Spontaneous Theta Rhythm Predicts Insomnia Duration: A Resting-State EEG Study

Zhao, Wenrui; Guo, Dong; Yue, Faguo; Wang, Yanting; Mao, Dandan; Liu, Tianqiang; Lei, Xu

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8854-4_45

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“…In particular, it has been shown that patients with insomnia, in spite of their subjective complaints for daytime somnolence, as well as their significantly shorter nocturnal sleep, do not exhibit augmented somnolence, as compared with normal sleepers [ 19 , 20 , 21 ]. Recent evidence suggests that patients with primary insomnia show changes in neurophysiological activity during normal daytime wakefulness compared to those with normal sleep [ 22 , 23 , 24 ]. However, a very high individual variability of the brain electrical activity significantly reduces the ability to identify such traits across patients [ 25 ].…”

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Changes in EEG Alpha Activity during Attention Control in Patients: Association with Sleep Disorders

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We aimed to assess which quantitative EEG changes during daytime testing in patients with sleep disorder (primary insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness groups). All experimental study participants were subjected to a long-term test for maintaining attention to sound stimuli, and their EEGs were recorded and then processed, using wavelet analysis, in order to estimate the power and frequency structure of alpha activity. In healthy subjects, the maximum increase in the alpha rhythm occurred near 9 Hz. Patients with primary insomnia were characterized by an increase in the amplitude of the alpha rhythm near 11 Hz. For subjects with sleep disorders, an increase in the amplitude of the alpha rhythm was observed in the entire frequency range (7.5–12.5 Hz), with a maximum increase at 9–10 Hz. Significant differences (p≤0.001) for changes in the alpha rhythm dynamics in the course of performing the attention test were observed in the frequency range of 7.5–10.5 Hz between the control group and patients with sleep disorders. The ratios of the alpha rhythm power values for passive stages with closed eyes before and after active stage were significantly different among the groups of healthy sleep volunteers, patients with primary insomnia, and patients with impaired sleep hygiene within the range of 9.5 to 12.5 Hz. The results of the current study supported the notion of a 24-h hyperarousal in primary insomnia.

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