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Microsleep

MedGen UID:
1853220
•Concept ID:
C4049266
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Short duration sleep
 
HPO: HP:5200289

Definition

Sudden onset of extreme drowsiness or falling asleep during the day for a short period of time. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMicrosleep

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Intensive sleep retraining treatment for insomnia administered by smartphone in the home: an uncontrolled pilot study.
Mair A, Scott H, Lack L
J Clin Sleep Med 2022 Jun 1;18(6):1515-1522. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9892. PMID: 35641889Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Truck collisions attributed to falling asleep at the wheel in two commercial drivers prescribed oral appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnea.
Kumagai H, Tsuda H, Kawaguchi K, Sawatari H, Kiyohara Y, Konishi N, Taniyama Y, Takaoka T, Shiomi T
J Clin Sleep Med 2023 Dec 1;19(12):2117-2122. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10758. PMID: 37551827Free PMC Article
Advanced emergency braking system reduces the risk of motor vehicle collisions caused by falling asleep while driving in patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea.
Arita A, Kumagai H, Sawatari H, Hoshino T, Konishi N, Murase Y, Urabe A, Nomura A, Sasanabe R, Shiomi T
J Sleep Res 2023 Feb;32(1):e13713. Epub 2022 Aug 26 doi: 10.1111/jsr.13713. PMID: 36053798
Reservoir computing approaches to microsleep detection.
Weddell SJ, Ayyagari S, Jones RD
J Neural Eng 2021 Mar 31;18(4) doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/abcb7f. PMID: 33205754
Microsleep as a marker of sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea patients.
Morrone E, D'Artavilla Lupo N, Trentin R, Pizza F, Risi I, Arcovio S, Fanfulla F
J Sleep Res 2020 Apr;29(2):e12882. Epub 2019 Jun 10 doi: 10.1111/jsr.12882. PMID: 31180173
A normative study of the maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT).
Doghramji K, Mitler MM, Sangal RB, Shapiro C, Taylor S, Walsleben J, Belisle C, Erman MK, Hayduk R, Hosn R, O'Malley EB, Sangal JM, Schutte SL, Youakim JM
Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1997 Nov;103(5):554-62. doi: 10.1016/s0013-4694(97)00010-2. PMID: 9402886Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Sleepiness and the transition from wakefulness to sleep.
Andrillon T, Taillard J, Strauss M
Neurophysiol Clin 2024 Apr;54(2):102954. Epub 2024 Mar 8 doi: 10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102954. PMID: 38460284
Prediction of microsleeps from EEG: Preliminary results.
Shoorangiz R, Weddell SJ, Jones RD
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016 Aug;2016:4650-4653. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591764. PMID: 28269311
An fMRI study of abrupt-awake episodes during behavioral microsleeps.
Chou YH, Chuang CC, Zao JK, Ko LW, Lin CT
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2011;2011:5060-3. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091253. PMID: 22255476
Microsleep and sleepiness: a comparison of multiple sleep latency test and scoring of microsleep as a diagnostic test for excessive daytime sleepiness.
Tirunahari VL, Zaidi SA, Sharma R, Skurnick J, Ashtyani H
Sleep Med 2003 Jan;4(1):63-7. doi: 10.1016/s1389-9457(02)00250-2. PMID: 14592362
Altered states of consciousness in disorders of daytime sleepiness.
Guilleminault C, Billiard M, Montplaisir J, Dement WC
J Neurol Sci 1975 Nov;26(3):377-93. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(75)90209-9. PMID: 1185238

Therapy

Polysomnographic Predictors of Sleep, Motor, and Cognitive Dysfunction Progression in Parkinson's Disease.
Dijkstra F, de Volder I, Viaene M, Cras P, Crosiers D
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2022 Oct;22(10):657-674. Epub 2022 Aug 22 doi: 10.1007/s11910-022-01226-2. PMID: 35994190
Automatic detection of microsleep episodes with feature-based machine learning.
Skorucak J, Hertig-Godeschalk A, Schreier DR, Malafeev A, Mathis J, Achermann P
Sleep 2020 Jan 13;43(1) doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz225. PMID: 31559424
Microsleep is associated with brain activity patterns unperturbed by auditory inputs.
Yong Z, Tan JH, Hsieh PJ
J Neurophysiol 2019 Dec 1;122(6):2568-2575. Epub 2019 Sep 25 doi: 10.1152/jn.00825.2018. PMID: 31553690
Modafinil as an adjunctive treatment to sleep deprivation in depression.
Even C, Thuile J, Santos J, Bourgin P
J Psychiatry Neurosci 2005 Nov;30(6):432-3. PMID: 16327878Free PMC Article
Interest of modafinil, a new psychostimulant, during a sixty-hour sleep deprivation experiment.
Lagarde D, Batejat D, Van Beers P, Sarafian D, Pradella S
Fundam Clin Pharmacol 1995;9(3):271-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1995.tb00295.x. PMID: 7557823

Prognosis

Polysomnographic Predictors of Sleep, Motor, and Cognitive Dysfunction Progression in Parkinson's Disease.
Dijkstra F, de Volder I, Viaene M, Cras P, Crosiers D
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2022 Oct;22(10):657-674. Epub 2022 Aug 22 doi: 10.1007/s11910-022-01226-2. PMID: 35994190
Detection of microsleep states from the EEG: a comparison of feature reduction methods.
Ayyagari SSDP, Jones RD, Weddell SJ
Med Biol Eng Comput 2021 Aug;59(7-8):1643-1657. Epub 2021 Jul 17 doi: 10.1007/s11517-021-02386-y. PMID: 34275069
Towards better microsleep predictions in fatigued drivers: exploring benefits of personality traits and IQ.
Hidalgo-Gadea G, Kreuder A, Krajewski J, Vorstius C
Ergonomics 2021 Jun;64(6):778-792. Epub 2021 Apr 16 doi: 10.1080/00140139.2021.1882707. PMID: 33538641
Ensemble learning based on overlapping clusters of subjects to predict microsleep states from EEG.
Buriro AB, Shoorangiz R, Weddell SJ, Jones RD
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2018 Jul;2018:3036-3039. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512962. PMID: 30441035
Prediction of microsleeps from EEG: Preliminary results.
Shoorangiz R, Weddell SJ, Jones RD
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016 Aug;2016:4650-4653. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591764. PMID: 28269311

Clinical prediction guides

Advanced emergency braking system reduces the risk of motor vehicle collisions caused by falling asleep while driving in patients with untreated obstructive sleep apnea.
Arita A, Kumagai H, Sawatari H, Hoshino T, Konishi N, Murase Y, Urabe A, Nomura A, Sasanabe R, Shiomi T
J Sleep Res 2023 Feb;32(1):e13713. Epub 2022 Aug 26 doi: 10.1111/jsr.13713. PMID: 36053798
EEG-based Classification of Microsleep by Means of Feature Selection: An Application in Aviation.
Guragain B, Rad AB, Wang C, Verma AK, Archer L, Wilson N, Tavakolian K
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2019 Jul;2019:4060-4063. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856429. PMID: 31946764
Ensemble learning based on overlapping clusters of subjects to predict microsleep states from EEG.
Buriro AB, Shoorangiz R, Weddell SJ, Jones RD
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2018 Jul;2018:3036-3039. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512962. PMID: 30441035
Prediction of microsleeps from EEG: Preliminary results.
Shoorangiz R, Weddell SJ, Jones RD
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016 Aug;2016:4650-4653. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591764. PMID: 28269311
A normative study of the maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT).
Doghramji K, Mitler MM, Sangal RB, Shapiro C, Taylor S, Walsleben J, Belisle C, Erman MK, Hayduk R, Hosn R, O'Malley EB, Sangal JM, Schutte SL, Youakim JM
Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1997 Nov;103(5):554-62. doi: 10.1016/s0013-4694(97)00010-2. PMID: 9402886Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Polysomnographic Predictors of Sleep, Motor, and Cognitive Dysfunction Progression in Parkinson's Disease.
Dijkstra F, de Volder I, Viaene M, Cras P, Crosiers D
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2022 Oct;22(10):657-674. Epub 2022 Aug 22 doi: 10.1007/s11910-022-01226-2. PMID: 35994190

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