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@ARTICLE{Boschert:862127,
author = {Boschert, Alessa and Elmenhorst, David and Gauger, Peter
and Li, Zhili and Garcia-Gutierrez, Maria T. and Gerlach,
Darius and Johannes, Bernd and Zange, Jochen and Bauer,
Andreas and Rittweger, Jörn},
title = {{S}leep is compromised in -12° head down tilt position},
journal = {Journal of sleep research},
volume = {10},
issn = {1365-2869},
publisher = {Frontiers in Physiology},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-02483},
pages = {397},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Recent studies are elucidating the interrelation between
sleep, cranial perfusion, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
circulation. Head down tilt (HDT) as a simulation of
microgravity reduces cranial perfusion. Therefore, our aim
was to assess whether HDT is affecting sleep
(clinicaltrials.gov; identifier NCT 02976168). 11 male
subjects were recruited for a cross-over designed study.
Each subject participated in two campaigns each comprising 3
days and 2 nights. Intervention started on the second
campaign day and consisted of maintenance of horizontal
position or −12° HDT for 21 h. Ultrasound measurements
were performed before, at the beginning and the end of
intervention. Polysomnographic measurements were assessed in
the second night which was either spent in horizontal
posture or at −12° HDT. Endpoints were sleep efficiency,
sleep onset latency, number of sleep state changes and
arousals, percentages of N3, REM, light sleep stages and
subjective sleep parameters. N3 and REM sleep reduced by
25.6 and 19.1 min, respectively (P = 0.002, g = -0.898; P =
0.035, g = -0.634) during −12° HDT. Light sleep (N1/2)
increased by 33.0 min at −12° HDT (P = 0.002, g = 1.078).
On a scale from 1 to 9 subjective sleep quality deteriorated
by 1.3 points during −12° HDT (P = 0.047, g = -0.968).
Ultrasonic measurement of the venous system showed a
significant increase of the minimum (P = 0.009, P < 0.001)
and maximum (P = 0.004, P = 0.002) cross-sectional area of
the internal jugular vein at −12° HDT. The minimum
cross-sectional area of the external jugular vein differed
significantly between conditions over time (P = 0.001)
whereas frontal skin tissue thickness was not significantly
different between conditions (P = 0.077, P = 0.811). Data
suggests venous congestion at −12° HDT. Since subjects
felt comfortable with lying in −12° HDT under our
experimental conditions, this posture only moderately
deteriorates sleep. Obviously, the human body can almost
compensate the several fold effects of gravity in HDT
posture like an affected CSF circulation, airway
obstruction, unusual patterns of propioception and effects
on the cardiovascular system.},
cin = {INM-2},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-2-20090406},
pnm = {573 - Neuroimaging (POF3-573)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-573},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:31040791},
UT = {WOS:000465090600001},
doi = {10.3389/fphys.2019.00397},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/862127},
}