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Diminished event‐related cortical arousals and altered heart rate response in Parkinson's disease
Author(s) -
Sommerauer Michael,
Imbach Lukas L.,
Jarallah Mohan,
Baumann Christian R.,
Valko Philipp O.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.26165
Subject(s) - arousal , parkinson's disease , heart rate , medicine , cardiology , polysomnography , psychology , apnea , anesthesia , disease , neuroscience , blood pressure
Objectives In Parkinson's disease (PD), partial neuronal loss occurs in several arousal‐promoting structures, but the effects on arousability have not yet been studied. Methods Polysomnographic analysis of 70 PD patients and 70 control subjects matched for age, sex, body mass index, apnea‐hypopnea index (AHI), and periodic limb movements in sleep index (PLMSI). Results In PD patients, arousal frequency was diminished by 50% compared with controls (9.1 ± 7.6 vs. 18.6 ± 22.9/h; P < 0.001), and the correlations with AHI (rho = 0.266 vs. 0.503, P = 0.004) and PLMSI (rho = 0.082 vs. 0.354, P = 0.006) were weaker. Hoehn & Yahr stage was an independent negative predictor of arousal index (β = –0.297, P = 0.015). Normalization of heart rate increase after cortical arousals was prolonged in PD patients compared with controls ( P = 0.003). Conclusion Our findings indicate that the neurodegenerative process in PD is associated with an attenuated arousability to respiratory and motor events, and with an alteration of the heart rate pattern accompanying arousals. © 2015 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society