Brain mechanisms of insomnia: new perspectives on causes and consequences

EJW Van Someren - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
While insomnia is the second most common mental disorder, progress in our understanding
of underlying neurobiological mechanisms has been limited. The present review addresses …

EEG spectral analysis in insomnia disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

W Zhao, EJW Van Someren, C Li, X Chen, W Gui… - Sleep medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Insomnia disorder (ID) has become the second-most common mental disorder. Despite
burgeoning evidence for increased high-frequency electroencephalography (EEG) activity …

Local aspects of sleep and wakefulness

F Siclari, G Tononi - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Slow waves of NREM sleep can occur locally and asynchronously across brain
regions.•Their regional distribution and amplitude is in part mediated by experience …

The evolving nexus of sleep and depression

DT Plante - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Sleep disturbances and depression are closely linked and share a bidirectional relationship.
These interconnections can inform the pathophysiology underlying each condition. Insomnia …

Does the mind wander when the brain takes a break? Local sleep in wakefulness, attentional lapses and mind-wandering

T Andrillon, J Windt, T Silk, SPA Drummond… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sleep has been classically described as an all-or-nothing global phenomenon. However,
recent research strongly suggests that this view requires tempering. Invasive and non …

Hyperarousal and beyond: new insights to the pathophysiology of insomnia disorder through functional neuroimaging studies

DB Kay, DJ Buysse - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Neuroimaging studies have produced seemingly contradictory findings in regards to the
pathophysiology of insomnia. Although most study results are interpreted from the …

Insomnia, parasomnias, and narcolepsy in children: clinical features, diagnosis, and management

K Maski, JA Owens - The Lancet Neurology, 2016 - thelancet.com
Sleep problems are frequently encountered as presenting complaints in child neurology
clinical practice. They can affect the functioning and quality of life of children, particularly …

Conscious experiences and high-density EEG patterns predicting subjective sleep depth

AM Stephan, S Lecci, J Cataldi, F Siclari - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
What accounts for feeling deeply asleep? Standard sleep recordings only incompletely
reflect subjective aspects of sleep and some individuals with so-called sleep misperception …

Sleep physiology, circadian rhythms, waking performance and the development of sleep-wake therapeutics

DJ Dijk, HP Landolt - Sleep-wake neurobiology and pharmacology, 2019 - Springer
Disturbances of the sleep-wake cycle are highly prevalent and diverse. The aetiology of
some sleep disorders, such as circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, is understood at the …

Inflammation, tau pathology, and synaptic integrity associated with sleep spindles and memory prior to β-amyloid positivity

BA Mander, A Dave, KK Lui, KE Sprecher, D Berisha… - Sleep, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Fast frequency sleep spindles are reduced in aging and
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the mechanisms and functional relevance of these deficits …