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Human regional cerebral glucose metabolism during non-rapid eye movement sleep in relation to waking

Nofzinger, Eric A., Buysse, Daniel J., Miewald, Jean M., Meltzer, Carolyn C., Price, Julie C., Sembrat, Robert C., Ombao, Hernando, Reynolds, Charles F. +4 more·2002·Brain

Abstract

Sleep is an essential human function. Although the function of sleep has generally been regarded to be restorative, recent data indicate that it also plays an important role in cognition. The neurobiology of human sleep is most effectively analysed with functional imaging, and PET studies have contributed substantially to our understanding of both rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. In this study, PET was used to determine patterns of regional glucose metabolism in NREM sleep compared with waking. We hypothesized that brain structures related to waking cognitive function would show a persistence of function into the NREM sleep state. Fourteen healthy subjects (age range 21-49 years; 10 women, 4 men) underwent concurrent EEG sleep studies and [(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET scans during waking and NREM sleep. Whole-brain glucose metabolism declined significantly from waking to NREM sleep. Relative decreases in regional metabolism from waking to NREM sleep occurred in wide areas of frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital association cortex, primary visual cortex, and in anterior/dorsomedial thalamus. After controlling for the whole-brain declines in absolute metabolism, relative increases in regional metabolism from waking to NREM were found bilaterally in the dorsal pontine tegmentum, hypothalamus, basal forebrain, ventral striatum, anterior cingulate cortex and extensive regions of the mesial temporal lobe, including the amygdala and hippocampus, and in the right dorsal parietal association cortex and primary somatosensory and motor cortices. The reductions in relative metabolism in NREM sleep compared with waking are consistent with prior findings from blood flow studies. The relative increases in glucose utilization in the basal forebrain, hypothalamus, ventral striatum, amygdala, hippocampus and pontine reticular formation are new observations that are in accordance with the view that NREM sleep is important to brain plasticity in homeostatic regulation and mnemonic processing.

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Nofzinger, E. A., Buysse, D. J., Miewald, J. M., Meltzer, C. C., Price, J. C., Sembrat, R. C., Ombao, H., Reynolds, C. F., Monk, T. H., Hall, M., Kupfer, D. J., & Moore, R. Y.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
Nofzinger, Eric A.
Venue
Brain
Published
2002-05
Volume
125
Issue
5
Pages
1105-1115
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2102024835
Cited by
295
References
55
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FWCI
5.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Brain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh062298-03)
  • Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH01414, MH-52247, P30MH052247, K08MH001414, MH 24652, MH-37869, MH62298, R01MH037869, R01MH061566, MH 61566, MH30915)
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000056, RR 00056)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
NREM sleep, regional cerebral glucose metabolism, thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, ventral striatum, basal forebrain, pontine tegmentum, neuroplasticity, sleep function, cognitive function
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Electroencephalography, Female, Glucose, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Sleep Stages, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Wakefulness

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