Heritability of Sleep Electroencephalogram
| Autor: | Adam Wichniak, Alexander Yassouridis, Elisabeth Friess, Juliane Winkelmann, Stefanie Kalus, Thomas Bettecken, Sonja Lietzenmaier, Urte Ambrosius, Florian Holsboer, Renate Wehrle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Adolescent Polysomnography Concordance Rapid eye movement sleep Electroencephalography Non-rapid eye movement sleep Twins Dizygotic medicine Humans Biological Psychiatry Analysis of Variance medicine.diagnostic_test Spectrum Analysis Twins Monozygotic Heritability Twin study Twin Studies as Topic Female Sleep Stages Sleep Psychology Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Biological Psychiatry. 64:344-348 |
| ISSN: | 0006-3223 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.03.002 |
| Popis: | Background Understanding the basis of sleep-related endophenotypes might help to pinpoint factors modulating susceptibility to psychiatric disorders. However, the genetic underpinnings of sleep microarchitecture in humans remain largely unknown. Here we report on the results of a classical twin study in monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs examining the genetic effect on sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) composition. Methods Polysomnographic recordings were obtained in 35 pairs of MZ (26.4 ± 5.4 years, 17–43 years, 17 male pairs, 18 female pairs) and 14 same-gender pairs of DZ twins (22.1 ± 2.7 years, 18–26 years, 7 male pairs, 7 female pairs). The EEG power spectra were generated on the basis of Fast Fourier transformations combined with conventional sleep parameters, according to standardized criteria. Results We tested the genetic variance contributing to the observed overall variance of the sleep measures and found that the relative contributions of the δ, θ, α, and σ frequency bands at central derivations were significantly correlated to the genetic background. In these frequency bands, MZ twins also showed within-pair concordance in spectral power that was significantly higher than that of DZ twins. Conclusions The broad overlap of EEG frequencies during non-REM sleep and wakefulness, which shows a significant genetic variance, supports the hypothesis of common neuronal mechanisms generating EEG oscillations in humans. Our findings strongly support the suitability of the spectral composition of non-REM sleep for defining endophenotypes. |
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