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Neurobiology of sleep disorders
Zuzana Lattová
An intro to sleep: what is sleep?
Sleep: definition
A natural periodic reversible state of rest, in which the consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During sleep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming.
Salvator Dali: Sleep 1937
Another definition…
Sleep medicine
• is a medical (sub)specialty devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of sleep disturbances/disorders
• Multidiciplinary approach: neurology, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine, ENT, pediatrics
What’s normal sleep?
Adults usually need 7-8 hours per night
Adolescents need more, up to 10 hours per night
There are 4-5 awakenings per night
There are 10-15 brief arousals per hour
There are at least 4 cycles of REM sleep
Our ability to sleep changes across the life span
Epidemiology
Sleep: facts I.
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Sleep: facts II.
Average sleep duration of British Adults
Groeger JA et al. J Sleep Res. 2004; 13:359-71
Sleep duration is decreasing…
Association / Consequences
Kripke DF et al. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2002;59:131-136
Sleep: facts III.
The U-Shaped Association between Sleep Duration and The U-Shaped Association between Sleep Duration and Total MortalityTotal Mortality
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von Kries R et al. Int J Obesity 2002;26:710-6
Leptinplays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure, including appetite. It is one of the most important adipose derived hormones.
Ghrelincounterpart of the hormone leptin,
stimulates hunger
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Anatomy of wakefullness and sleep
Reticular Activating System
• Thalamocortical pathway (Yellow)
• Activates thalamic relay neurons, crucial for transmission of information to cerebral cortex
• 2 acetylcholine cell groups– Pedunculo-pontine and
laterodorsal tegmental nucleii (PPT, LDT)
– Major source of input to thalamic relay nuclei and reticular nucleus of the thalamus
Active in wakefullness and REM sleep
Gate control mechanims – adequate flow of excitation necessary for wakefullness
Reticular Activating System
• Extrathalamic pathway (Red)
• Activate neurons in basal forebrain and lateral hypothalamic area (medial forebrain bundle)
• Originates from monoaminergic neurons in upper brainstem including;– Noradrenergic locus ceruleus
(LC)– Serotonergic dorsal and
median raphe – Dopaminergic periaqueductal
grey matter– Histaminergic
tuberomamillary neurons
Active in wakefullness, NREM ↓, REM 0
Reticular Activating System• Extrathalamic pathway (Red)
• Monoaminergic Neurons – Norepinephrine, Serotonin,
Dopamine, Histamine
• Input to cortex also augmented by Lateral hypothalamic (LHA) neurons
• Melanin concentrating hormone
• Hypocretin / Orexin most active during wakefulness
• Basal forebrain neurons, including cholinergic and GABA neurons
VentroLateral Preoptic Nucleus (Hypothalamus)
VentroLateral Preoptic Nucleus (Hypothalamus)
• VLPO neurons particularly active during NREM sleep, and project inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA, and Galanin.
• VLPO damage inhibits sleep • VLPO Cluster
More heavily innervates histaminergic neurons, closely linked to transitions b/w arousal and wakefulness
• VLPO Extendedis main output to the LC and DR, damage to extendedVLPO inhibits REM sleep more specifically
The Flip Flop Switch
• Flip Flop circuits avoid transitional states because when either side begins to overcome the other, the switch flips into alternative state.
• Explains why sleep wake transitions are abrupt
Monoamine nuclei inhibit VLPO = inhibit suppression of Monoamine nuclei inhibit VLPO = inhibit suppression of monoamine nucleimonoamine nuclei, , hypocretin, cholinergic PPT, LDT hypocretin, cholinergic PPT, LDT neurons neurons hypocretin reinforces monoaminergic tone (no hypocretin hypocretin reinforces monoaminergic tone (no hypocretin receptors on VLPO)receptors on VLPO)
In sleep, firing of VLPO inhibits monoaminergic cell groups, In sleep, firing of VLPO inhibits monoaminergic cell groups, relieving its own inhibition. (enhancing its own activity) relieving its own inhibition. (enhancing its own activity) VLPO then inhibits hypocretinVLPO then inhibits hypocretinhypocretin, in both cases, believed to stabilize this unstable hypocretin, in both cases, believed to stabilize this unstable switchswitch
Orexin neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area innervate all of the components of the ascending arousal system, as well as the cerebral cortex (CTX) itself.
Saper, CB., et.al. Trends in Neuroscience. Vol 24. No 12. Dec 2001
The Sleep “Switch”
Regulation of sleep: Two Process Model
Circadian rhythm
Sleep pressure
Process S
9AM 3PM 9PM 3AM 9AM
“Sleep Load”
Sleep
Wake
InterleukinsDSIP
GHRH
PgD2
Serotonin
ADENOSINE
From Aldrich, M. S. Sleep Medicine. Oxford University Press 1999
How to measure and examine sleep
• The brain has 3 major states of activity and function. • These states can be recorded by the EEG:
• 1. Wakefulness:Facilitated by Ascending Reticular Activating System (ARAS) & Posterior HypothalamusEEG demonstrates low voltage fast activity of mixed alpha (8-13 Hz) & beta (>13 Hz) frequencies.
• 2. Non Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (N-REM Sleep)
• 3. Raid Eye Movement Sleep (REM Sleep)
EEG frequencies
• Alpha activity:• Between 7.5 and 13 Hz • It is the major rhythm seen in normal relaxed adults with
closed eyes.• Present during most of life, beyond age 13 year• Strongest over the occipital cortex.
• Beta activity:• Has a frequency of 14 Hz and greater • Most evident frontally. • Dominant rhythm in those who are alert or anxious or who
have their eyes open and are listening and thinking
EEG frequencies
• Theta activity:• Has a frequency of 3.5 to 7.5 Hz and is classed as "slow"
activity. • It reflects the state between wakefulness and sleep. • It is abnormal in awake adults but normal in children up to
13 years old.
• Delta activity:• The lowest frequencies (less than 3.5 Hz). • Occur in deep sleep (stages 3 and 4 of sleep)• It is the dominant rhythm in infants up to one year of age.
EEG frequencies
Sleep assessment:Polysomnography
•EEG•EOG•EMG mm.mentales•ECG•Nasal and oral airflow (termistor)•Respiratory effort (chest, abdomen)•Breathing sounds (microphone)•Peripheral pulse oxymetry•EMG mm. tibiali anteriores•Position•Videomonitoring
Polysomnography
Sleep stages
• Relaxed wakefullness• „alpha waves” • eyes moving spontaneously in
a slow rolling eye movement • heart and respiratory rates
vary depending on the individual
• the individual has spontaneous movements (i.e. changing positions to become comfortable)
Sleep stages – NREM sleep• Stage I:• EEG demonstrates “theta activity” (4-7 Hz)• EMG demonstrates decreased tonic activity• Slow rolling of eyes
• Stage II:• EEG demonstrates “theta activity” + “sleep spindles” (brief
bursts of 12-14 Hz) + “K complexes“ (high amplitude, slow frequency,electronegative wave followed by electropositive wave)
• Decreased muscle tone• Rare eye movement
Sleep stages – NREM sleep
• Stages III & IV (slow wave sleep, SWS):• Deepest stages of sleep• Occurs mainly in the first sleep cycles • Epochs of sleep consisting of greater than 20%
(50%) of “delta wave activity” (0.5-3.0), high voltage slow waves
• Atonia• No eye movements
Sleep stages – REM sleep• Brain electrically & metabolically activated, cerebral blood flow
(CBF) increased, desynchronised EEG acitivity• Rapid eye movements• Generalized muscle atonia• Irregular heart- and respiratory rate• Associated with psychical activities → dreaming• Penile and clitoral engorgement
Hypnogram
Carskadon & Rechtschaffen 2005
Actigraphy
• monitoring human rest/activity cycles (not sleep!)• movements are measured by a piezoelectric
accelerometer with a low pass filter which filters out everything except the 2–3 Hz band, thereby ensuring external vibrations are ignored
• non dominant hand or leg, for a number of days
Normal sleeper
Insomniac
Free running rhythm
Sleep questionaires
Epworth sleep questionnaire• self-administered questionnaire with 8 questions • used to determine the general level of daytime
sleepiness over a longer period of time• usual chances of dozing off or falling asleep in 8
different situations • world standard method, but not a diagnostic tool• CAVE: sleepiness ≠ tiredness
Pitsburgh Sleep Quality Index
• self-rated questionnaire • used to measure the quality and patterns of
sleep in adults• it differentiates “poor” from “good” sleep by
measuring seven areas: subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and daytime dysfunction over the last month
Sleep disordes
Subjective complaint of difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, early morning awaking, poor quality sleep, or inadequate sleep despite adequate opportunity accompanied by clinically significant impairment in daytime functioning
Insomnia - definition
Sleep patterns in insomnia
• Sleep onset insomnia– Difficulty falling asleep– Longer time to sleep onset
• Sleep maintenance insomnia– Difficulty staying asleep– Frequent nocturnal awakenings
• Sleep offset insomnia– Waking too early in the morning
• Nonrestorative sleep– Fatigue despite adequate sleep duration
DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed. 2000:597-661Czeisler CA et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine” 15th ed. 2001: 155-163
Acute = adjustment insomnia Chronic insomnia
SecondarSecondary due to a medical condition
due to a psychiatric disorder
due to medication
Paradoxical = Sleep misperception
Psychophysiologic
Idiopathic
Types of insomnia
Causes of secondary insomnia
Evidence of Hyperarousal in Primary Insomnia
• Increased global cerebral glucose metabolism on PET
• During sleep, EEG shows decreased Theta & Delta wave activity, increased Beta activity
• Increased 24-hour metabolic rate and heart rate• Higher levels of secretion of both
Adrenocorticotropin & Cortisol• Body temperature slighty higher
Epidemiology of insomnia
• 30-50% of American adults experience insomnia during a 1 year period
• Prevalence of chronic/severe insomnia is 10% • 49% of adults surveyed were dissatisfied with
their sleep > 5 nights per month• 50% of patients presenting to primary care
physicians experience insomnia
Model of psychophysiological insomnia
• Dysfunctional Cognition– Worry over sleep loss– Rumination over
consequences– Unrealistic expectations– Misattributions/
amplifications
• Arousal– Emotional– Cognitive– Physiologic
• Consequences– Mood Disturbances– Fatigue– Performance impairments– Social discomfort
• Maladaptive Habits– Excessive time in bed– Irregular sleep schedule– Daytime napping– Sleep-incompatible
activities
• – Alcohol– Plant preparations– Chloral hydrate– Barbiturates
• – Nonbenzodiazepine
hypnotics (Z – drugs)– Benzodiazepine hypnotics– Selective melatonin
receptor agonist– Sedative antidepressants– Sedative antipsychotics– Antihistamines
Pharmacological treatment
GABA A receptor
• Sleep hygiene education– Specific behaviors will directly interfere with
the ability to sleep → can be changed with education
• Sleep restriction therapy– Increased propensity to sleep by increasing
homeostatic sleep drive with partial sleep deprivation
– Systematic reduction of time in bed to the amount of total sleep time from sleep log data
CBT treatment
• Cut bedtime to the actual amount of time you spend asleep (not in bed), but no less than 4 hours per night
• No additional sleep is allowed outside these hours• Record on your daily sleep log the actual amount of
sleep obtained• Compute sleep efficiency (total time asleep divided
by total time in bed)• Based on average of 5 nights’ sleep efficiency,
increase sleep time by 15 minutes if efficiency is >85%
• Stimulus control therapy– Assumes that there is a learned associated between
wakefulness and the bedroom– To break the cycle, the patient must not spend time
wide awake in the bedroom– Go to bed only when sleepy– Do not use the bedroom for sleep-incompatible
activities– Leave the bedroom if awake for more than 20 minutes– Return to bed only when sleepy– Do not nap during the day– Arise at the same time every morning
• Relaxation training• Cognitive training - domains that contribute to
insomnia:– Worry and rumination– Attentional bias and monitoring for sleep-related
threat– Unhelpful beliefs about sleep– Misperception of sleep and daytime deficits– The use of safety behaviors that maintain unhelpful
beliefs
Obstructive sleep apnea
• Sleep apnea is the intermittent cessation of airflow at the nose and mouth during sleep
• Recurrent episodes of narrowing or collapse of pharyngeal airway during sleep despite ongoing breathing efforts (thorax, abdomen)
• These lead to– Abrupt reductions in blood oxygen saturation (with
oxygen levels falling as much as 40 percent or more in severe cases)
– Surges of sympathetic activation– Periodic arousal from sleep (fragmented sleep)
Symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Loud snoring• Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (Hypersomnolence)• Problems with memory, concentration, attenttion• Personality changes - irritability • Impotence• Headaches upon waking• Nocturia• Sweating• GERD
Hypothyroidism
Acromegaly
Marfan’s Syndrome
Amyloidosis
Craniofacial syndromes
Myotonic Dystrophy
Associated disorders
PATENT Vs COLLAPSED AIRWAY
ObstructiveObstructive MixedMixed CentralCentral
Airflow
Respiratoryeffort
Apnea patterns
Apnea – complete cessation of breathing for at least 10s
Hypopnoe – 25-50% cessation of breathing for at least 10s associated with desaturation
EEG
10 sec
Arousal
Airflow
Effort(Pes)
SaO2
Effort(Abdomen)
Effort(Rib Cage)
Obstructive apnea
Severity of OSA
Normal AHI <5
Mild AHI 5-14
Moderate AHI 15-30
Severe AHI >30
Description of Sleep Apnea Event
• Upper airway obstruction Intermittent obstruction: snoring Complete obstruction:• Alveolar hypoventilation• Decreased alveolar PO2 ; increased alveolar PCO2
• Decreased arterial PO2 ; increased arterial PCO2
• Stimulation of arterial chemoreceptors; central chemoreceptors
• Arousal
Why Obstruction Occurs During Sleep
• Altered body position (supine position)• Control of breathing during NREM sleep – depression of
respiratory driveMinute volume decreases about 16%PaCO2 increases 4-6 mmHg SaO2 decreases as much as 2%
• Decreased tone of pharyngeal muscles• Depressed reflexes, including pharyngeal dilator• Depressed response to hypoxia• REM sleep decreases tone of intercostal and accessory
muscles, less effect on diaphragm; depression of minute volume, increase in CO2 not as great, depression of response to hypoxia greater
Consequences ….
Prevalence of OSA
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N Engl J Med,Young et al,1993;17:1230-35
Treatment possibilies
• Weight loss - highly effective method10 – 15 % reduction in weight can lead to an approximately 50 % reduction in sleep apnea severity in moderately obese male patients
• Avoid supine sleep position• Orthodontic procedures• Surgery – uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP)• CPAP
UPPP
2006 American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Positive airway pressure
Restless legs syndrome
• An urge to move the legs, usually accompanied or caused by uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations in the legs
• The urge to move or unpleasant sensations begin or worsen during periods of rest or inactivity such as lying or sitting
• The urge to move or unpleasant sensations are partially or totally relieved by movement
• The urge to move or unpleasant sensations are worse in the evening or night than during the day or only occur in the evening or night
Allen, RA. 2003.
• Two types: idiopathic and secondary– Idiopathic, more prevalent, found in younger patients
and felt to be familial– Secondary due to Fe deficiency, pregnancy, renal
failure, poor gut Fe absorption (surgery)• Seen at any age, but in young children uncommon• Once have symptoms, they persist
Differential Diagnosis
• Neuropathic pain syndromes• Peripheral neuropathy• Arthritis• Nocturnal leg cramps• Restless insomnia• Painful legs and moving toes• Vascular insufficiencies• Drug-induced akathisia
Pharmacologic Treatment
• Intermittent RLS symptoms– Medications that can be taken as needed– Levodopa with decarboxylase inhibitor
(carbidopa or benserazide)– Mild- to moderate-strength opioid (codeine,
propoxyphene, tramadol, hydrocodone, oxycodone)
– Sedative-hypnotics– Dopamine agonist: low dose, if tolerated
Hering, WA. 2007. ; RLS Foundation
• Daily RLS symptoms– Dopamine agonists: ropinirole, pramipexole– Anticonvulsants: gabapentin– Opioids: tramadol, oxycodone, hydrocodone,
extended-release forms– Benzodiazepines: clonazepam– Iron supplementation
Arousals following limb movements
Limb movements
Periodic Limb Movement disorder
EEG1EOG
EMG Chin
Airflow
Resp Effort
EMG Leg
EEG2EEG3EEG4
Arousals following limb movements
Limb Movements