EEG Power Spectral Analysis of Abnormal Cortical Activations During REM/NREM Sleep in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

作者：Shilin Liu, Jiucheng Shen, Yezhou Li, Jing Wang, Jianhua Wang, Juan Xu, Qiaojun Wang, Rui Chen · 发表于：Frontiers in Neurology · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3389/fneur.2021.643855 · 被引用次数：59 · 研究领域：Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research、Sleep and Wakefulness Research、Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Objective: To characterize electroencephalogram (EEG) power in different frequency bands during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: Retrospective data on 151 patients were collected and divided into three groups: primary snoring group (AHI < 5/h), mild-moderate OSA group (6 ≤ AHI < 30/h), and severe OSA group (AHI ≥ 30/h). EEG recordings in the frontal, central, and occipital regions were extracted from both REM and NREM sleep, to compute the normalized spectral power densities in the delta, theta, alpha, sigma, beta, and gamma frequency bands, using Fast Fourier Transform. Correlations between the computed EEG power and PSG parameters were analyzed. Results: In NREM sleep, elevated normalized power spectral density (PSD) in the delta band was observed in the severe OSA group compared to the other two groups. In contrast, the PSD of the other frequency bands showed a corresponding decrease in the severe OSA group. In REM sleep, similar changes were observed in the frontal region. Delta band PSD was positively correlated with Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) ( r = 0.33), longest time of apnea, oxygen desaturation index (ODI) ( r = 0.34), percent sleep time below 90% SaO 2 (T90%) ( r = 0.30), Arousal Index (ArI) ( r = 0.29), and negatively correlated with N3%, minimum oxygen saturation (minSaO 2 ). Conclusion: Our findings provide neurophysiological evidence for pathological cort...