Several studies have identified two types of sleep spindles: fast (13–15 Hz) centroparietal and slow (11–13 Hz) frontal spindles. Alterations in spindle activity have been observed in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Only few studies have separately assessed fast and slow spindles in these patients showing a reduction of fast spindle count, but the possible local specificity of this phenomenon and its relation to cognitive decline severity are not clear. Moreover, fast and slow spindle density have never been assessed in AD/MCI. We have assessed fast and slow spindles in 15 AD patients, 15 amnesic MCI patients, and 15 healthy elderly controls (HC). Participants underwent baseline polysomnographic recording (19 cortical derivations). Spindles during nonrapid eye movements sleep were automatically detected, and spindle densities of the three groups were compared in the derivations where fast and slow spindles exhibited their maximum expression (parietal and frontal, resp.). AD and MCI patients showed a significant parietal fast spindle density decrease, positively correlated with Minimental State Examination scores. Our results suggest that AD-related changes in spindle density are specific for frequency and location, are related to cognitive decline severity, and may have an early onset in the pathology development.
Regional and frequency-specific reduction of sleep spindle density in Alzheimer disease and amnesic mild cognitive impairment / Gorgoni, Maurizio; Lauri, Giulia; Truglia, Ilaria; Cordone, Susanna; Sarasso, S.; Scarpelli, Serena; Mangiaruga, Anastasia; D'Atri, Aurora; Tempesta, D.; Ferrara, Michele; Marra, C.; Rossini, P. M.; DE GENNARO, Luigi. - In: JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. - ISSN 1365-2869. - ELETTRONICO. - 25:(2016), pp. 99-99. (Intervento presentato al convegno XXIII Congress of the European Sleep Research Society tenutosi a Bologna; Italy nel 13-16 Settembre 2016).
Regional and frequency-specific reduction of sleep spindle density in Alzheimer disease and amnesic mild cognitive impairment
GORGONI, MAURIZIO;LAURI, GIULIA;TRUGLIA, ILARIA;CORDONE, SUSANNA;SCARPELLI, SERENA;MANGIARUGA, ANASTASIA;D'ATRI, AURORA;DE GENNARO, Luigi
2016
Abstract
Several studies have identified two types of sleep spindles: fast (13–15 Hz) centroparietal and slow (11–13 Hz) frontal spindles. Alterations in spindle activity have been observed in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Only few studies have separately assessed fast and slow spindles in these patients showing a reduction of fast spindle count, but the possible local specificity of this phenomenon and its relation to cognitive decline severity are not clear. Moreover, fast and slow spindle density have never been assessed in AD/MCI. We have assessed fast and slow spindles in 15 AD patients, 15 amnesic MCI patients, and 15 healthy elderly controls (HC). Participants underwent baseline polysomnographic recording (19 cortical derivations). Spindles during nonrapid eye movements sleep were automatically detected, and spindle densities of the three groups were compared in the derivations where fast and slow spindles exhibited their maximum expression (parietal and frontal, resp.). AD and MCI patients showed a significant parietal fast spindle density decrease, positively correlated with Minimental State Examination scores. Our results suggest that AD-related changes in spindle density are specific for frequency and location, are related to cognitive decline severity, and may have an early onset in the pathology development.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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