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Sleep Disorders

Alterations in sympathetic and parasympathetic brain networks in obstructive sleep apnea.

Aug 24, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients experience hypoxia and, potentially, autonomic impairments stemming from neural damage. In this study, the executive control networks (ECNs), salience networks (...

Cardiovascular changes in children with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity after treatment with non-invasive ventilation.

Aug 20, 2020

Adults with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at risk for cardiometabolic disease and this risk likely extends to children with both conditions. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV; including co...

Prevalence and Correlates of Mental Health Problems in Norwegian Peacekeepers 18-38 Years Postdeployment.

Aug 20, 2020

Peacekeeping missions involve experiences that may impact the mental health of participating soldiers. However, research on the long-term mental health consequences of peacekeeping is sparse. The pres...

Insomnia as a mediating therapeutic target for depressive symptoms: A sub-analysis of participant data from two large randomized controlled trials of a digital sleep intervention.

Aug 20, 2020

Insomnia predicts the onset of depression, commonly co-presents with depression and often persists following depression remission. However, these conditions can be challenging to treat concurrently us...

Physical Exercise and Fitness Level Are Related to Cognitive and Psychosocial Functioning in Adolescents.

Aug 17, 2020

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships among physical exercise and fitness with selective attention, concentration, processing speed, general self-efficacy, self-rated health, and ...

Evaluation of Serum and Plasma Interleukin-6 Levels in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.

Aug 17, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is considered a low-grade chronic inflammatory disease. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is one of the most significant inflammatory markers and an excellent proxy for the ...

Effect of back-up head-elevated position during drug-induced sleep endoscopy in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Aug 17, 2020

This study aimed to evaluate the difference of upper airway collapse between the back-up head-elevated position (a 45° upward inclination) and supine position to better elucidate the role of back-up ...

Effects of trazodone versus cognitive behavioral therapy in the insomnia with short sleep duration phenotype: a preliminary study.

Aug 13, 2020

The insomnia with objective short sleep duration (ISS) phenotype, is associated with increased risk for adverse health outcomes, physiological hyperarousal, and a blunted response to Cognitive-Behavio...

Clinical utility of oximetric parameters to identify a high-risk phenotype of moderate-severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).

Aug 13, 2020

It is unclear if oximetric parameters, such as total time of SpO <90%, (T90), oxygen desaturation index-3% (ODI), minimum SpO , are able to describe a high-risk subtype of cardiovascular (CV) c...

Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk According to the STOP-BANG Questionnaire in an Oral Surgery Office-Based Anesthesia Patient Population.

Aug 13, 2020

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at an increased risk for perioperative and postoperative complications after receiving intravenous (IV) sedation or postoperative analgesia. We previous...

Validation of the GOAL Questionnaire as an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Instrument in Bariatric Surgery Candidates: a Brazilian Single-Center Study.

Aug 06, 2020

To validate the GOAL questionnaire as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening tool in bariatric surgery (BS) patients and compare it with other existing instruments.Before performing full polysomnogra...

Effects of N -(4-hydroxybenzyl) adenine riboside in stress-induced insomnia in rodents.

Aug 06, 2020

Adenosine exhibits a somnogenic effect; however, there is no adenosinergic hypnotic because of cardiovascular effects. This study investigated whether N6-(4-hydroxybenzyl) adenine riboside (T1-11), ex...

Diagnostic meta-analysis of the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire, OSA-18, and pulse oximetry in detecting pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Aug 06, 2020

The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the pooled sensitivity and specificity of the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ), Obstructive Sleep Apnea Questionnaire (OSA-18), and pulse oximetry (PO) ...

Sleep abnormalities across different clinical stages of Bipolar Disorder: A review of EEG studies.

Aug 03, 2020

Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent across all stages of Bipolar Disorder. Despite a wealth of research on the neurophysiological features of sleep in this population, progress in this field has b...

Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: role of inflammatory and clinical predictors.

Aug 03, 2020

Infection-triggered perturbation of the immune system could induce psychopathology, and psychiatric sequelae were observed after previous coronavirus outbreaks. The spreading of the Severe Acute Respi...

Circulating MicroRNA Profile Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Alzheimer's Disease.

Jul 30, 2020

The diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) by polysomnography (PSG) is challenging due to the required collaboration of the patients. In addition, screening questionnai...

Convergent and divergent functional connectivityalterations of hippocampal subregions between short-term and chronic insomnia disorder.

Jul 30, 2020

Insomnia disorder (ID) is reclassified into short-term and chronic subtypes based on recent etiological advances, however, neural mechanisms underlying the subtypes are rarely examined. In this study,...

Development and initial psychometric evaluation of a radiotherapy-related symptom assessment tool, based on data from patients with brain tumours undergoing proton beam therapy.

Jul 30, 2020

Currently, no available tool easily and effectively measures both the frequency, intensity and distress of symptoms among patients receiving radiotherapy. A core symptom set (fatigue, insomnia, pain, ...

Obstructive sleep apnea in pulmonary fibrosis.

Jul 27, 2020

In previous years, there was limited research related to the role of sleep in interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Physicians treating ILD patients tended to focus mainly on the daily disabling symptoms...

Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation in a Rabbit Model of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Reduces Apneas and Improves Oxygenation.

Jul 27, 2020

Based on a prior anesthetized model, we developed an unanesthetized model to evaluate the effects of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) during sleep. We prepared three rabbits with injections of Hyal...