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ArticleHuman brain mapping2024

Locus coeruleus microstructural integrity is associated with vigilance vulnerability to sleep deprivation.

Peng Quan, Tianxin Mao, Xiaocui Zhang, Ruosi Wang, Hui Lei, Jieqiong Wang, Wanting Liu, David F Dinges, Caihong Jiang, Hengyi Rao

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Article in Human brain mapping, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sleep deprivation exhibits an age-dependent effect on infraslow global brain activity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Peng QuanThe First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital, School of Humanities and Management, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, China.
Tianxin MaoCenter for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research & Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence for Information Behavior (Ministry of Education and Shanghai), School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaocui ZhangCenter for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ruosi WangCenter for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research & Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence for Information Behavior (Ministry of Education and Shanghai), School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Hui LeiCenter for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jieqiong WangCenter for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Wanting LiuCenter for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
David F DingesChronobiology and Sleep Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Caihong JiangCenter for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research & Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence for Information Behavior (Ministry of Education and Shanghai), School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Hengyi RaoCenter for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research & Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence for Information Behavior (Ministry of Education and Shanghai), School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0009-0000-4557-0590

Funding

INSTITUTIONAL CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARDUL1RR024134 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FITZGERALD, GARRET A · 2006 to 2011
$70.4M
statistics coreP30NS045839 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DETRE, JOHN A · 2003 to 2017
$10.1M
Neural mechanisms underlying the antidepressant effects of sleep deprivationR01MH107571 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GEHRMAN, PHILIP RICHARD, RAO, HENGYI · 2016 to 2019
$2.6M
Neural basis for differential vulnerability to sleep deprivationR01HL102119 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RAO, HENGYI · 2010 to 2014
$2.3M
Neural correlates of cognitive fatigue and bright light treatment in older adultsR21AG051981 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RAO, HENGYI · 2018 to 2019
$443k
Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Planning GD23XXL07Guangdong Scientific Research Platform and Projects for the Higher-educational Institution 2023WTSCX034National Natural Science Foundation of China 32200889National Natural Science Foundation of China 71942003NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024134NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL102119NIA NIH HHS R21 AG051981NIH HHS CTRC UL1RR024134NIH HHS P30-NS045839NIH HHS R01-HL102119NIH HHS R01-MH107571NIH HHS R21-AG051981NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH107571NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS045839Shanghai International Studies University Research Projects 2021114002Shanghai International Studies University Research Projects 2021KFKT012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insufficient sleep compromises cognitive performance, diminishes vigilance, and disrupts daily functioning in hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Despite extensive research revealing significant variability in vigilance vulnerability to sleep deprivation, the underlying mechanisms of these individual differences remain elusive. Locus coeruleus (LC) plays a crucial role in the regulation of sleep-wake cycles and has emerged as a potential marker for vigilance vulnerability to sleep deprivation. In this study, we investigate whether LC microstructural integrity, assessed by fractional anisotropy (FA) through diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at baseline before sleep deprivation, can predict impaired psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) performance during sleep deprivation in a cohort of 60 healthy individuals subjected to a rigorously controlled in-laboratory sleep study. The findings indicate that individuals with high LC FA experience less vigilance impairment from sleep deprivation compared with those with low LC FA. LC FA accounts for 10.8% of the variance in sleep-deprived PVT lapses. Importantly, the relationship between LC FA and impaired PVT performance during sleep deprivation is anatomically specific, suggesting that LC microstructural integrity may serve as a biomarker for vigilance vulnerability to sleep loss.

Indexed as

Diffusion Tensor ImagingLocus CoeruleusPsychomotor PerformanceSleep DeprivationAdultAnisotropyArousalFemaleHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsYoung Adultfractional anisotropylocus coeruleussleep deprivationvigilance vulnerability

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PMID39225144
PMCPMC11369684

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