep in the stimulation of neuronal circuits responsible for spontaneous smiling and emphasise the importance of cortical areas in newborn smiling.
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- Marie-Josèphe Challamel
- Integrative Physiology of Brain Arousal System, CRNL, INSERM-U1028, University Lyon1, Lyon, France.,Pediatric Sleep Unit, Department of Pediatric Epilepsy, Sleep and Neurological Functional Explorations, Women's Mother's Children's Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Sleep Unit, Physiology Department, AP-HP Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Versailles-St Quentin en Yvelines University, Garches, France
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- Integrative Physiology of Brain Arousal System, CRNL, INSERM-U1028, University Lyon1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.,Director Paris Institute for Advanced Study, Paris, France
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- Integrative Physiology of Brain Arousal System, CRNL, INSERM-U1028, University Lyon1, Lyon, France.,Pediatric Sleep Unit, Department of Pediatric Epilepsy, Sleep and Neurological Functional Explorations, Women's Mother's Children's Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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