ArticleBiological psychology2014
Increased insula coactivation with salience networks in insomnia.
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84 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A lack of consistent brain alterations in insomnia disorder: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.Sleep medicine reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Functional reorganization in obstructive sleep apnoea and insomnia: A systematic review of the resting-state fMRI.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Structural and functional neural adaptations in obstructive sleep apnea: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2016Pooled it
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- Impact of exercise on older adults' mood is moderated by sleep and mediated by altered brain connectivity.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2020Trial
- Non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions relieve insomnia symptoms by modulating a shared network: A controlled longitudinal study.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2019Trial
- Toward an Embodied Medicine: A Portable Device with Programmable Interoceptive Stimulation for Heart Rate Variability Enhancement.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Trial
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- Daridorexant and Insomnia in Clinical Practice: A Nominal Group Technique Consensus Study among Italian Sleep and Insomnia Experts.Current neuropharmacology · 2026Article
- Task-induced hyperfunction of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in patients with primary insomnia: a near-infrared spectroscopy study during a verbal fluency task.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- The effects of unilateral nostril breathing on brain functional network activity: a pilot study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Development and testing of a predictive model of symptoms for pain in community-dwelling frail older people in palliative care.BMC palliative care · 2025Observational
- The Future of Insomnia Research-There's Still Work to Be Done.Journal of sleep research · 2025Review
- Factors Linking Interoception and Sleep Across the Adult Lifespan.Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- Age and Sex Moderate the Effects of Sleep Quality on Resting-State Functional Connectivity in the Salience and Default Mode Network.Research square · 2025Article
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Abstract
Insomnia is among the most prevalent and costly of all sleep-related disorders. To characterize the neural mechanisms underlying subjective dysfunction in insomnia, we examined brain activity in 17 female insomniacs and 17 female healthy controls using simultaneous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) while they were resting and while they were trying to fall asleep. In examining the dynamic regional activity within intrinsic brain networks, we found that, compared with controls, insomniacs had greater involvement of the anterior insula with salience networks, as well as insula BOLD correlation with EEG gamma frequency power during rest in insomniacs. This increased involvement of the anterior insula was associated with negative affect in insomniacs. Aberrant activation of the insula, which integrates temporal and bodily states, in arousal networks may underlie the misperception of sleep quality and subjective distress in insomnia.
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