Individualized RTMS Intervention Targeting Sleep Deprivation-Induced Vigilance Decline: Task FMRI-Guided Approach

Overview

Journal CNS Neurosci Ther

Specialties Neurology
Pharmacology

Date 2024 Nov 14

PMID 39539093

Authors

Yuanqiang Zhu

Chen Wang

Ziliang Xu

Fan Guo

Yingjuan Chang

Jiali Liu

Wenming Liu

Peng Fang

Minwen Zheng

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Abstract

Study Objectives: Sleep deprivation (SD) is prevalent in our increasingly round-the-clock society. Optimal countermeasures such as ample recovery sleep are often unfeasible, and brief naps, while helpful, do not fully restore cognitive performance following SD. Thus, we propose that targeted interventions, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), may enhance cognitive performance recovery post-SD.

Methods: We recruited 50 participants for two SD experiments. In the first experiment, participants performed a psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) under three conditions: normal sleep (resting wakefulness), after 24 h of SD, and following a subsequent 30-min nap. We analyzed dynamic changes in PVT outcomes and cerebral responses across conditions to identify the optimal stimulation target. Experiment 2 adopted the same protocol except that, after the nap, 10-Hz, sham-controlled, individualized rTMS was administrated. Then, an analysis of variance was conducted to investigate the ability of stimulation to improve the PVT reaction times.

Results: Through task-related functional magnetic resonance imaging, we identified cerebral responses within the right middle frontal gyrus (MFG) as the optimal stimulation target. Subsequent application of individualized 10-Hz rTMS over the right MFG attenuated SD-induced deterioration of vigilance.

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that combining a brief nap with individualized rTMS can significantly aid the recovery of vigilance following SD. This approach, through modulating neural activity within functional brain networks, is a promising strategy to counteract the cognitive effects of SD.

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