It has been estimated that 20%–45% of people worldwide can present frequent sleep disturbances (e.g., difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep). The lack of sleep and poor sleep quality can impair cognition, decision-making, psychomotor function, mood, and immune function, among others. Meanwhile, sleep disturbances are core symptoms in several neurological and neuropsychiatric clinical conditions where different brain circuitries are affected. Therefore, investigating the neuroimaging changes induced by sleep disturbances is important for understanding the neural mechanism of these disorders and developing targeted interventions. MRI technology, including structural MRI and functional MRI, can directly observe the brain’s structural and functional changes and sleep disturbances. In recent years, neuroimaging-guided interventions such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial alternating current stimulation(tACS), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targeted for sleep manipulations have shown great interest.
In this Research Topic, we encourage Original Research and Review applying neuroimaging methods mentioned above to investigate the following:
- Insomnia, sleep deprivation, obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and shift-work sleep disorders
- Sleep spindles/K-complex/slow-wave sleep oscillations
- Sleep disorders and emotional dysfunctions such as major depressive disorder/bipolar disorder/post-traumatic stress disorder /attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/schizophrenia/anxiety disorders
- Sleep disorders and neurological diseases such as dementia/Parkinson's disease
- Sleep-targeted therapies such as tDCS/tACS/TMS
Studies involving computational approaches, e.g., network analysis and machine learning for data processing and imaging analysis, are particularly welcomed. We are open to original research articles and reviews, and submissions must demonstrate how a single neuroimaging technique or combined methods determine how sleep disorders affect mental health in the healthy population and patients and the mechanisms behind this phenomenon. Emphasis is placed on translational value and clinical merit for these studies.
It has been estimated that 20%–45% of people worldwide can present frequent sleep disturbances (e.g., difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep). The lack of sleep and poor sleep quality can impair cognition, decision-making, psychomotor function, mood, and immune function, among others. Meanwhile, sleep disturbances are core symptoms in several neurological and neuropsychiatric clinical conditions where different brain circuitries are affected. Therefore, investigating the neuroimaging changes induced by sleep disturbances is important for understanding the neural mechanism of these disorders and developing targeted interventions. MRI technology, including structural MRI and functional MRI, can directly observe the brain’s structural and functional changes and sleep disturbances. In recent years, neuroimaging-guided interventions such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial alternating current stimulation(tACS), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targeted for sleep manipulations have shown great interest.
In this Research Topic, we encourage Original Research and Review applying neuroimaging methods mentioned above to investigate the following:
- Insomnia, sleep deprivation, obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and shift-work sleep disorders
- Sleep spindles/K-complex/slow-wave sleep oscillations
- Sleep disorders and emotional dysfunctions such as major depressive disorder/bipolar disorder/post-traumatic stress disorder /attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/schizophrenia/anxiety disorders
- Sleep disorders and neurological diseases such as dementia/Parkinson's disease
- Sleep-targeted therapies such as tDCS/tACS/TMS
Studies involving computational approaches, e.g., network analysis and machine learning for data processing and imaging analysis, are particularly welcomed. We are open to original research articles and reviews, and submissions must demonstrate how a single neuroimaging technique or combined methods determine how sleep disorders affect mental health in the healthy population and patients and the mechanisms behind this phenomenon. Emphasis is placed on translational value and clinical merit for these studies.
