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ArticleNeurobiology of stress2024

Does sleep promote adaptation to acute stress: An experimental study.

Emil Hein, Risto Halonen, Thomas Wolbers, Tommi Makkonen, Markus Kyllönen, Liisa Kuula, Ilmari Kurki, Philipp Stepnicka, Anu-Katriina Pesonen

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Article in Neurobiology of stress, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Emil HeinSleepWell Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Risto HalonenSleepWell Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Thomas WolbersDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.
Tommi MakkonenDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Markus KyllönenSleepWell Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Liisa KuulaSleepWell Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Ilmari KurkiDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Philipp StepnickaNeomento GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Anu-Katriina PesonenSleepWell Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FIGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Evidence of the impact of chronic stress on sleep is abundant, yet experimental sleep studies with a focus on acute stress are scarce and the results are mixed. Our study aimed to fill this gap by experimentally investigating the effects of pre-sleep social stress on sleep dynamics during the subsequent night, as measured with polysomnography (PSG). Methods: Thirty-four healthy individuals (65% females, M Results: Following acute stress (SC), the amount of slow-wave sleep (SWS) was higher and N2 sleep lower relative to CC, specifically in the first sleep cycle. In SC, PSD was elevated in the beta-low (16-24 Hz) and beta-high (25-35 Hz) frequency ranges during both stages N2 and SWS over the entire night. Conclusions: Sleep promoted adaptation to acute social stress by a longer duration of SWS in the subsequent sleep period, especially in early sleep. A similar homeostatic effect towards restorative sleep is well-evidenced in animal model stress studies but has not been previously reported in experimental human studies. Whether the high-frequency PSD activity during stages N2 and SWS also serves in the resolution of transient stress, remains open.

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PMCPMC10869260
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