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Generalized EEG Slowing Across Phasic REM Sleep, Not Subjective RBD Severity, Predicts Neurodegeneration in Idiopathic RBD

Journal

NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages 407-418

Publisher

DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/NSS.S354063

Keywords

idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder; neurodegenerative diseases; EEG slowing; RBD severity; phenoconversion; neuroprotective therapy

Funding

  1. National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC0909100]
  2. Jiangsu Provincial Key RD Program [BE2018658]
  3. Discipline Construction Program of the Second Affiliated Hospital Soochow University [XKTJ-XK202001]
  4. Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
  5. Suzhou Medical and Health Technology Innovation Project [SKJY2021090]
  6. Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [SJCX21_1348]

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EEG slowing during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, especially during the phasic period, may be a promising marker in predicting phenoconversion in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), rather than subjective RBD severity.
Purpose: Idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is the prodromal marker of alpha-synuclein degeneration with markedly high predictive value. We aim to evaluate the value of electroencephalography (EEG) data during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and subjective RBD severity in predicting the conversion to neurodegenerative diseases in iRBD patients. Methods: At the baseline, iRBD patients underwent clinical assessment and video-polysomnography (PSG). Relative spectral power for nine frequency bands during phasic and tonic REM sleep in three regions of interest, slow-to-fast ratios, clinical and PSG variables were estimated and compared between iRBD patients who converted to neurodegenerative diseases (iRBD-C) and iRBD patients who remained disease-free (iRBD-NC). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves evaluated the predictive performance of slow-tofast ratios, and subjective RBD severity as assessed with RBD Questionnaire-Hong Kong. Results: Twenty-two (33.8%) patients eventually developed neurodegenerative diseases. The iRBD-C group showed shorter total sleep time (p < 0.001), lower stage 2 sleep percentage (p = 0.044), more periodic leg-movement-related arousal index (p = 0.004), increased tonic chin electromyelographic activity (p = 0.040) and higher REM density in the third REM episode (p = 0.034) than the iRBD-NC group. EEG spectral power analyses revealed that iRBD phenoconverters showed significantly higher delta and lower alpha power, especially in central and occipital regions during the phasic REM state compared to the iRBD-NC group. Significantly higher slow-to-fast ratios were observed in a more generalized way during the phasic state in the iRBD-C group compared to the iRBD-NC group. ROC analyses of the slowing ratio in occipital areas during phasic REM sleep yielded an area under the curve of 0.749 (p = 0.001), while no significant predictive value of subjective RBD severity was observed. Conclusion: Our study shows that EEG slowing, especially in a more generalized manner during the phasic period, may be a promising marker in predicting phenoconversion in iRBD, rather than subjective RBD severity.

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