Andrew H Zhang, Alex He-Mo, Richard Fei Yin, Chunlin Li, Yuzhi Tang, Dharmendra Gurve, Veronique van der Horst, Aron S Buchman, Nasim Montazeri Ghahjaverestan, Maged Goubran, Bo Wang, Andrew S P Lim
Study objectives: We investigate a Mamba-based deep learning approach for sleep staging on signals from ANNE One (Sibel Health, Chicago, IL), a non-intrusive dual-module wireless wearable system measuring chest electrocardiography (ECG), triaxial accelerometry, and chest temperature, and finger photoplethysmography and finger temperature.
Methods: We obtained wearable sensor recordings from 357 adults undergoing concurrent polysomnography (PSG) at a tertiary care sleep lab. Each PSG recording was manually scored and these annotations served as ground truth labels for training and evaluation of our models. PSG and wearable sensor data were automatically aligned using their ECG channels with manual confirmation by visual inspection. We trained a Mamba-based recurrent neural network architecture on these recordings. Ensembling of model variants with similar architectures was performed.
Results: After ensembling, the model attains a 3-class (wake, non rapid eye movement [NREM] sleep, rapid eye movement [REM] sleep) balanced accuracy of 84.02%, F1 score of 84.23%, Cohen's κ of 72.89%, and a Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) score of 73.00%; a 4-class (wake, light NREM [N1/N2], deep NREM [N3], REM) balanced accuracy of 75.30%, F1 score of 74.10%, Cohen's κ of 61.51%, and MCC score of 61.95%; a 5-class (wake, N1, N2, N3, REM) balanced accuracy of 65.11%, F1 score of 66.15%, Cohen's κ of 53.23%, MCC score of 54.38%.
Conclusions: Our Mamba-based deep learning model can successfully infer major sleep stages from the ANNE One, a wearable system without electroencephalography (EEG), and can be applied to data from adults attending a tertiary care sleep clinic.
{"title":"Mamba-based Deep Learning Approach for Sleep Staging on a Wireless Multimodal Wearable System Without Electroencephalography.","authors":"Andrew H Zhang, Alex He-Mo, Richard Fei Yin, Chunlin Li, Yuzhi Tang, Dharmendra Gurve, Veronique van der Horst, Aron S Buchman, Nasim Montazeri Ghahjaverestan, Maged Goubran, Bo Wang, Andrew S P Lim","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>We investigate a Mamba-based deep learning approach for sleep staging on signals from ANNE One (Sibel Health, Chicago, IL), a non-intrusive dual-module wireless wearable system measuring chest electrocardiography (ECG), triaxial accelerometry, and chest temperature, and finger photoplethysmography and finger temperature.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We obtained wearable sensor recordings from 357 adults undergoing concurrent polysomnography (PSG) at a tertiary care sleep lab. Each PSG recording was manually scored and these annotations served as ground truth labels for training and evaluation of our models. PSG and wearable sensor data were automatically aligned using their ECG channels with manual confirmation by visual inspection. We trained a Mamba-based recurrent neural network architecture on these recordings. Ensembling of model variants with similar architectures was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After ensembling, the model attains a 3-class (wake, non rapid eye movement [NREM] sleep, rapid eye movement [REM] sleep) balanced accuracy of 84.02%, F1 score of 84.23%, Cohen's κ of 72.89%, and a Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) score of 73.00%; a 4-class (wake, light NREM [N1/N2], deep NREM [N3], REM) balanced accuracy of 75.30%, F1 score of 74.10%, Cohen's κ of 61.51%, and MCC score of 61.95%; a 5-class (wake, N1, N2, N3, REM) balanced accuracy of 65.11%, F1 score of 66.15%, Cohen's κ of 53.23%, MCC score of 54.38%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our Mamba-based deep learning model can successfully infer major sleep stages from the ANNE One, a wearable system without electroencephalography (EEG), and can be applied to data from adults attending a tertiary care sleep clinic.</p>","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tamara Scharf, Anna Rihs, Anna Schoeni, Micheline Maire, Kali Tal, Julian Jakob, Isabelle Jacot-Sadowski, Jean-Paul Humair, Aurélie Berthet, Martin Brutsche, Anja Frei, Lucy Bolt, Ramin Khatami, Reto Auer, Stéphanie Baggio
Study objectives: E-cigarettes can help smokers quit, but how e-cigarettes used for tobacco smoking cessation impact sleep is still unclear. The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of e-cigarettes for smoking abstinence on sleep quality. Secondary objectives included subscales of sleep quality.
Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Efficacy, Safety, and Toxicology of electronic nicotine delivery systems for smoking cessation (ESTxENDS) randomized controlled trial, which included adult smokers in Switzerland (5 sites, 7.2018-6.2021). The intervention group received free e-cigarettes and e-liquids over 6 months plus standard-of-care smoking-cessation counseling (SOC); the control group received SOC alone. The primary outcome was overall self-reported sleep quality at 6 months, measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). We considered a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of 2.5-5. Secondary outcomes included PSQI subscales. We used adjusted linear regressions with inverse probability of attrition weights (IPAW).
Results: ESTxENDS included 1246 participants. Of these, 831 participants completed the PSQI at follow-up. For the primary outcome, there was no significant difference in PSQI score between groups (b=-0.20, p=.256, adjusted analyses with IPAW). For PSQI subscales, only sleep efficiency was significantly better in the intervention group (b=1.87, p=.018), below MCID.
Conclusion: E-cigarettes added to SOC for tobacco smoking abstinence did not significantly alter participant's self-reported sleep quality compared to SOC alone. Clinicians can inform patients willing to quit smoking with e-cigarettes that their use is not likely to disrupt their perceived sleep quality on average.
{"title":"Effect of electronic nicotine delivery systems for smoking cessation on sleep quality: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Tamara Scharf, Anna Rihs, Anna Schoeni, Micheline Maire, Kali Tal, Julian Jakob, Isabelle Jacot-Sadowski, Jean-Paul Humair, Aurélie Berthet, Martin Brutsche, Anja Frei, Lucy Bolt, Ramin Khatami, Reto Auer, Stéphanie Baggio","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>E-cigarettes can help smokers quit, but how e-cigarettes used for tobacco smoking cessation impact sleep is still unclear. The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of e-cigarettes for smoking abstinence on sleep quality. Secondary objectives included subscales of sleep quality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a secondary analysis of the Efficacy, Safety, and Toxicology of electronic nicotine delivery systems for smoking cessation (ESTxENDS) randomized controlled trial, which included adult smokers in Switzerland (5 sites, 7.2018-6.2021). The intervention group received free e-cigarettes and e-liquids over 6 months plus standard-of-care smoking-cessation counseling (SOC); the control group received SOC alone. The primary outcome was overall self-reported sleep quality at 6 months, measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). We considered a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of 2.5-5. Secondary outcomes included PSQI subscales. We used adjusted linear regressions with inverse probability of attrition weights (IPAW).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ESTxENDS included 1246 participants. Of these, 831 participants completed the PSQI at follow-up. For the primary outcome, there was no significant difference in PSQI score between groups (b=-0.20, p=.256, adjusted analyses with IPAW). For PSQI subscales, only sleep efficiency was significantly better in the intervention group (b=1.87, p=.018), below MCID.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>E-cigarettes added to SOC for tobacco smoking abstinence did not significantly alter participant's self-reported sleep quality compared to SOC alone. Clinicians can inform patients willing to quit smoking with e-cigarettes that their use is not likely to disrupt their perceived sleep quality on average.</p>","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William J Lee, Marisa C Petticord, Joel T Woolley, Zipporah M Robinson, David C Schultz, David M Raizen
Study objectives: Sleepiness and fatigue are common symptoms during illness and may persist after the resolution of illness. To gain insight into the neurochemistry of sickness-induced sleep and to discover therapeutic candidates, we performed a high throughput chemical screen using the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans.
Methods: Worms were irradiated with ultraviolet light to induce sickness and then transferred to wells of a 96-well plate each containing a different bioactive chemical dissolved in an aqueous solution. The fraction of quiescent animals was assessed via stereomicroscopic observation. We performed 12 vehicle-only controls for each 96-well plate and considered sleep-inhibiting chemicals as those with a fraction quiescent at least 3 standard deviations less than controls. We followed up the screen with dedicated mechanistic studies of the drug amitriptyline.
Results: Among 3,683 bioactive chemicals screened, 42 strongly reduced sleep behavior. We retested 26 and replicated 23 chemicals as sleep-disrupting. Among replicated compounds were amitriptyline (AMI) and other tricyclic anti-depressants (TCAs). AMI acts downstream of or in parallel to activation of sleep-promoting neurons. In addition to suppressing sleep in sickness (SIS), AMI also suppressed sleep in health and reduces survival. We tested and rejected the hypothesis that AMI acts by increasing monoaminergic tone, providing evidence that TCAs act via a novel mechanism to block sleep.
Conclusions: This is the first high-throughput screen for chemicals modulating SIS. Elucidating the mechanism by which AMI and other chemicals regulate sleep will lead to new biological insights regarding the mechanisms of sleep.
{"title":"Tricyclic Antidepressants suppress sleep in Caenorhabditis elegans.","authors":"William J Lee, Marisa C Petticord, Joel T Woolley, Zipporah M Robinson, David C Schultz, David M Raizen","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>Sleepiness and fatigue are common symptoms during illness and may persist after the resolution of illness. To gain insight into the neurochemistry of sickness-induced sleep and to discover therapeutic candidates, we performed a high throughput chemical screen using the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Worms were irradiated with ultraviolet light to induce sickness and then transferred to wells of a 96-well plate each containing a different bioactive chemical dissolved in an aqueous solution. The fraction of quiescent animals was assessed via stereomicroscopic observation. We performed 12 vehicle-only controls for each 96-well plate and considered sleep-inhibiting chemicals as those with a fraction quiescent at least 3 standard deviations less than controls. We followed up the screen with dedicated mechanistic studies of the drug amitriptyline.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 3,683 bioactive chemicals screened, 42 strongly reduced sleep behavior. We retested 26 and replicated 23 chemicals as sleep-disrupting. Among replicated compounds were amitriptyline (AMI) and other tricyclic anti-depressants (TCAs). AMI acts downstream of or in parallel to activation of sleep-promoting neurons. In addition to suppressing sleep in sickness (SIS), AMI also suppressed sleep in health and reduces survival. We tested and rejected the hypothesis that AMI acts by increasing monoaminergic tone, providing evidence that TCAs act via a novel mechanism to block sleep.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the first high-throughput screen for chemicals modulating SIS. Elucidating the mechanism by which AMI and other chemicals regulate sleep will lead to new biological insights regarding the mechanisms of sleep.</p>","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Study objectives: To investigate how sleep architecture and neurobehavioural functions change during a polyphasic short sleep schedule and to compare these responses to those of a monophasic short sleep schedule with the same total sleep opportunity, as well as to those of a well-rested control group.
Methods: Forty healthy young adults (18 males, age: 18-35) were assigned to either the monophasic short sleep group, which had a single 2-h sleep opportunity, or the polyphasic short sleep group, which followed the "Uberman" sleep schedule and had six 20-min sleep opportunities distributed evenly across 24-h (one every 4 h). Polysomnography was conducted during every sleep opportunity. Neurobehavioural functions were assessed at baseline (before the sleep opportunity manipulation started) and six times thereafter (once every 4 h).
Results: Both short sleep groups experienced greater subjective sleepiness, poorer vigilance and lower positive mood as compared to a well-rested control group. Relative to the monophasic short sleep group, the polyphasic short sleep group showed greater vigilance impairment, particularly in the morning. This was accompanied by greater reductions in total sleep time, longer total sleep onset latency and wake after sleep onset, as well as greater proportions of N1 and N2 but lower proportion of N3 sleep in the polyphasic short sleep group relative to the monophasic short sleep group.
Conclusions: In young adults, the "Uberman" polyphasic sleep schedule substantially reduces total sleep duration and sleep efficiency, even when compared to a monophasic sleep schedule with the same overall sleep opportunity, and may be associated with poorer neurobehavioural performance.
{"title":"Neurobehavioural functions and sleep architecture during polyphasic and monophasic short sleep schedules.","authors":"Tiffany B Koa, June C Lo","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>To investigate how sleep architecture and neurobehavioural functions change during a polyphasic short sleep schedule and to compare these responses to those of a monophasic short sleep schedule with the same total sleep opportunity, as well as to those of a well-rested control group.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty healthy young adults (18 males, age: 18-35) were assigned to either the monophasic short sleep group, which had a single 2-h sleep opportunity, or the polyphasic short sleep group, which followed the \"Uberman\" sleep schedule and had six 20-min sleep opportunities distributed evenly across 24-h (one every 4 h). Polysomnography was conducted during every sleep opportunity. Neurobehavioural functions were assessed at baseline (before the sleep opportunity manipulation started) and six times thereafter (once every 4 h).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both short sleep groups experienced greater subjective sleepiness, poorer vigilance and lower positive mood as compared to a well-rested control group. Relative to the monophasic short sleep group, the polyphasic short sleep group showed greater vigilance impairment, particularly in the morning. This was accompanied by greater reductions in total sleep time, longer total sleep onset latency and wake after sleep onset, as well as greater proportions of N1 and N2 but lower proportion of N3 sleep in the polyphasic short sleep group relative to the monophasic short sleep group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In young adults, the \"Uberman\" polyphasic sleep schedule substantially reduces total sleep duration and sleep efficiency, even when compared to a monophasic sleep schedule with the same overall sleep opportunity, and may be associated with poorer neurobehavioural performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura M Pape, Annemieke van Straten, Sascha Y Struijs, Julian D Karch, Philip Spinhoven, Niki Antypa
{"title":"Effectiveness of Guided Digital CBT-I- A Reflection on Active Control Conditions, Intervention Engagement, and Circadian Components.","authors":"Laura M Pape, Annemieke van Straten, Sascha Y Struijs, Julian D Karch, Philip Spinhoven, Niki Antypa","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interpreting the identification of glutamatergic inputs to the sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus and their role in REM sleep control: Insights and limitations.","authors":"Pengyu Zhao, Wioletta Rozpędek-Kamińska","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146119511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Effects of CPAP Therapy on Energy Balance and Body Composition.","authors":"Ahmet Cemal Pazarlı","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146119524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>Whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-dynamics-related glymphatic alterations occur in middle-aged and older adults with chronic insomnia (CI) remains unknown. We therefore examined global and network-level blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD)-CSF coupling in this population and assessed the effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) during standardized hypnotic tapering.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This two-stage study included a cross-sectional comparison and a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, sham-controlled trial. In Stage 1, 43 CI patients and 40 matched healthy controls completed sleep assessments and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to quantify global and network-level BOLD-CSF coupling. In Stage 2, 26 CI patients were randomized (1:1) to receive 4 weeks of active or sham LF-rTMS during hypnotic tapering. Sleep was assessed at baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 12 months. Neuroimaging was acquired at baseline and 4 weeks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CI patients showed significantly reduced global BOLD-CSF coupling, particularly in frontoparietal network (FPN) and default mode network (DMN). Global and FPN coupling correlated with sleep quality. In the randomized trial, LF-rTMS produced greater improvements in sleep at 4 weeks than sham resulted in fewer participants resuming hypnotics at 12 months. LF-rTMS increased global and DMN BOLD-CSF coupling, and these changes were associated with improvements in sleep.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Middle-aged and older adults with chronic insomnia exhibit reduced global BOLD-CSF coupling, indicating alterations in CSF dynamics that may relate to glymphatic function. LF-rTMS improved insomnia symptoms and modulated this coupling, indicating therapeutic potential for chronic insomnia.Trial Registration: ChiCTR2100049455.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial information: </strong>This trial is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR; ChiCTR2100049455), titled "Application of neurodegenerative techniques for insomnia and cognitive impairment in the elderly," with the registry record available at: https://www.chictr.org.cn/bin/project/edit?pid=130047.</p><p><strong>Statement of significance: </strong>This study demonstrates that middle-aged and older adults with chronic insomnia show reduced global blood oxygenation level-dependent (gBOLD)-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) coupling, indicating alterations in CSF-related dynamics that may reflect glymphatic-relevant processes at the cortical functional level. These alterations were most pronounced in high-order brain networks and were associated with poorer sleep quality. Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) applied to the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex modulated gBOLD-CSF coupling and improved sleep symptoms, with benefits maintained at 12 months. These findings suggest that disrupted CSF-dynamics c
{"title":"Reduced coupling between global brain activity and cerebrospinal fluid flow in middle-aged and older adults with chronic insomnia: enhancement by low-frequency rTMS.","authors":"Qian Lu, Hanqing Gu, Zongqing Jiang, Qianwen Yang, Wenbing Hu, Chuan He","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>Whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-dynamics-related glymphatic alterations occur in middle-aged and older adults with chronic insomnia (CI) remains unknown. We therefore examined global and network-level blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD)-CSF coupling in this population and assessed the effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) during standardized hypnotic tapering.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This two-stage study included a cross-sectional comparison and a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, sham-controlled trial. In Stage 1, 43 CI patients and 40 matched healthy controls completed sleep assessments and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to quantify global and network-level BOLD-CSF coupling. In Stage 2, 26 CI patients were randomized (1:1) to receive 4 weeks of active or sham LF-rTMS during hypnotic tapering. Sleep was assessed at baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 12 months. Neuroimaging was acquired at baseline and 4 weeks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CI patients showed significantly reduced global BOLD-CSF coupling, particularly in frontoparietal network (FPN) and default mode network (DMN). Global and FPN coupling correlated with sleep quality. In the randomized trial, LF-rTMS produced greater improvements in sleep at 4 weeks than sham resulted in fewer participants resuming hypnotics at 12 months. LF-rTMS increased global and DMN BOLD-CSF coupling, and these changes were associated with improvements in sleep.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Middle-aged and older adults with chronic insomnia exhibit reduced global BOLD-CSF coupling, indicating alterations in CSF dynamics that may relate to glymphatic function. LF-rTMS improved insomnia symptoms and modulated this coupling, indicating therapeutic potential for chronic insomnia.Trial Registration: ChiCTR2100049455.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial information: </strong>This trial is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR; ChiCTR2100049455), titled \"Application of neurodegenerative techniques for insomnia and cognitive impairment in the elderly,\" with the registry record available at: https://www.chictr.org.cn/bin/project/edit?pid=130047.</p><p><strong>Statement of significance: </strong>This study demonstrates that middle-aged and older adults with chronic insomnia show reduced global blood oxygenation level-dependent (gBOLD)-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) coupling, indicating alterations in CSF-related dynamics that may reflect glymphatic-relevant processes at the cortical functional level. These alterations were most pronounced in high-order brain networks and were associated with poorer sleep quality. Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) applied to the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex modulated gBOLD-CSF coupling and improved sleep symptoms, with benefits maintained at 12 months. These findings suggest that disrupted CSF-dynamics c","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146119619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protecting Sleep in a Noisy World.","authors":"Gary Garcia Molina","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146114295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Study objectives: Sleep resilience is the ability to maintain effective emotional, cognitive, and physical functioning despite disruptions to sleep/circadian rhythms. While conceptually related to sleep health, no validated measure currently exists. This cross-sectional survey study aimed to validate a novel self-report measure of sleep resilience, the Sleep Resilience Questionnaire (SRQ), and examine its associations with demographic features, sleep disturbance, and sleep-related impairment.
Methods: Our convenience sample included 455 adults (Mean age=45±17) in the United States who completed a demographic survey, PROMIS Sleep Disturbance (PROMIS-SD) and Sleep-Related Impairment (PROMIS-SRI), and retrospective and prospective SRQ forms (English version 1). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA) evaluated the SRQ's factor structure and internal consistency, and structural equation modeling examined associations with demographics, PROMIS-SD, and PROMIS-SRI.
Results: EFA and CFA supported a highly correlated two-factor retrospective SRQ structure and a unidimensional prospective SRQ structure with excellent fit and internal consistency (CFI & TLI>.99, RMSEA<.07, ω>.92). Lower sleep resilience was associated with greater sleep-related impairment (p<0.05) but not sleep disturbance. Younger age, men, higher education, greater number of dependents, and higher income were associated with lower sleep resilience in specific retrospective or prospective domains (p<0.05).
Conclusions: Findings suggest sleep resilience is a meaningful dimension of sleep health, associated with demographic and sleep-related impairments, and the SRQ forms appear to validly measure it. Despite limitations of the cross-sectional design, the SRQ may be useful for future research aimed at identifying potential intervention targets to improve sleep-related impairments.
{"title":"Sleep Resilience is a Novel Dimension of Sleep Health that is Associated with Sleep-Related Impairment: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Internal Consistency, and Predictive Validity Assessment of the Sleep Resilience Questionnaire in a US Adult Sample.","authors":"Dustin Sherriff, Chongming Yang, Kara M Duraccio","doi":"10.1093/sleep/zsag029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsag029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study objectives: </strong>Sleep resilience is the ability to maintain effective emotional, cognitive, and physical functioning despite disruptions to sleep/circadian rhythms. While conceptually related to sleep health, no validated measure currently exists. This cross-sectional survey study aimed to validate a novel self-report measure of sleep resilience, the Sleep Resilience Questionnaire (SRQ), and examine its associations with demographic features, sleep disturbance, and sleep-related impairment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Our convenience sample included 455 adults (Mean age=45±17) in the United States who completed a demographic survey, PROMIS Sleep Disturbance (PROMIS-SD) and Sleep-Related Impairment (PROMIS-SRI), and retrospective and prospective SRQ forms (English version 1). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA) evaluated the SRQ's factor structure and internal consistency, and structural equation modeling examined associations with demographics, PROMIS-SD, and PROMIS-SRI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>EFA and CFA supported a highly correlated two-factor retrospective SRQ structure and a unidimensional prospective SRQ structure with excellent fit and internal consistency (CFI & TLI>.99, RMSEA<.07, ω>.92). Lower sleep resilience was associated with greater sleep-related impairment (p<0.05) but not sleep disturbance. Younger age, men, higher education, greater number of dependents, and higher income were associated with lower sleep resilience in specific retrospective or prospective domains (p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest sleep resilience is a meaningful dimension of sleep health, associated with demographic and sleep-related impairments, and the SRQ forms appear to validly measure it. Despite limitations of the cross-sectional design, the SRQ may be useful for future research aimed at identifying potential intervention targets to improve sleep-related impairments.</p>","PeriodicalId":22018,"journal":{"name":"Sleep","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146114271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}