Diurnal Variation and Twenty-Four Hour Sleep Deprivation Do Not Alter Supine Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Male Young Adults.
Heart rate variability (HRV) has become an increasingly popular index of cardiac autonomic control in the biobehavioral sciences due to its relationship with mental illness and cognitive traits. However, the intraindividual stability of HRV in response to sleep and diurnal disturbances, which are commonly reported in mental illness, and its relationship with executive function are not well understood. Here, in 40 healthy adult males we calculated high frequency HRV-an index of parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activity-using pulse oximetry during brain imaging, and assessed attentional and executive function performance in a subsequent behavioral test session at three time points: morning, evening, and the following morning. Twenty participants were randomly selected for total sleep deprivation whereas the other 20 participants slept as normal. Sleep deprivation and morning-to-night variation did not influence high frequency HRV at either a group or individual level; however, sleep deprivation abolished the relationship between orienting attention performance and HRV. We conclude that a day of wake and a night of laboratory-induced sleep deprivation do not alter supine high frequency HRV in young healthy male adults.
NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Daniel S
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-0004
DS
Quintana
NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Torbjørn
T
Elvsåshagen
NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Nathalia
N
Zak
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Linn B
LB
Norbom
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Per Ø
PØ
Pedersen
Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.
Sophia H
SH
Quraishi
The Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Atle
A
Bjørnerud
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.|Department of Research and Education, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Ulrik F
UF
Malt
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.|The Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Inge R
IR
Groote
NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Tobias
T
Kaufmann
NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Ole A
OA
Andreassen
NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, University of Oslo, and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Lars T
LT
Westlye
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016683:Supine Position / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult