Chen Cheng , Mengnan Jia , Xiangmiao Peng , Yuchen Sun , Yunyun Jiao , Mengkai Zhang , Xiaoyu Song , Zhaoyang Chu , Xiao Zeng , Jin-Bo Sun , Xue-Juan Yang , Wei Qin
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Abstract
Study objective
With the growing prominence of peripheral nerve stimulation technology, the clinical applications and potential neurophysiological mechanisms of external trigeminal nerve stimulation (eTNS) have garnered increasing attention. Despite its status as the sole neuromodulation method commonly employed in sleep, no studies have explored the effects of eTNS at varying frequencies on sleep activities. This study aims to investigate the regulatory effects of high-frequency and low-frequency eTNS on sleep activities using polysomnography.
Methods
In this within-subjects experiment, 20 participants underwent a night of adaptation sleep, followed by 8-h sessions of sham, 120Hz-, and 2Hz-eTNS interventions in a randomized order in the sleep laboratory, with polysomnographic signals collected throughout.
Results
The results indicated that 120Hz-eTNS significantly improved sleep efficiency, increased N2 sleep proportion, and reduced sleep latency, without significantly affecting sleep stage transition probabilities, sleep duration, or sleep-specific wave activities. Conversely, while 2Hz-eTNS did not impact sleep efficiency or latency, it increased the proportion of N3 sleep, stabilizes N3 sleep, and enhanced the survival probability of N3 and REM sleep duration. Additionally, it increases the density of slow oscillations (SOs), improved the coupling ratio of SO-spindles, and enhanced coupling timing accuracy.
Conclusions
These findings suggest that eTNS during sleep can indeed modulate sleep activities, with different frequencies exerting distinct regulatory effects. This may hold significant value for advancing the clinical application and efficacy of eTNS.
期刊介绍:
Sleep Medicine aims to be a journal no one involved in clinical sleep medicine can do without.
A journal primarily focussing on the human aspects of sleep, integrating the various disciplines that are involved in sleep medicine: neurology, clinical neurophysiology, internal medicine (particularly pulmonology and cardiology), psychology, psychiatry, sleep technology, pediatrics, neurosurgery, otorhinolaryngology, and dentistry.
The journal publishes the following types of articles: Reviews (also intended as a way to bridge the gap between basic sleep research and clinical relevance); Original Research Articles; Full-length articles; Brief communications; Controversies; Case reports; Letters to the Editor; Journal search and commentaries; Book reviews; Meeting announcements; Listing of relevant organisations plus web sites.