Altered long- and short-range functional connectivity density associated with poor sleep quality in patients with chronic insomnia disorder: A resting-state fMRI study.
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ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Previous neuroimaging studies have suggested that brain functional impairment and hyperarousal occur during the daytime among patients with chronic insomnia disorder (CID); however, alterations to the brain's intrinsic functional architecture and their association with sleep quality have not yet been documented. METHODS:In this study, our aim was to investigate the insomnia-related alterations to the intrinsic connectome in patients with CID (n = 27) at resting state, with a data-driven approach based on graph theory assessment and functional connectivity density (FCD), which can be interpreted as short-range (intraregional) or long-range (interregional) mapping. RESULTS:Compared with healthy controls with good sleep, CID patients showed significantly decreased long-range FCD in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortices and the putamen. These patients also showed decreased short-range FCD in their multimodal-processing regions, executive control network, and supplementary motor-related areas. Furthermore, several regions showed increased short-range FCD in patients with CID, implying hyper-homogeneity of local activity. CONCLUSIONS:Together, these findings suggest that insufficient sleep during chronic insomnia widely affects cortical functional activities, including disrupted FCD and increased short-range FCD, which is associated with poor sleep quality.
SUBMITTER: Zhou F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7667361 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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