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Cai W, Han X, Tang X, Cao Z, Yu Z, Sun Z, Wu J, Wu Y, Xie H. Uncovering sympathetic nervous system dysfunction in disorders of consciousness via heart rate variability during head-up tilt test. Physiol Rep 2024; 12:e16000. [PMID: 38584117 PMCID: PMC10999365 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.16000] [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: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Few standardized tools are available for evaluation of disorders of consciousness (DOC). The potential of heart rate variability (HRV) during head-up tilt (HUT) test was investigated as a complementary evaluation tool. Twenty-one DOC patients and 21 healthy participants were enrolled in this study comparing clinical characteristics and HRV time- and frequency-domain outcomes and temporal changes during HUT test. During the 1st-5th min of the HUT, DOC group showed a significant increase and decrease in log low frequency (LF) (p = 0.045) and log normalized high frequency (nHF) (p = 0.02), respectively, compared to the supine position and had lower log normalized LF (nLF) (p = 0.004) and log ratio of low-to-high frequency (LF/HF) (p = 0.001) compared to healthy controls. As the HUT continued from the 6th to the 20th min, DOC group exhibited a significant increase in log LF/HF (16th-20th min) (p < 0.05), along with a decrease in log nHF (6th-10th and 16th-20th min) (p < 0.05) and maintained lower log LF, log nLF, and log LF/HF than controls (p < 0.05). 1st-10th min after returning to the supine position, DOC group demonstrated a significant decrease in log nHF (p < 0.01) and increases in log LF/HF (p < 0.01) and had lower log LF (p < 0.01) and log nLF (p < 0.05) compared to controls. In contrast, the control group exhibited a significant decrease in log nHF (p < 0.05) and increase in log LF/HF (p < 0.05) throughout the entire HUT test. Notably, no significant differences were observed when comparing time-domain outcomes reflecting parasympathetic nervous system between the two groups. HRV during HUT test indicated a delayed and attenuated autonomic response, particularly in the sympathetic nervous system, in DOC patients compared with healthy individuals.
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- Weiqiang Cai
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Huashan HospitalFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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Lin L, Cheng Y, Huang P, Zhang J, Zheng J, Pan X. Synchronous monitoring of brain-heart electrophysiology using heart rate variability coupled with rapid quantitative electroencephalography in orthostatic hypotension patients with α-synucleinopathies: Rapid prediction of orthostatic hypotension and preliminary exploration of brain stimulation therapy. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14571. [PMID: 38421092 PMCID: PMC10850923 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14571] [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: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In α-synucleinopathies, the dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system which typically manifests as orthostatic hypotension (OH) often leads to severe consequences and poses therapeutic challenges. This study aims to discover the brain-cardiac electrophysiological changes in OH patients with α-synucleinopathies using the rapid quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) coupled with heart rate variability (HRV) technique to identify rapid, noninvasive biomarkers for early warning and diagnosis, as well as shed new light on complementary treatment approaches such as brain stimulation targets. METHODS In this study, 26 subjects of α-synucleinopathies with OH (α-OH group), 21 subjects of α-synucleinopathies without OH (α-NOH group), and 34 healthy controls (control group) were included from September 2021 to August 2023 (NCT05527067). The heart rate-blood pressure variations in supine and standing positions were monitored, and synchronization parameters of seated resting-state HRV coupled with qEEG were collected. Time-domain and frequency-domain of HRV measures as well as peak frequency and power of the brainwaves were extracted. Differences between these three groups were compared, and correlations between brain-heart parameters were analyzed. RESULTS The research results showed that the time-domain parameters such as MxDMn, pNN50, RMSSD, and SDSD of seated resting-state HRV exhibited a significant decrease only in the α-OH group compared to the healthy control group (p < 0.05), while there was no significant difference between the α-NOH group and the healthy control group. Several time-domain and frequency-domain parameters of seated resting-state HRV were found to be correlated with the blood pressure changes within the first 5 min of transitioning from supine to standing position (p < 0.05). Differences were observed in the power of beta1 waves (F4 and Fp2) and beta2 waves (Fp2 and F4) in the seated resting-state qEEG between the α-OH and α-NOH groups (p < 0.05). The peak frequency of theta waves in the Cz region also showed a difference (p < 0.05). The power of beta2 waves in the Fp2 and F4 brain regions correlated with frequency-domain parameters of HRV (p < 0.05). Additionally, abnormal electrical activity in the alpha, theta, and beta1 waves was associated with changes in heart rate and blood pressure within the first 5 min of transitioning from supine to standing position (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Rapid resting-state HRV with certain time-domain parameters below normal levels may serve as a predictive indicator for the occurrence of orthostatic hypotension (OH) in patients with α-synucleinopathies. Additionally, the deterioration of HRV parameters correlates with synchronous abnormal qEEG patterns, which can provide insights into the brain stimulation target areas for OH in α-synucleinopathy patients.
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- Lin Lin
- Department of Neurology, Center for Cognitive NeurologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Institute of GeriatricsFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Institute of Clinical NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Cognitive NeurologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Institute of GeriatricsFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Institute of Clinical NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Cognitive NeurologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Institute of GeriatricsFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Institute of Clinical NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Cognitive NeurologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Institute of GeriatricsFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Institute of Clinical NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
- Center for GeriatricsHainan General HospitalHaikou CityHainan ProvinceChina
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Cognitive NeurologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Institute of GeriatricsFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Institute of Clinical NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Cognitive NeurologyFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Institute of GeriatricsFujian Medical University Union HospitalFuzhou CityChina
- Institute of Clinical NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular NeurologyFujian Medical UniversityFuzhou CityChina
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Riganello F, Vatrano M, Cortese MD, Tonin P, Soddu A. Central autonomic network and early prognosis in patients with disorders of consciousness. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1610. [PMID: 38238457 PMCID: PMC10796939 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51457-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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The central autonomic network (CAN) plays a crucial role in modulating the autonomic nervous system. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a valuable marker for assessing CAN function in disorders of consciousness (DOC) patients. We used HRV analysis for early prognosis in 58 DOC patients enrolled within ten days of hospitalization. They underwent a five-minute electrocardiogram during baseline and acoustic/visual stimulation. The coma recovery scale-revised (CRS-R) was used to define the patient's consciousness level and categorize the good/bad outcome at three months. The high-frequency Power Spectrum Density and the standard deviation of normal-to-normal peaks in baseline, the sample entropy during the stimulation, and the time from injury features were used in the support vector machine analysis (SVM) for outcome prediction. The SVM predicted the patients' outcome with an accuracy of 96% in the training test and 100% in the validation test, underscoring its potential to provide crucial clinical information about prognosis.
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- Francesco Riganello
- Reseach in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, S. Anna Institute, 88900, Crotone, Italy.
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- Reseach in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, S. Anna Institute, 88900, Crotone, Italy
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- Reseach in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, S. Anna Institute, 88900, Crotone, Italy
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- Physics & Astronomy Department and Western Institute for Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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McCall WV, Thomas A, Miller BJ, Rosenquist PB. The Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in the Mediation of the Resolution of Suicidal Ideation With Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Hypothesis and Review of Heart Rate Variability Over a Course of Electroconvulsive Therapy. J ECT 2023; 39:214-219. [PMID: 37530701 DOI: 10.1097/yct.0000000000000942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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ABSTRACT Longitudinal observational studies have shown a meaningful decrease in suicidal thinking and suicidal behavior after receipt of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The antisuicide effect of ECT may be related to success in the global relief of the presenting syndrome such as depressive or psychotic illness. However, it is possible that the antisuicide effect is specific to ECT per se, over and above the relief of the clinical syndrome. Electroconvulsive therapy is associated with many observable neurochemical and physiologic effects, and some of these may plausibly be specifically linked to an antisuicide effect. The phenomenon of physiologic hyperarousal has been named as a candidate mechanism driving the risk for suicide. Hyperarousal is associated with decreased neuropsychological executive function responsible for response inhibition and can lead to impulsive action. The level of arousal within the autonomic nervous system (ANS) can be assayed with the pupillary light reflex, electrodermal activity, or with heart rate variability (HRV). This article summarizes the literature on the effects of ECT on HRV 24 to 72 hours after a course of ECT and finds evidence for increases in HRV, which indicates lower levels of arousal in the ANS. This finding suggests that ECT-related reductions in ANS arousal, presumably with corresponding improvements in response inhibition, may be one mechanism whereby ECT reduces risk for suicide.
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- Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA
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Candia-Rivera D, Raimondo F, Pérez P, Naccache L, Tallon-Baudry C, Sitt JD. Conscious processing of global and local auditory irregularities causes differentiated heartbeat-evoked responses. eLife 2023; 12:e75352. [PMID: 37888955 PMCID: PMC10651171 DOI: 10.7554/elife.75352] [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: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Recent research suggests that brain-heart interactions are associated with perceptual and self-consciousness. In this line, the neural responses to visceral inputs have been hypothesized to play a leading role in shaping our subjective experience. This study aims to investigate whether the contextual processing of auditory irregularities modulates both direct neuronal responses to the auditory stimuli (ERPs) and the neural responses to heartbeats, as measured with heartbeat-evoked responses (HERs). HERs were computed in patients with disorders of consciousness, diagnosed with a minimally conscious state or unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. We tested whether HERs reflect conscious auditory perception, which can potentially provide additional information for the consciousness diagnosis. EEG recordings were taken during the local-global paradigm, which evaluates the capacity of a patient to detect the appearance of auditory irregularities at local (short-term) and global (long-term) levels. The results show that local and global effects produce distinct ERPs and HERs, which can help distinguish between the minimally conscious state and unresponsive wakefulness syndrome patients. Furthermore, we found that ERP and HER responses were not correlated suggesting that independent neuronal mechanisms are behind them. These findings suggest that HER modulations in response to auditory irregularities, especially local irregularities, may be used as a novel neural marker of consciousness and may aid in the bedside diagnosis of disorders of consciousness with a more cost-effective option than neuroimaging methods.
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- Diego Candia-Rivera
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Computationnelles, Département d’Etudes Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure, INSERM, Université PSLParisFrance
- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INRIA, CNRS, INSERM, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-SalpêtrièreParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INRIA, CNRS, INSERM, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7: Brain and Behaviour), Forschungszentrum JülichJülichGermany
- Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorfGermany
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INRIA, CNRS, INSERM, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- AP-HP, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Neuro ICU, DMU NeurosciencesParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INRIA, CNRS, INSERM, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- Pitié-Salpêtrière Faculty of Medicine, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Sorbonne UniversitiesParisFrance
- INSERM, National Institute of Health and Medical ResearchParisFrance
- Department of Neurology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Group, Public Hospital Network of ParisParisFrance
- Department of Neurophysiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Group, Public Hospital Network of ParisParisFrance
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Computationnelles, Département d’Etudes Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure, INSERM, Université PSLParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, Paris Brain Institute (ICM), INRIA, CNRS, INSERM, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-SalpêtrièreParisFrance
- INSERM, National Institute of Health and Medical ResearchParisFrance
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Candia-Rivera D, Machado C. Multidimensional assessment of heartbeat-evoked responses in disorders of consciousness. Eur J Neurosci 2023; 58:3098-3110. [PMID: 37382151 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Because consciousness does not necessarily translate into overt behaviour, detecting residual consciousness in noncommunicating patients remains a challenge. Bedside diagnostic methods based on EEG are promising and cost-effective alternatives to detect residual consciousness. Recent evidence showed that the cortical activations triggered by each heartbeat, namely, heartbeat-evoked responses (HERs), can detect through machine learning the presence of minimal consciousness and distinguish between overt and covert minimal consciousness. In this study, we explore different markers to characterize HERs to investigate whether different dimensions of the neural responses to heartbeats provide complementary information that is not typically found under standard event-related potential analyses. We evaluated HERs and EEG average non-locked to heartbeats in six types of participants: healthy state, locked-in syndrome, minimally conscious state, vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, comatose and brain-dead patients. We computed a series of markers from HERs that can generally separate the unconscious from the conscious. Our findings indicate that HER variance and HER frontal segregation tend to be higher in the presence of consciousness. These indices, when combined with heart rate variability, have the potential to enhance the differentiation between different levels of awareness. We propose that a multidimensional evaluation of brain-heart interactions could be included in a battery of tests to characterize disorders of consciousness. Our results may motivate further exploration of markers in brain-heart communication for the detection of consciousness at the bedside. The development of diagnostic methods based on brain-heart interactions may be translated into more feasible methods for clinical practice.
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- Diego Candia-Rivera
- Paris Brain Institute - ICM, CNRS, INRIA, INSERM, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, Cuba
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Valenza G. Depression as a cardiovascular disorder: central-autonomic network, brain-heart axis, and vagal perspectives of low mood. FRONTIERS IN NETWORK PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 3:1125495. [PMID: 37260560 PMCID: PMC10228690 DOI: 10.3389/fnetp.2023.1125495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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If depressive symptoms are not caused by the physiological effects of a substance or other medical or neurological conditions, they are generally classified as mental disorders that target the central nervous system. However, recent evidence suggests that peripheral neural dynamics on cardiovascular control play a causal role in regulating and processing emotions. In this perspective, we explore the dynamics of the Central-Autonomic Network (CAN) and related brain-heart interplay (BHI), highlighting their psychophysiological correlates and clinical symptoms of depression. Thus, we suggest that depression may arise from dysregulated cardiac vagal and sympathovagal dynamics that lead to CAN and BHI dysfunctions. Therefore, treatments for depression should target the nervous system as a whole, with particular emphasis on regulating vagal and BHI dynamics.
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Liuzzi P, Campagnini S, Hakiki B, Burali R, Scarpino M, Macchi C, Cecchi F, Mannini A, Grippo A. Heart rate variability for the evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness. Clin Neurophysiol 2023; 150:31-39. [PMID: 37002978 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.007] [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: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Clinical responsiveness of patients with a Disorder of Consciousness (DoC) correlates to sympathetic/parasympathetic homeostatic balance. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) metrics result in non-invasive proxies of modulation capabilities of visceral states. In this work, our aim was to evaluate whether HRV measures could improve the differential diagnosis between Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome (UWS) and Minimally Conscious State (MCS) with respect to multivariate models based on standard clinical electroencephalography (EEG) labeling only in a rehabilitation setting. METHODS A prospective observational study was performed consecutively enrolling 82 DoC patients. Polygraphic recordings were performed. HRV-metrics and EEG descriptors derived from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society's Standardized Critical Care terminology were included. Descriptors entered univariate and then multivariate logistic regressions with the target set to the UWS/MCS diagnosis. RESULTS HRV measures resulted significantly different between UWS and MCS patients, with higher values being associated with better consciousness levels. Specifically, adding HRV-related metrics to ACNS EEG descriptors increased the Nagelkerke R2 from 0.350 (only EEG descriptors) to 0.565 (HRV-EEG combination) with the outcome set to the consciousness diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS HRV changes across the lowest states of consciousness. Rapid changes in heart rate, occurring in better consciousness levels, confirm the mutual correlation between visceral state functioning patterns and consciousness alterations. SIGNIFICANCE Quantitative analysis of heart rate in patients with a DoC paves the way for the implementation of low-cost pipelines supporting medical decisions within multimodal consciousness assessments.
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- Piergiuseppe Liuzzi
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Istituto di BioRobotica, Pontedera, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy; Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Istituto di BioRobotica, Pontedera, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy.
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy; Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Firenze, Largo Brambilla 3, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy; Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Firenze, Largo Brambilla 3, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Firenze, Via di Scandicci 269, Italy
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Liuzzi P, Grippo A, Draghi F, Hakiki B, Macchi C, Cecchi F, Mannini A. Can Respiration Complexity Help the Diagnosis of Disorders of Consciousness in Rehabilitation? Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:diagnostics13030507. [PMID: 36766612 PMCID: PMC9914359 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13030507] [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: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) activity, as cardiac, respiratory and electrodermal activity, has been shown to provide specific information on different consciousness states. Respiration rates (RRs) are considered indicators of ANS activity and breathing patterns are currently already included in the evaluation of patients in critical care. OBJECTIVE The aim of this work was to derive a proxy of autonomic functions via the RR variability and compare its diagnostic capability with known neurophysiological biomarkers of consciousness. METHODS In a cohort of sub-acute patients with brain injury during post-acute rehabilitation, polygraphy (ECG, EEG) recordings were collected. The EEG was labeled via descriptors based on American Clinical Neurophysiology Society terminology and the respiration variability was extracted by computing the Approximate Entropy (ApEN) of the ECG-derived respiration signal. Competing logistic regressions were applied to evaluate the improvement in model performances introduced by the RR ApEN. RESULTS Higher RR complexity was significantly associated with higher consciousness levels and improved diagnostic models' performances in contrast to the ones built with only electroencephalographic descriptors. CONCLUSIONS Adding a quantitative, instrumentally based complexity measure of RR variability to multimodal consciousness assessment protocols may improve diagnostic accuracy based only on electroencephalographic descriptors. Overall, this study promotes the integration of biomarkers derived from the central and the autonomous nervous system for the most comprehensive diagnosis of consciousness in a rehabilitation setting.
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- Piergiuseppe Liuzzi
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Via di Scandicci 269, 50143 Firenze, Italy
- Istituto di BioRobotica, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Via di Scandicci 269, 50143 Firenze, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Via di Scandicci 269, 50143 Firenze, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Via di Scandicci 269, 50143 Firenze, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-333-401-8388
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Via di Scandicci 269, 50143 Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita di Firenze, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Via di Scandicci 269, 50143 Firenze, Italy
- Istituto di BioRobotica, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Universita di Firenze, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Via di Scandicci 269, 50143 Firenze, Italy
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Candia-Rivera D. Brain-heart interactions in the neurobiology of consciousness. CURRENT RESEARCH IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2022; 3:100050. [PMID: 36685762 PMCID: PMC9846460 DOI: 10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Recent experimental evidence on patients with disorders of consciousness revealed that observing brain-heart interactions helps to detect residual consciousness, even in patients with absence of behavioral signs of consciousness. Those findings support hypotheses suggesting that visceral activity is involved in the neurobiology of consciousness, and sum to the existing evidence in healthy participants in which the neural responses to heartbeats reveal perceptual and self-consciousness. More evidence obtained through mathematical modeling of physiological dynamics revealed that emotion processing is prompted by an initial modulation from ascending vagal inputs to the brain, followed by sustained bidirectional brain-heart interactions. Those findings support long-lasting hypotheses on the causal role of bodily activity in emotions, feelings, and potentially consciousness. In this paper, the theoretical landscape on the potential role of heartbeats in cognition and consciousness is reviewed, as well as the experimental evidence supporting these hypotheses. I advocate for methodological developments on the estimation of brain-heart interactions to uncover the role of cardiac inputs in the origin, levels, and contents of consciousness. The ongoing evidence depicts interactions further than the cortical responses evoked by each heartbeat, suggesting the potential presence of non-linear, complex, and bidirectional communication between brain and heartbeat dynamics. Further developments on methodologies to analyze brain-heart interactions may contribute to a better understanding of the physiological dynamics involved in homeostatic-allostatic control, cognitive functions, and consciousness.
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- Diego Candia-Rivera
- Bioengineering and Robotics Research Center E. Piaggio and the Department of Information Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Inhibitory Control and Brain–Heart Interaction: An HRV-EEG Study. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12060740. [PMID: 35741625 PMCID: PMC9221218 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12060740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Background: Motor inhibition is a complex cognitive function regulated by specific brain regions and influenced by the activity of the Central Autonomic Network. We investigate the two-way Brain–Heart interaction during a Go/NoGo task. Spectral EEG ϑ, α powerbands, and HRV parameters (Complexity Index (CI), Low Frequency (LF) and High Frequency (HF) powers) were recorded. Methods: Fourteen healthy volunteers were enrolled. We used a modified version of the classical Go/NoGo task, based on Rule Shift Cards, characterized by a baseline and two different tasks of different complexity. The participants were divided into subjects with Good (GP) and Poor (PP) performances. Results: In the baseline, CI was negatively correlated with α/ϑ. In task 1, the CI was negatively correlated with the errors and α/ϑ, while the errors were positively correlated with α/ϑ. In task 2, CI was negatively correlated with the Reaction Time and positively with α, and the errors were negatively correlated with the Reaction Time and positively correlated with α/ϑ. The GP group showed, at baseline, a negative correlation between CI and α/ϑ. Conclusions: We provide a new combined Brain–Heart model underlying inhibitory control abilities. The results are consistent with the complementary role of α and ϑ oscillations in cognitive control.
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Gastrointestinal and Autonomic Symptoms—How to Improve the Diagnostic Process in Panayiotopoulos Syndrome? CHILDREN 2022; 9:children9060814. [PMID: 35740751 PMCID: PMC9222198 DOI: 10.3390/children9060814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One of the most common epileptic disorders in the pediatric population is Panayiotopoulos syndrome. Clinical manifestations of this idiopathic illness include predominantly autonomic symptoms and dysfunction of the cardiorespiratory system. Another feature constitutes prolonged seizures that usually occur at sleep. It is crucial to differentiate the aforementioned disease from other forms of epilepsy, especially occipital and structural epilepsy and non-epileptic disorders. The diagnostic process is based on medical history, clinical examination, neuroimaging and electroencephalography—though results of the latter may be unspecific. Patients with Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS) do not usually require treatment, as the course of the disease is, in most cases, mild, and the prognosis is good. The purpose of this review is to underline the role of central autonomic network dysfunction in the development of Panayiotopoulos syndrome, as well as the possibility of using functional imaging techniques, especially functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), in the diagnostic process. These methods could be crucial for understanding the pathogenesis of PS. More data arerequired to create algorithms that will be able to predict the exposure to various complications of PS. It also concerns the importance of electroencephalography (EEG) as a tool to distinguish Panayiotopoulos syndrome from other childhood epileptic syndromes and non-epileptic disorders.
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Thome J, Densmore M, Terpou BA, Théberge J, McKinnon MC, Lanius RA. Contrasting Associations Between Heart Rate Variability and Brainstem-Limbic Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Its Dissociative Subtype: A Pilot Study. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 16:862192. [PMID: 35706833 PMCID: PMC9190757 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.862192] [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: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Increasing evidence points toward the need to extend the neurobiological conceptualization of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to include evolutionarily conserved neurocircuitries centered on the brainstem and the midbrain. The reticular activating system (RAS) helps to shape the arousal state of the brain, acting as a bridge between brain and body. To modulate arousal, the RAS is closely tied to the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Individuals with PTSD often reveal altered arousal patterns, ranging from hyper- to blunted arousal states, as well as altered functional connectivity profiles of key arousal-related brain structures that receive direct projections from the RAS. Accordingly, the present study aims to explore resting state functional connectivity of the RAS and its interaction with the ANS in participants with PTSD and its dissociative subtype. Methods Individuals with PTSD (n = 57), its dissociative subtype (PTSD + DS, n = 32) and healthy controls (n = 40) underwent a 6-min resting functional magnetic resonance imaging and pulse data recording. Resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) of a central node of the RAS – the pedunculopontine nuclei (PPN) – was investigated along with its relation to ANS functioning as indexed by heart rate variability (HRV). HRV is a prominent marker indexing the flexibility of an organism to react adaptively to environmental needs, with higher HRV representing greater effective adaptation. Results Both PTSD and PTSD + DS demonstrated reduced HRV as compared to controls. HRV measures were then correlated with rsFC of the PPN. Critically, participants with PTSD and participants with PTSD + DS displayed inverse correlations between HRV and rsFC between the PPN and key limbic structures, including the amygdala. Whereas participants with PTSD displayed a positive relationship between HRV and PPN rsFC with the amygdala, participants with PTSD + DS demonstrated a negative relationship between HRV and PPN rsFC with the amygdala. Conclusion The present exploratory investigation reveals contrasting patterns of arousal-related circuitry among participants with PTSD and PTSD + DS, providing a neurobiological lens to interpret hyper- and more blunted arousal states in PTSD and PTSD + DS, respectively.
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- Janine Thome
- Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Theoretical Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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- Homewood Research Institute, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Homewood Research Institute, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Mood Disorders Programs, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
- Homewood Research Institute, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- *Correspondence: Ruth A. Lanius,
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Heart rate complexity: An early prognostic marker of patient outcome after cardiac arrest. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 134:27-33. [PMID: 34953334 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.10.019] [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: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Early prognostication in comatose patients after cardiac arrest (CA) is difficult but essential to inform relatives and optimize treatment. Here we investigate the predictive value of heart-rate variability captured by multiscale entropy (MSE) for long-term outcomes in comatose patients during the first 24 hours after CA. METHODS In this retrospective analysis of prospective multi-centric cohort, we analyzed MSE of the heart rate in 79 comatose patients after CA while undergoing targeted temperature management and sedation during the first day of coma. From the MSE, two complexity indices were derived by summing values over short and long time scales (CIs and CIl). We splitted the data in training and test datasets for analysing the predictive value for patient outcomes (defined as best cerebral performance category within 3 months) of CIs and CIl. RESULTS Across the whole dataset, CIl provided the best sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy (88%, 75%, and 82%, respectively). Positive and negative predictive power were 81% and 84%. CONCLUSIONS Characterizing the complexity of the ECG in patients after CA provides an accurate prediction of both favorable and unfavorable outcomes. SIGNIFICANCE The analysis of heartrate variability by means of MSE provides accurate outcome prediction on the first day of coma.
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Chatterjee K, Rady MY, Verheijde JL, Butterfield RJ. A Framework for Revisiting Brain Death: Evaluating Awareness and Attitudes Toward the Neuroscientific and Ethical Debate Around the American Academy of Neurology Brain Death Criteria. J Intensive Care Med 2021; 36:1149-1166. [PMID: 33618577 PMCID: PMC8442138 DOI: 10.1177/0885066620985827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND There remains a lack of awareness around the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) procedural criteria for brain death and the surrounding controversies, leading to significant practice variability. This survey study assessed for existing knowledge and attitude among healthcare professionals regarding procedural criteria and potential change after an educational intervention. METHODS Healthcare professionals with increased exposure to brain injury at Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona and Florida were invited to complete an online survey consisting of 2 iterations of a 14-item questionnaire, taken before and after a 30-minute video educational intervention. The questionnaire gathered participants' opinion of (1) their knowledge of the AAN procedural criteria, (2) whether these criteria determine complete, irreversible cessation of brain function, and (3) on what concept of death they base the equivalence of brain death to biological death. RESULTS Of the 928 people contacted, a total of 118 and 62 participants completed the pre-intervention and post-intervention questionnaire, respectively. The results show broad, unchanging support for the concept of brain death (86.8%) and that current criteria constitute best practice. While 64.9% agree further that the loss of consciousness and spontaneous breathing is sufficient for death, contradictorily, 37.6% believe the loss of additional integrated bodily functions such as fighting infection is necessary for death. A plurality trusts these criteria to demonstrate loss of brain function that is irreversible (67.6%) and complete (43.6%) at baseline, but there is significantly less agreement on both at post-intervention. CONCLUSION Although there is consistent support that AAN procedural criteria are best for clinical practice, results show a tenuous belief that these criteria determine irreversible and complete loss of all brain function. Despite support for the concept of brain death first developed by the President's Council, participants demonstrate confusion over whether the loss of consciousness and spontaneous breath are truly sufficient for death.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix,
AZ, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic,
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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Music Stimulation for People with Disorders of Consciousness: A Scoping Review. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11070858. [PMID: 34203250 PMCID: PMC8301821 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11070858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Music stimulation is considered to be a valuable form of intervention for people with severe brain injuries and prolonged disorders of consciousness (i.e., unresponsive wakefulness/vegetative state or minimally conscious state). This review was intended to provide an overall picture of work conducted during the last decade to assess the impact of music on behavioral and non-behavioral responses of people with disorders of consciousness. Following the PRISMA-ScR checklist, a scoping review was carried out to identify and provide a synthesis of eligible studies published in English during the 2010–2021 period. Three databases (i.e., PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science) were employed for the literature search. Thirty-four studies met the inclusion criteria. Those studies were grouped into three categories based on whether they assessed the effects of: (i) recorded music, (ii) interactive music, or (iii) response-contingent music. A narrative synthesis of the studies of each of the three categories was eventually provided. While the studies of all three categories reported fairly positive/encouraging results, several methodological questions make it difficult to draw conclusions about those results and their implications for intervention programs in daily contexts.
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Riganello F, Vatrano M, Carozzo S, Russo M, Lucca LF, Ursino M, Ruggiero V, Cerasa A, Porcaro C. The Timecourse of Electrophysiological Brain-Heart Interaction in DoC Patients. Brain Sci 2021; 11:750. [PMID: 34198911 PMCID: PMC8228557 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11060750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Disorders of Consciousness (DOC) are a spectrum of pathologies affecting one's ability to interact with the external world. Two possible conditions of patients with DOC are Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome/Vegetative State (UWS/VS) and Minimally Conscious State (MCS). Analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) are effective techniques in exploring and evaluating patients with DOC. This study aims to observe fluctuations in EEG and HRV parameters in the morning/afternoon resting-state recording. The study enrolled 13 voluntary Healthy Control (HC) subjects and 12 DOC patients (7 MCS, 5 UWS/VS). EEG and EKG were recorded. PSDalpha, PSDtheta powerband, alpha-blocking, alpha/theta of the EEG, Complexity Index (CI) and SDNN of EKG were analyzed. Higher values of PSDalpha, alpha-blocking, alpha/theta and CI values and lower values of PSD theta characterized HC individuals in the morning with respect to DOC patients. In the afternoon, we detected a significant difference between groups in the CI, PSDalpha, PSDtheta, alpha/theta and SDNN, with lower PSDtheta value for HC. CRS-R scores showed a strong correlation with recorded parameters mainly during evaluations in the morning. Our finding put in evidence the importance of the assessment, as the stimulation of DOC patients in research for behavioural response, in the morning.
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- Francesco Riganello
- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB)—National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 87050 Mangone, Italy
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- S.Anna Institute—Research in Advanced Neurorehabilitation, 88900 Crotone, Italy; (M.V.); (S.C.); (M.R.); (L.F.L.); (M.U.); (V.R.); (A.C.); (C.P.)
- Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
- Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
- Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) - National Research Council (CNR), 00185 Rome, Italy
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Sun J, Zhang Q, Lin B, He M, Pang Y, Liang Q, Huang Z, Xu P, Que D, Xu S. Association Between Postoperative Long-Term Heart Rate Variability and Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:646253. [PMID: 34135747 PMCID: PMC8200544 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.646253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common complication after orthopedic surgery in elderly patients. The elderly may experience drastic changes in autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and circadian rhythm disorders after surgery. Therefore, we intend to explore the relationship between postoperative long-term heart rate (HR) variability (HRV), as a measure of ANS activity and circadian rhythm, and occurrence of POD in elderly patients. Methods The study population of this cohort was elderly patients over 60 years of age who scheduled for orthopedic surgery under spinal anesthesia. Patients were screened for inclusion and exclusion criteria before surgery. Then, participants were invited to wear a Holter monitor on the first postoperative day to collect 24-h electrocardiographic (ECG) data. Parameters in the time domain [the standard deviation of the normal-to-normal (NN) intervals (SDNN), mean of the standard deviations of all the NN intervals for each 5-min segment of a 24-h HRV recording (SDNNI), and the root mean square of successive differences of the NN intervals (RMSSD)] and frequency domain [heart rate (HR), high frequency (HF), low frequency (LF), very low frequency (VLF), ultra low frequency (ULF), and total power (TP)] were calculated. Assessment of delirium was performed daily up to the seventh postoperative day using the Chinese version of the 3-Min Diagnostic Interview for CAM-defined Delirium (3D-CAM). The relationship between HRV and POD, as well as the association between HRV and duration of POD, was assessed. Results Of the 294 cases that finally completed the follow-up, 60 cases developed POD. Among the HRV parameters, SDNNI, VLF, and ULF were related to the occurrence of POD. After adjustment for potential confounders, the correlation between HRV indices and POD disappeared. Through stratified analysis, two significant negative correlations emerged: ULF in young-old participants and SDNNI, VLF, and ULF in male patients. Conclusion The lower HRV parameters may be related to the occurrence of POD, and this correlation is more significant in young-old and male patients. ANS disorders and rhythm abnormalities reflected by HRV changes may represent a possible mechanism that promotes POD.
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- Jiaduo Sun
- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Pain Perception in Disorder of Consciousness: A Scoping Review on Current Knowledge, Clinical Applications, and Future Perspective. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11050665. [PMID: 34065349 PMCID: PMC8161058 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11050665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Pain perception in individuals with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) is still a matter of debate. Advanced neuroimaging studies suggest some cortical activations even in patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) compared to those with a minimally conscious state (MCS). Therefore, pain perception has to be considered even in individuals with UWS. However, advanced neuroimaging assessment can be challenging to conduct, and its findings are sometimes difficult to be interpreted. Conversely, multichannel electroencephalography (EEG) and laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) can be carried out quickly and are more adaptable to the clinical needs. In this scoping review, we dealt with the neurophysiological basis underpinning pain in PDOC, pointing out how pain perception assessment in these individuals might help in reducing the misdiagnosis rate. The available literature data suggest that patients with UWS show a more severe functional connectivity breakdown among the pain-related brain areas compared to individuals in MCS, pointing out that pain perception increases with the level of consciousness. However, there are noteworthy exceptions, because some UWS patients show pain-related cortical activations that partially overlap those observed in MCS individuals. This suggests that some patients with UWS may have residual brain functional connectivity supporting the somatosensory, affective, and cognitive aspects of pain processing (i.e., a conscious experience of the unpleasantness of pain), rather than only being able to show autonomic responses to potentially harmful stimuli. Therefore, the significance of the neurophysiological approach to pain perception in PDOC seems to be clear, and despite some methodological caveats (including intensity of stimulation, multimodal paradigms, and active vs. passive stimulation protocols), remain to be solved. To summarize, an accurate clinical and neurophysiological assessment should always be performed for a better understanding of pain perception neurophysiological underpinnings, a more precise differential diagnosis at the level of individual cases as well as group comparisons, and patient-tailored management.
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Sattin D, Duran D, Visintini S, Schiaffi E, Panzica F, Carozzi C, Rossi Sebastiano D, Visani E, Tobaldini E, Carandina A, Citterio V, Magnani FG, Cacciatore M, Orena E, Montano N, Caldiroli D, Franceschetti S, Picozzi M, Matilde L. Analyzing the Loss and the Recovery of Consciousness: Functional Connectivity Patterns and Changes in Heart Rate Variability During Propofol-Induced Anesthesia. Front Syst Neurosci 2021; 15:652080. [PMID: 33889078 PMCID: PMC8055941 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2021.652080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The analysis of the central and the autonomic nervous systems (CNS, ANS) activities during general anesthesia (GA) provides fundamental information for the study of neural processes that support alterations of the consciousness level. In the present pilot study, we analyzed EEG signals and the heart rate (HR) variability (HRV) in a sample of 11 patients undergoing spinal surgery to investigate their CNS and ANS activities during GA obtained with propofol administration. Data were analyzed during different stages of GA: baseline, the first period of anesthetic induction, the period before the loss of consciousness, the first period after propofol discontinuation, and the period before the recovery of consciousness (ROC). In EEG spectral analysis, we found a decrease in posterior alpha and beta power in all cortical areas observed, except the occipital ones, and an increase in delta power, mainly during the induction phase. In EEG connectivity analysis, we found a significant increase of local efficiency index in alpha and delta bands between baseline and loss of consciousness as well as between baseline and ROC in delta band only and a significant reduction of the characteristic path length in alpha band between the baseline and ROC. Moreover, connectivity results showed that in the alpha band there was mainly a progressive increase in the number and in the strength of incoming connections in the frontal region, while in the beta band the parietal region showed mainly a significant increase in the number and in the strength of outcoming connections values. The HRV analysis showed that the induction of anesthesia with propofol was associated with a progressive decrease in complexity and a consequent increase in the regularity indexes and that the anesthetic procedure determined bradycardia which was accompanied by an increase in cardiac sympathetic modulation and a decrease in cardiac parasympathetic modulation during the induction. Overall, the results of this pilot study showed as propofol-induced anesthesia caused modifications on EEG signal, leading to a "rebalance" between long and short-range cortical connections, and had a direct effect on the cardiac system. Our data suggest interesting perspectives for the interactions between the central and autonomic nervous systems for the modulation of the consciousness level.
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- Davide Sattin
- Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Medical Humanities-PhD Program, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Epileptology Division, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Neurophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Engineering Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Epileptology Division, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Neurophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Center for Clinical Ethics, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Department, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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- Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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Birth weight and heart rate autonomic recovery following exercise in healthy term-born adults. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1192. [PMID: 33441786 PMCID: PMC7806995 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80109-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The impact of birth weight (BW) on adult health has been studied, related to the autonomic nervous system, and implicated in cardiovascular risk. We investigated cardiorespiratory and heart rate (HR) autonomic recovery after moderate effort in healthy term-born adults with different BWs. We studied 28 healthy physically active women aged between 18 to 30 years split equally into two groups according to BW: G1 (n = 14), BW between 2500 g and 3200 g and G2 (n = 14), BW > 3200 g. The groups remained seated at rest for 15 min, followed by aerobic exercise on a treadmill (five minutes at 50–55% of maximum HR and 25 min 60–65% of maximum HR) and then remained seated for 60 min during recovery from the exercise. Cardiorespiratory parameters and HR variability (HRV) [RMSSD, HF (ms2)] were assessed before and during recovery from exercise. In G1, HR was increased from 0 to 20 min after exercise whilst in G2 HR was higher from 0 to 7 min following exercise. In G1, short-term HRV was increased from 5 to 10 min after exercise but in G2 it recovered prior to 5 min following effort. In conclusion, healthy term-born women with low normal BW present slower HR autonomic recovery after exercise.
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Zhang XY, Li JJ, Lu HT, Teng WJ, Liu SH. Positive effects of music therapist's selected auditory stimulation on the autonomic nervous system of patients with disorder of consciousness: a randomized controlled trial. Neural Regen Res 2021; 16:1266-1272. [PMID: 33318404 PMCID: PMC8284264 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.301021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The current randomized controlled trial was performed at the China Rehabilitation Science Institute, China to test the hypothesis that musical auditory stimulation has positive effects on the autonomic nervous system of patients with disorder of consciousness. Although past studies have recommended that patients with disorder of consciousness listen to patient-preferred music, this practice is not universally accepted by researchers. Twenty patients with severe disorder of consciousness listened to either therapist-selected (n = 10, 6 males and 4 females; 43.33 ± 18.76 years old) or patient-preferred (n = 10, 5 males and 5 females, 48.83 ± 18.79 years old) musical therapy, 30 minutes/day, 5 times/week for 6 weeks. The results showed no obvious differences in heart rate variability-related parameters including heart rate, standard deviation of normal-to-normal R-R intervals, and the root-mean-square of successive heartbeat interval differences of successive heartbeat intervals between the two groups of patients. However, percentage of differences exceeding 50 ms between adjacent normal number of intervals, low-frequency power/high-frequency power, high-frequency power norm, low-frequency power norm, and total power were higher in patients receiving therapist-selected music than in patients receiving their own preferred music. In contrast, this relationship was reversed for the high-frequency power and very-low-frequency band. These results suggest that compared with preferred musical stimulation, therapist-selected musical stimulation resulted in higher interactive activity of the autonomic nervous system. Therefore, therapist-selected musical stimulation should be used to arouse the autonomic nervous system of patients with disorder of consciousness. This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of China Rehabilitation Research Center, China (approval No. 2018-022-1) on March 12, 2018 and registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (registration number ChiCTR1800017809) on August 15, 2018.
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- Xiao-Ying Zhang
- School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders; Music Therapy Center, Department of Psychology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; China Rehabilitation Science Institute; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation; Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; Department of Neurorehabilitation, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; Music Therapy Center, Department of Psychology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University; Music Therapy Center, Department of Psychology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing, China
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Sinha M, Sinha R, Ghate J, Sarnik G. Impact of Altered Breathing Patterns on Interaction of EEG and Heart Rate Variability. Ann Neurosci 2020; 27:67-74. [PMID: 33335359 PMCID: PMC7724429 DOI: 10.1177/0972753120950075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Altered pattern of respiration has been shown to affect both the cardiac as well as cortical activity, which is the basis of central-autonomic dual interaction concept. On the other hand, effect of this association between altered breathing with slow cortical activity, that is, electroencephalography (EEG) theta waves (associated with learning and relaxed alertness) on the cardiac autonomic balance is largely unclear. Objective The study aims to understand this interaction in response to altered respiratory patterns, for example, voluntary apnea, bradypnea, and tachypnea in terms of EEG and heart rate variability (HRV) correlates in normal healthy subjects. Methods This study was conducted on 32 adult male subjects. EEG from F3, F4, P3, P4, O1 and O2 cortical areas and Lead II electrocardiography for HRV analysis was continuously recorded during aforesaid respiratory interventions. Power spectral analysis of EEG for theta waves and HRV measures, that is, RMSSD, pNN50, HF, LF, and LF/HF was calculated as % change taking resting value as 100%. Results Apnea caused decrease in theta power, whereas an increase in LF/HF was observed in HRV. Bradypnea on the other hand, did not elicit any significant change in power of theta waves. However, decreased RMSSD and pNN50 were observed in HRV. Tachypnea led to increase in theta power with HRV depicting significantly decreased RMSSD and pNN50. Besides, significant correlation between EEG and HRV measures was found during tachypnea, which shifted toward posterior cortical sites as compared to resting condition. Conclusion Various altered respiratory patterns caused either depressed parasympathetic or increased sympathetic output, whereas increased theta power along with posterior shift of correlation between theta power and HRV measures observed during post tachypnea might be due to involvement of global brain areas due to respiration-coupled neuronal activity. Thus, a definite link between cortical activity and autonomic output in relation to altered respiratory patterns may be suggested.
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- Meenakshi Sinha
- Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Toll-Like Receptor 2 Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Neural Stem Cell Proliferation in Dentate Gyrus of Rats. Neural Plast 2020; 2020:9814978. [PMID: 32879625 PMCID: PMC7448220 DOI: 10.1155/2020/9814978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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It was not clear how and whether neural stem cells (NSCs) responded to toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in the inflammatory environment after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The current study investigated the correlation of TLR2 and NSC proliferation in the dentate gyrus (DG) using the TBI model of rats. Immunofluorescence (IF) was used to observe the expression of BrdU, nestin, and TLR2 in the DG in morphology. Proliferating cells in the DG were labelled by thymidine analog 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU). Three-labelled BrdU, nestin, and DAPI was used for the identification of newly generated NSCs. Western blotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to observe the expression of TLR2 from the level of protein and mRNA. We observed that BrdU+/nestin+/DAPI+ cells accounted for 84.30% ± 6.54% among BrdU+ cells; BrdU+ and nestin+ cells in the DG were also TLR2+ cells. BrdU+ cells and the expression of TLR2 (both protein and mRNA levels) both elevated immediately at 6 hours (h), 24 h, 3 days (d), and 7 d posttrauma and peaked in 3 d. Results indicated that TLR2 was expressed on proliferating cells in the DG (NSCs possibly) and there was a potential correlation between increased TLR2 and proliferated NSCs after TBI. Taken together, these findings suggested that TLR2 was involved in endogenous neurogenesis in the DG after TBI.
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Comanducci A, Boly M, Claassen J, De Lucia M, Gibson RM, Juan E, Laureys S, Naccache L, Owen AM, Rosanova M, Rossetti AO, Schnakers C, Sitt JD, Schiff ND, Massimini M. Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:2736-2765. [PMID: 32917521 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentialsis a cornerstone of the instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Thepast few years have witnessed an unprecedented surge in EEG-related research applied to the prediction and detection of recovery of consciousness after severe brain injury,opening up the prospect that new concepts and tools may be available at the bedside. This paper provides a comprehensive, critical overview of bothconsolidated and investigational electrophysiological techniquesfor the prognostic and diagnostic assessment of DoC.We describe conventional clinical EEG approaches, then focus on evoked and event-related potentials, and finally we analyze the potential of novel research findings. In doing so, we (i) draw a distinction between acute, prolonged and chronic phases of DoC, (ii) attempt to relate both clinical and research findings to the underlying neuronal processes and (iii) discuss technical and conceptual caveats.The primary aim of this narrative review is to bridge the gap between standard and emerging electrophysiological measures for the detection and prediction of recovery of consciousness. The ultimate scope is to provide a reference and common ground for academic researchers active in the field of neurophysiology and clinicians engaged in intensive care unit and rehabilitation.
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- A Comanducci
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neuroimagerie, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Brain and Mind Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, N6A 5B7 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Coma Science Group, Centre du Cerveau, GIGA-Consciousness, University and University Hospital of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium; Fondazione Europea per la Ricerca Biomedica Onlus, Milan 20063, Italy
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- The Brain and Mind Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, N6A 5B7 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Fondazione Europea per la Ricerca Biomedica Onlus, Milan 20063, Italy
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- Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Institute, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, Pomona, CA, USA
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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