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Ujma PP. Meta-analytic evidence suggests no correlation between sleep spindles and memory. Neuropsychologia 2024; 198:108886. [PMID: 38608930 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Ujma PP, Bódizs R. Sleep alterations as a function of 88 health indicators. BMC Med 2024; 22:134. [PMID: 38519958 PMCID: PMC10960465 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03358-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Alterations in sleep have been described in multiple health conditions and as a function of several medication effects. However, evidence generally stems from small univariate studies. Here, we apply a large-sample, data-driven approach to investigate patterns between in sleep macrostructure, quantitative sleep EEG, and health. METHODS We use data from the MrOS Sleep Study, containing polysomnography and health data from a large sample (N = 3086) of elderly American men to establish associations between sleep macrostructure, the spectral composition of the electroencephalogram, 38 medical disorders, 2 health behaviors, and the use of 48 medications. RESULTS Of sleep macrostructure variables, increased REM latency and reduced REM duration were the most common findings across health indicators, along with increased sleep latency and reduced sleep efficiency. We found that the majority of health indicators were not associated with objective EEG power spectral density (PSD) alterations. Associations with the rest were highly stereotypical, with two principal components accounting for 85-95% of the PSD-health association. PC1 consists of a decrease of slow and an increase of fast PSD components, mainly in NREM. This pattern was most strongly associated with depression/SSRI medication use and age-related disorders. PC2 consists of changes in mid-frequency activity. Increased mid-frequency activity was associated with benzodiazepine use, while decreases were associated with cardiovascular problems and associated medications, in line with a recently proposed hypothesis of immune-mediated circadian demodulation in these disorders. Specific increases in sleep spindle frequency activity were associated with taking benzodiazepines and zolpidem. Sensitivity analyses supported the presence of both disorder and medication effects. CONCLUSIONS Sleep alterations are present in various health conditions.
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Pierson-Bartel R, Ujma PP. Objective sleep quality predicts subjective sleep ratings. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5943. [PMID: 38467694 PMCID: PMC10928218 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56668-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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In both clinical and observational studies, sleep quality is usually assessed by subjective self-report. The literature is mixed about how accurately these self-reports track objectively (e.g. via polysomnography) assessed sleep quality, with frequent reports of little to no association. However, previous research on this question focused on between-subject designs, which may be confounded by trait-level variables. In the current study, we used the novel Budapest Sleep, Experiences and Traits Study (BSETS) dataset to investigate if within-subject differences in subjectively reported sleep quality are related to sleep macrostructure and quantitative EEG variables assessed using a mobile EEG headband. We found clear evidence that self-reported sleep quality in the morning is influenced by within-subject variations in sleep onset latency, wake after sleep onset, total sleep time, and sleep efficiency. These effects were replicated if detailed sleep composition metrics (percentage and latency of specific vigilance states) or two alternative measures of subjective sleep quality were used instead. We found no effect of the number of awakenings or relative EEG delta and sigma power. Between-subject effects (relationships between individual mean values of sleep metrics and subjective sleep quality) were also found, highlighting that analyses focusing only on these may be erroneous. Our findings show that while previous investigations of this issue may have been confounded by between-subject effects, objective sleep quality is indeed reflected in subjective sleep ratings.
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Szalárdy O, Simor P, Ujma PP, Jordán Z, Halász L, Erőss L, Fabó D, Bódizs R. Temporal association between sleep spindles and ripples in the human anterior and mediodorsal thalamus. Eur J Neurosci 2024; 59:641-661. [PMID: 38221670 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Sleep spindles are major oscillatory components of Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep, reflecting hyperpolarization-rebound sequences of thalamocortical neurons. Reports suggest a link between sleep spindles and several forms of high-frequency oscillations which are considered as expressions of pathological off-line neural plasticity in the central nervous system. Here we investigated the relationship between thalamic sleep spindles and ripples in the anterior and mediodorsal nuclei (ANT and MD) of epilepsy patients. Whole-night LFP from the ANT and MD were co-registered with scalp EEG/polysomnography by using externalized leads in 15 epilepsy patients undergoing a Deep Brain Stimulation protocol. Slow (~12 Hz) and fast (~14 Hz) sleep spindles were present in the human ANT and MD and roughly, 20% of them were associated with ripples. Ripple-associated thalamic sleep spindles were characterized by longer duration and exceeded pure spindles in terms of spindle power as indicated by time-frequency analysis. Furthermore, ripple amplitude was modulated by the phase of sleep spindles within both thalamic nuclei. No signs of pathological processes were correlated with measures of ripple and spindle association, furthermore, the density of ripple-associated sleep spindles in the ANT showed a positive correlation with verbal comprehension. Our findings indicate the involvement of the human thalamus in coalescent spindle-ripple oscillations of NREM sleep.
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- Orsolya Szalárdy
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- UR2NF, Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit at CRCN, Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences and UNI-ULB Neurosciences Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Taji W, Pierson R, Ujma PP. Protocol of the Budapest sleep, experiences, and traits study: An accessible resource for understanding associations between daily experiences, individual differences, and objectively measured sleep. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288909. [PMID: 37856524 PMCID: PMC10586695 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Sleep is both a neurophysiological state and a biologically necessary behavior that performs a variety of indispensable roles for human health, development, and cognitive functioning. Despite this, comparatively little is known about the relationships between daily experiences and sleep features. Importantly, these relationships are bidirectional in nature, may be differently associated with subjectively and objectively assessed sleep, and may also be modulated by individual differences To address this challenge, we created the Budapest Sleep, Experiences, and Traits Study (BSETS), a multidisciplinary observational sleep study utilizing novel remote EEG devices. BSETS was designed to establish a dataset for future use in investigating the relationships between sleep features and daily experiences. In this paper we describe the protocol of the currently ongoing BSETS, which examines a community-dwelling sample of over 250 healthy participants who are studied in a naturalistic setting using a large questionnaire assessing psychological, demographic, and anthropometric information, as well as evening/morning diaries of sleep and daily experiences, and mobile EEG recordings over a period of 7 days. This dataset will become an accessible resource to the wider scientific community and can be utilized to investigate the complex multidirectional relationships between objectively and subjectively measured sleep, daily experiences, and individual differences, bestowing it with significant value for sleep researchers as well as practitioners working in clinical settings with patients suffering from disordered sleep.
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- Wael Taji
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Ujma PP, Kirkegaard EOW. The overlapping geography of cognitive ability and chronotype. Psych J 2021; 10:834-846. [PMID: 34423580 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chronotype and cognitive ability are two human phenotypes with an uneven geographic distribution due to both selective migration and causal environmental effects. In our study, we aimed to examine the relationship between geographic variables, cognitive ability and chronotype. We used a large anonymized sample (n = 25,700, mostly from the USA, UK, Canada and Australia) of dating site users to estimate chronotype and cognitive ability from questionnaire responses using item response theory. We matched each user to geographic coordinates and city size using the reported locations and geographic databases. In line with previous research we found that male sex, younger age, residence in a more populous locale, higher cognitive ability and more westward position within the same time zone were associated with later chronotype. Male sex, younger age, residence in a more populous locale, later chronotype and higher latitude were associated with higher cognitive ability, but the effect of population on chronotype and latitude on cognitive ability was only present in the USA. The relationship between age and chronotype was stronger in males, and the relationship between chronotype and cognitive ability was stronger in males and in older participants. Population density had an independent association with cognitive ability, but not chronotype. Our results confirm the uneven geographic distribution of chronotype and cognitive ability. These findings generalize across countries, but they are moderated by age and sex, suggesting both biological and cultural effects.
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- Péter Przemyslaw Ujma
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Budapest, Hungary
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Simor P, Szalárdy O, Gombos F, Ujma PP, Jordán Z, Halász L, Erőss L, Fabó D, Bódizs R. REM Sleep Microstates in the Human Anterior Thalamus. J Neurosci 2021; 41:5677-5686. [PMID: 33863786 PMCID: PMC8244978 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1899-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is an elusive neural state that is associated with a variety of functions from physiological regulatory mechanisms to complex cognitive processing. REM periods consist of the alternation of phasic and tonic REM microstates that differ in spontaneous and evoked neural activity. Although previous studies indicate, that cortical and thalamocortical activity differs across phasic and tonic microstates, the characterization of neural activity, particularly in subcortical structures that are critical in the initiation and maintenance of REM sleep is still limited in humans. Here, we examined electric activity patterns of the anterior nuclei of the thalamus as well as their functional connectivity with scalp EEG recordings during REM microstates and wakefulness in a group of epilepsy patients (N = 12, 7 females). Anterothalamic local field potentials (LFPs) showed increased high-α and β frequency power in tonic compared with phasic REM, emerging as an intermediate state between phasic REM and wakefulness. Moreover, we observed increased thalamocortical synchronization in phasic compared with tonic REM sleep, especially in the slow and fast frequency ranges. Wake-like activity in tonic REM sleep may index the regulation of arousal and vigilance facilitating environmental alertness. On the other hand, increased thalamocortical synchronization may reflect the intrinsic activity of frontolimbic networks supporting emotional and memory processes during phasic REM sleep. In sum, our findings highlight that the heterogeneity of phasic and tonic REM sleep is not limited to cortical activity, but is also manifested by anterothalamic LFPs and thalamocortical synchronization.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT REM sleep is a heterogeneous sleep state that features the alternation of two microstates, phasic and tonic rapid eye movement (REM). These states differ in sensory processing, awakening thresholds, and cortical activity. Nevertheless, the characterization of these microstates, particularly in subcortical structures is still limited in humans. We had the unique opportunity to examine electric activity patterns of the anterior nuclei of the thalamus (ANTs) as well as their functional connectivity with scalp EEG recordings during REM microstates and wakefulness. Our findings show that the heterogeneity of phasic and tonic REM sleep is not limited to cortical activity, but is also manifested in the level of the thalamus and thalamocortical networks.
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- Péter Simor
- Institute of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 1064, Hungary
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1089, Hungary
- UR2NF, Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit at CRCN, Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences and UNI-ULB Neurosciences Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1089, Hungary
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- MTA-PPKE, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Adolescent Development Research Group, Budapest 1088, Hungary
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1089, Hungary
- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest 1145, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest 1145, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest 1145, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest 1145, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest 1145, Hungary
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1089, Hungary
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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Ujma PP. [Novel findings concerning the heritability of IQ]. Neuropsychopharmacol Hung 2019; 21:69-84. [PMID: 31378724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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IQ is a psychological indicator with exceptional psychometric properties and substantial real-life predictive power. Behavior genetic results have long suggested that IQ is strongly heritable, that is, inter-individual IQ differences are mostly due to genetic differences, and that the effects of the environment shared by siblings, such as the family's place of residence or socioeconomic status, is minimal. Recently these observations were confirmed by quantitative genetic studies of unprecedented sample sizes, SNP heritability studies combining quantitative and molecular genetic approaches, and genome-wide association studies identifying specific genetic variants underlying IQ. Genome-wide association studies enable the creation of polygenic scores which correlate with actual cognitive ability at approximately r=0.3. The increasing understanding of the genetic basis of IQ, especially the use of polygenic scores validates previous quantitative genetic paradigms and clears the path for several applications in psychology, but it may also be the source of bioethical dilemmas.
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Halász P, Ujma PP, Fabó D, Bódizs R, Szűcs A. Epilepsy as a derailment of sleep plastic functions may cause chronic cognitive impairment - A theoretical review. Sleep Med Rev 2019; 45:31-41. [PMID: 30878843 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2018] [Revised: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We report on a peculiar way of chronic cognitive impairment associated with interictal epileptic activity during NREM sleep. We review three major groups of epilepsy: mesiotemporal epilepsy (MTLE) involving the epileptic derailment of the hippocampal declarative memory system; childhood developmental epileptic encephalopathies; and the spectrum disorders of the perisylvian communication network with the centrotemporal spike phenomenon, overarching child- and adulthood epilepsies, totaling up the majority of epilepsies in childhood. We outline high impact research-lines on the cognitive harm of epilepsy; causing specific or global cognitive decline through its interference with sleep plastic functions. We highlight the key role of interictal activity in the development of cognitive impairment and the fact that we are unarmed against this harm, antiepileptic pharmaco-therapy being ineffective against the interictal process marked by spikes and high frequency oscillations.
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- Péter Halász
- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Amerikai út 57, Budapest, H-1145, Hungary.
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- Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Amerikai út 57, Budapest, H-1145, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Amerikai út 57, Budapest, H-1145, Hungary; Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Amerikai út 57, Budapest, H-1145, Hungary; Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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Halász P, Bódizs R, Ujma PP, Fabó D, Szűcs A. Strong relationship between NREM sleep, epilepsy and plastic functions - A conceptual review on the neurophysiology background. Epilepsy Res 2019; 150:95-105. [PMID: 30712997 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The aim of this review is to summarize and discuss the strong bond between NREM sleep and epilepsy underlain by the shared link and effect on brain plasticity. Beyond the seizure occurrence rate, sleep relatedness may manifest in the enhancement of interictal epileptic discharges (spikes and pathological ripples). The number of the discharges as well as their propagation increase during NREM sleep, unmasking the epileptic network that is hidden during wakefulness. The interictal epileptic discharges associate with different sleep constituents (sleep slow waves, spindling and high frequency oscillations); known to play essential role in memory and learning. We highlight three major groups of epilepsies, in which sleep-related plastic functions suffer an epileptic derailment. In absence epilepsy mainly involving the thalamo-cortical system, sleep spindles transform to generalized spike-wave activity. In mesio-temporal epilepsy affecting the hippocampal declarative memory system, the sharp wave ripples derail to dysfunctional epileptic oscillations (spikes and pathological ripples). Idiopathic childhood epilepsies affecting the perisylvian network may progress to catastrophic status electricus during NREM sleep. In these major epilepsies, NREM sleep has a pivotal role in the development and course of the disorder. Epilepsy is born in-, and exhibits its pathological properties during NREM sleep. Interictal discharges are important causative agents in this process.
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- Péter Halász
- National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Amerikai út 57. Budapest, H-1145, Hungary.
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- Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Amerikai út 57. Budapest, H-1145, Hungary
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- National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Amerikai út 57. Budapest, H-1145, Hungary
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- Péter Przemyslaw Ujma
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Budapest, Hungary
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Ujma PP, Halász P, Simor P, Fabó D, Ferri R. Increased cortical involvement and synchronization during CAP A1 slow waves. Brain Struct Funct 2018; 223:3531-3542. [PMID: 29951916 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-018-1703-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Slow waves recorded with EEG in NREM sleep are indicative of the strength and spatial extent of synchronized firing in neuronal assemblies of the cerebral cortex. Slow waves often appear in the A1 part of the cyclic alternating patterns (CAP), which correlate with a number of behavioral and biological parameters, but their physiological significance is not adequately known. We automatically detected slow waves from the scalp recordings of 37 healthy patients, visually identified CAP A1 events and compared slow waves during CAP A1 with those during NCAP. For each slow wave, we computed the amplitude, slopes, frequency, synchronization (synchronization likelihood) between specific cortical areas, as well as the location of origin and scalp propagation of individual waves. CAP A1 slow waves were characterized by greater spatial extent and amplitude, steeper slopes and greater cortical synchronization, but a similar prominence in frontal areas and similar propagation patterns to other areas on the scalp. Our results indicate that CAP A1 represents a period of highly synchronous neuronal firing over large areas of the cortical mantle. This feature may contribute to the role CAP A1 plays in both normal synaptic homeostasis and in the generation of epileptiform phenomena in epileptic patients.
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- Péter Przemyslaw Ujma
- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, "Juhász Pál" Epilepsy Centrum, Amerikai út 57, Budapest, 1145, Hungary.
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, 1089, Hungary.
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, "Juhász Pál" Epilepsy Centrum, Amerikai út 57, Budapest, 1145, Hungary
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- Institute of Psychology, ELTE, Eötvos Loránd University, Kazinczy utca 23-27, Budapest, 1075, Hungary
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, "Juhász Pál" Epilepsy Centrum, Amerikai út 57, Budapest, 1145, Hungary
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero 73, 91018, Troina, Italy
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Ujma PP, Gombos F, Genzel L, Konrad BN, Simor P, Steiger A, Dresler M, Bódizs R. A comparison of two sleep spindle detection methods based on all night averages: individually adjusted vs. fixed frequencies. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:52. [PMID: 25741264 PMCID: PMC4330897 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sleep spindles are frequently studied for their relationship with state and trait cognitive variables, and they are thought to play an important role in sleep-related memory consolidation. Due to their frequent occurrence in NREM sleep, the detection of sleep spindles is only feasible using automatic algorithms, of which a large number is available. We compared subject averages of the spindle parameters computed by a fixed frequency (FixF) (11–13 Hz for slow spindles, 13–15 Hz for fast spindles) automatic detection algorithm and the individual adjustment method (IAM), which uses individual frequency bands for sleep spindle detection. Fast spindle duration and amplitude are strongly correlated in the two algorithms, but there is little overlap in fast spindle density and slow spindle parameters in general. The agreement between fixed and manually determined sleep spindle frequencies is limited, especially in case of slow spindles. This is the most likely reason for the poor agreement between the two detection methods in case of slow spindle parameters. Our results suggest that while various algorithms may reliably detect fast spindles, a more sophisticated algorithm primed to individual spindle frequencies is necessary for the detection of slow spindles as well as individual variations in the number of spindles in general.
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- Department of General Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Clinical Research, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cognitive Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest, Hungary ; Nyírõ Gyula Hospital, National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of General Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Clinical Research, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry Munich, Germany ; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Behavioral Science, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary ; Department of General Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest, Hungary
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Ujma PP, Simor P, Ferri R, Fabó D, Kelemen A, Erőss L, Bódizs R, Halász P. Increased interictal spike activity associated with transient slow wave trains during non-rapid eye movement sleep. Sleep Biol Rhythms 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/sbr.12101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Péter Przemyslaw Ujma
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences; Semmelweis University; Budapest Hungary
- Department of Functional Neurosurgery; National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience; Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Cognitive Sciences; Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Budapest Hungary
- Nyírő Gyula Hospital; National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions; Budapest Hungary
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- Sleep Research Centre; Department of Neurology I.C.; Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS); Troina Italy
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- Department of Neurology; National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Epilepsy Centrum; Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Neurology; National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Epilepsy Centrum; Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery; National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience; Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of Behavioural Sciences; Semmelweis University; Budapest Hungary
- Department of General Psychology; Pázmány Péter Catholic University; Piliscsaba Hungary
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- Department of Neurology; National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Epilepsy Centrum; Budapest Hungary
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