Brain structural correlates of subjective sleepiness and insomnia symptoms in shift workersopen access
- Authors
- Jeong, Hyunwoo; Yeo, Hyewon; Lee, Kyung Hwa; Kim, Nambeom; Shin, Jiyoon; Seo, Min Cheol; Jeon, Sehyun; Lee, Yu Jin; Kim, Seog Ju
- Issue Date
- Feb-2024
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Keywords
- shift worker; sleepiness; insomnia; brain imaging; neuroimaging; motor cortex; cortical surface area; putamen
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE, v.18
- Journal Title
- FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
- Volume
- 18
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/90905
- DOI
- 10.3389/fnins.2024.1330695
- ISSN
- 1662-4548
1662-453X
- Abstract
- Background Studies on the brain structures of shift workers are limited; thus, this cross-sectional study aimed to compare the brain structures and the brain structural correlates of subjective sleepiness and insomnia symptoms between shift workers and non-shift workers.Methods Shift workers (n = 63) and non-shift workers (n = 58) completed questionnaires assessing subjective sleepiness and insomnia symptoms. Cortical thickness, cortical surface area, and subcortical volumes were measured by magnetic resonance imaging. The brain morphometric measures were compared between the groups, and interaction analyses using the brain morphometric measures as the dependent variable were performed to test the interactions between the study group and measures of sleep disturbance (i.e., subjective sleepiness and insomnia symptoms).Results No differences in cortical thickness, cortical surface area, or subcortical volumes were detected between shift workers and non-shift workers. A single cluster in the left motor cortex showed a significant interaction between the study group and subjective sleepiness in the cortical surface area. The correlation between the left motor cortex surface area and the subjective sleepiness level was negative in shift workers and positive in non-shift workers. Significant interaction between the study group and insomnia symptoms was present for the left/right putamen volumes. The correlation between the left/right putamen volumes and insomnia symptom levels was positive in shift workers and negative in non-shift workers.Conclusion Left motor cortex surface area and bilateral putamen volumes were unique structural correlates of subjective sleepiness and insomnia symptoms in shift workers, respectively.
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