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Higher frontal EEG synchronization in young women with major depression: a marker for increased homeostatic sleep pressure?
Birchler-Pedross, Angelina; Frey, Sylvia; Chellappa, Sarah Laxhmi et al.
2011In Sleep, 34 (12), p. 1699-706
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Keywords :
Adult; Biological Markers; Case-Control Studies; Depressive Disorder, Major/physiopathology; Electroencephalography Phase Synchronization/physiology; Female; Humans; Melatonin/analysis; Saliva/chemistry; Sleep/physiology; Wakefulness/physiology; Young Adult; Major depressive disorder; circadian rhythms; extended wakefulness; frontal low-frequency EEG activity; sleep-wake homeostat; subjective sleepiness; women
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[en] STUDY OBJECTIVES: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is often associated with disturbances in circadian and/or sleep-wake dependent processes, which both regulate daytime energy and sleepiness levels. DESIGN: Analysis of continuous electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings during 40 h of extended wakefulness under constant routine conditions. Artifact-free EEG samples derived from 12 locations were subjected to spectral analysis. Additionally, half-hourly ratings of subjective tension and sleepiness levels and salivary melatonin measurements were collected. SETTING: Centre for Chronobiology, Psychiatric Hospitals of the University of Basel, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS: Eight young healthy women and 8 young untreated women with MDD. INTERVENTIONS: N/A. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: MDD women exhibited higher frontal low-frequency (FLA) EEG activity (0.5-5.0 Hz) during extended wakefulness than controls, particularly during the night. Enhanced FLA was paralleled by higher levels of subjective sleepiness and tension. In MDD women, overall FLA levels correlated positively with depression scores. The timing of melatonin onset did not significantly differ between the two groups, but the nocturnal secretion of salivary melatonin was significantly attenuated in MDD women. CONCLUSIONS: Our data imply that young women with MDD live on a higher homeostatic sleep pressure level, as indexed by enhanced FLA during wakefulness. Its positive correlation with depression scores indicates a possible functional relationship. High FLA could reflect a use-dependent phenomenon in depression (enhanced cognitive rumination or tension) and/or an attenuated circadian arousal signal.
Disciplines :
Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Birchler-Pedross, Angelina
Frey, Sylvia
Chellappa, Sarah Laxhmi ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Gotz, Thomas
Brunner, Patrick
Knoblauch, Vera
Wirz-Justice, Anna
Cajochen, Christian
Language :
English
Title :
Higher frontal EEG synchronization in young women with major depression: a marker for increased homeostatic sleep pressure?
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Sleep
ISSN :
0161-8105
eISSN :
1550-9109
Publisher :
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, United States - Illinois
Volume :
34
Issue :
12
Pages :
1699-706
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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