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All Night Sleep Studies in Hypothyroid Patients, Before and After Treatment1

KALES, ANTHONY, HEUSER, GUNNAR, JACOBSON, ALLAN, KALES, JOYCE D., HANLEY, JOHN, ZWEIZIG, JOHN R., PAULSON, MORRIS J.·1967·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abstract

All night EEG sleep patterns were recorded for 3 consecutive nights in 7 hypothyroid patients and compared to those of normal subjects of the same ages. No differences were noted between the patients and controls in the percentage for rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, total sleep time, time required to fall asleep, intervals between REM periods and number of REM periods for a given night. The most consistent and striking finding was that the percentage of time spent in stages 3 and 4 sleep was markedly reduced in all hypothyroid patients. The young adult hypothyroid patients showed a significant decrease in stage 4 sleep compared to normal young adult subjects, whereas the elderly hypothyroid patients had a significant decrease in stage 3 sleep compared to normal elderly subjects. Four of the 7 patients were again studied after several months of therapy with desiccated thyroid when they were euthyroid. After treatment, the percentage of time spent in stages 3 and 4 increased for each patient so that the levels for these sleep stages were no longer significantly lower than those of the controls. Also, after treatment the waking alpha EEG frequency increased slightly for each subject and there was improvement in psychological test performance. The findings indicate that, in hypothyroidism, stages 3 and 4 sleep are significantly decreased. The results also are suggestive that treatment with desiccated thyroid may produce an increase in these sleep phases. Auditory awakening thresholds for these sleep stages are higher than in other sleep periods, so that by this criterion they are “deeper” stages of sleep. It may be that a reduction in stages 3 and 4 sleep directly relates to patients' feeling that they have slept little and/or poorly.

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Authors
KALES, A., HEUSER, G., JACOBSON, A., KALES, J. D., HANLEY, J., ZWEIZIG, J. R., & PAULSON, M. J.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Published
1967-11
Volume
27
Issue
11
Pages
1593-1599
ISSN
  • 0021-972X (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7197
OpenAlex
W2102934296
Cited by
95
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI
7.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
Keywords
hypothyroidism, sleep stages, slow-wave sleep, REM sleep, desiccated thyroid, thyroid hormone replacement, sleep EEG, sleep quality, age differences
MeSH terms
Adult, Electroencephalography, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Hypothyroidism, Male, Middle Aged, Sleep, Thyroid Hormones

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