Article Dans Une Revue Neurological Sciences Année : 2022

A night of sleep deprivation alters brain connectivity and affects specific executive functions

Antonella Paccone
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Sleep is a fundamental physiological process necessary for efficient cognitive functioning especially in relation to memory consolidation and executive functions, such as attentional and switching abilities. The lack of sleep strongly alters the connectivity of some resting-state networks, such as default mode network and attentional network. In this study, by means of magnetoencephalography (MEG) and specific cognitive tasks, we investigated how brain topology and cognitive functioning are affected by 24 h of sleep deprivation (SD). Thirty-two young men underwent resting-state MEG recording and evaluated in letter cancellation task (LCT) and task switching (TS) before and after SD. Results showed a worsening in the accuracy and speed of execution in the LCT and a reduction of reaction times in the TS, evidencing thus a worsening of attentional but not of switching abilities. Moreover, we observed that 24 h of SD induced large-scale rearrangements in the functional network. These findings evidence that 24 h of SD is able to alter brain connectivity and selectively affects cognitive domains which are under the control of different brain networks.

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hal-03552857 , version 1 (11-06-2023)

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Matteo Pesoli, Rosaria Rucco, Marianna Liparoti, Anna Lardone, Giulia D’aurizio, et al.. A night of sleep deprivation alters brain connectivity and affects specific executive functions. Neurological Sciences, 2022, 43 (2), pp.1025-1034. ⟨10.1007/s10072-021-05437-2⟩. ⟨hal-03552857⟩
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