title: Investigating the Role of Hypothalamic Tumor Involvement in Sleep and Cognitive Outcomes Among Children Treated for Craniopharyngioma.
abstract: Despite excellent survival prognosis, children treated for craniopharyngioma experience significant morbidity. We examined the role of hypothalamic involvement (HI) in excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and attention regulation in children enrolled on a Phase II trial of limited surgery and proton therapy.
  
  
  
  Participants completed a sleep evaluation (N = 62) and a continuous performance test (CPT) during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI; n = 29) prior to proton therapy.
  
  
  
  EDS was identified in 76% of the patients and was significantly related to increased HI extent (p = .04). There was no relationship between CPT performance during fMRI and HI or EDS. Visual examination of group composite fMRI images revealed greater spatial extent of activation in frontal cortical regions in patients with EDS, consistent with a compensatory activation hypothesis.
  
  
  
  Routine screening for sleep problems during therapy is indicated for children with craniopharyngioma, to optimize the timing of interventions and reduce long-term morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, lisa.jacola@stjude.org.
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jacola
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Conklin
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging.
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Scoggins
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ashford
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, and.
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Research, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
authors.forename: Belinda N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Mandrell
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ogg
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Methodist Healthcare Sleep Disorders Center, and.
authors.forename: Merrill S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Indelicato
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Valerie M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000473:pathology*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cancer and oncology; neuropsychology; sleep