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ReviewNeuroscience bulletin2020

Connections Between Insomnia and Cognitive Aging.

Claire E Sexton, Konstantina Sykara, Elissaios Karageorgiou, Jenny Zitser, Talita Rosa, Kristine Yaffe, Yue Leng

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Review in Neuroscience bulletin, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Claire E SextonGlobal Brain Health Institute, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Konstantina SykaraNeurological Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Elissaios KarageorgiouGlobal Brain Health Institute, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jenny ZitserGlobal Brain Health Institute, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Talita RosaGlobal Brain Health Institute, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Kristine YaffeDepartment of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Yue LengGlobal Brain Health Institute, Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. yue.leng@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USGlobal Brain Health Institute · USNeurological Institute of Athens · GR

Funding

Napping, Sleep, Cognitive Decline and Risk of Alzheimer's DiseaseR00AG056598 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LENG, YUE · 2020 to 2022
$746k
Napping, Sleep, Cognitive Decline and Risk of Alzheimer's DiseaseK99AG056598 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LENG, YUE · 2017 to 2018
$271k
NIA NIH HHS K99 AG056598NIA NIH HHS R00 AG056598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder among older adults, and a risk factor for poor physical and mental health. However, the relationship between insomnia and cognitive health is not well understood. Here, we review observational studies that have investigated whether insomnia is associated with deficits in objective cognitive performance and an increased risk of dementia, magnetic resonance imaging studies that have assessed grey matter volumes and white matter microstructure, and interventional studies that have explored whether the treatment of insomnia can improve cognitive outcomes. There are inconsistent findings regarding impaired performance in objective cognitive tests and reduced grey matter volumes, and limited, emerging, evidence that suggests that insomnia is associated with an increased risk of dementia and reduced white matter integrity. Although the interventional literature is still in its infancy, there is some indication that treatment may have an impact on vigilance. Well-powered studies examining sources of heterogeneity are warranted.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAgingCognitionCognitive AgingDementiaFemaleGray MatterHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsObservational Studies as TopicRisk FactorsSleepCognitionDementiaInsomniaSleep

Identifiers

PMID31222500
PMCPMC6940406
OpenAlexW2952000718

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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