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ArticleSleep2021

Regional brain metabolism differs between narcolepsy type 1 and idiopathic hypersomnia.

Lynn Marie Trotti, Prabhjyot Saini, Bruce Crosson, Carolyn C Meltzer, David B Rye, Jonathon A Nye

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Article in Sleep, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lynn Marie TrottiDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2329-6847
Prabhjyot SainiDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Bruce CrossonDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Carolyn C MeltzerDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
David B RyeDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jonathon A NyeDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Emory University · USEmory Healthcare · US

Funding

Sleepiness and sleep drunkenness: narcolepsy versus GABA-related hypersomniaK23NS083748 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI TROTTI, LYNN MARIE · 2014 to 2018
$918k
NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS083748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

objectivesDaytime sleepiness is a manifestation of multiple sleep and neurologic disorders. Few studies have assessed patterns of regional brain metabolism across different disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness. One such disorder, idiopathic hypersomnia (IH), is particularly understudied.

methodsPeople with IH, narcolepsy (NT1), and non-sleepy controls underwent [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) with electroencephalography (EEG). Participants were instructed to resist sleep and were awoken if sleep occurred. Voxel-wise parametric analysis identified clusters that significantly differed between each pair of groups, with a minimum cluster size of 100 voxels at a cluster detection threshold of p < 0.005. Correlations between glucose metabolism and sleep characteristics were evaluated.

resultsParticipants (77% women) had IH (n = 16), NT1 (n = 14), or were non-sleepy controls (n = 9), whose average age was 33.8 (±10.7) years. Compared to controls, NT1 participants demonstrated hypermetabolism in fusiform gyrus, middle occipital gyrus, superior and middle temporal gyri, insula, cuneus, precuneus, pre- and post-central gyri, and culmen. Compared to controls, IH participants also demonstrated hypermetabolism in precuneus, inferior parietal lobule, superior and middle temporal gyri, and culmen. Additionally, IH participants demonstrated altered metabolism of the posterior cingulate. Most participants fell asleep. Minutes of N1 during uptake was significantly negatively correlated with metabolism of the middle temporal gyrus.

conclusionNT1 and IH demonstrate somewhat overlapping, but distinct, patterns of regional metabolism.

Indexed as

Disorders of Excessive SomnolenceIdiopathic HypersomniaNarcolepsyAdultBrainFemaleHumansMaleSleep18F-fludeoxyglucosecingulate cortexelectroencephalographyidiopathic hypersomnianarcolepsy type 1

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PMID33693888
PMCPMC8361346
OpenAlexW3133714296

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