Gray matter hypertrophy and thickening with obstructive sleep apnea in middle-aged and older adults
Gray matter increases with obstructive sleep apnea
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American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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American Thoracic Society
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- Sleep-disordered breathing
- Aging
- Neuroimaging
- Hypoxemia
- Cerebral cortex
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Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnea causes intermittent hypoxemia, hemodynamic fluctuations,
and sleep fragmentation, all of which could damage cerebral gray matter that can be indirectly
assessed with neuroimaging.
Objectives: To investigate whether markers of obstructive sleep apnea severity are associated
with gray matter changes among middle-aged and older individuals.
Methods: Seventy-one subjects (ages: 55 to 76; apnea–hypopnea index: 0.2 to 96.6 events/h)
were evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging. Two techniques were used: 1) voxel-based
morphometry, which measures gray matter volume and concentration; 2) FreeSurfer automated
segmentation, which estimates the volume of predefined cortical/subcortical regions and cortical
thickness. Regression analyses were performed between gray matter characteristics and markers
of obstructive sleep apnea severity (hypoxemia, respiratory disturbances, sleep fragmentation).
Measurements and Main Results: Subjects had few symptoms, i.e. sleepiness, depression,
anxiety and cognitive deficits. While no association was found with voxel-based morphometry,
FreeSurfer revealed increased gray matter with obstructive sleep apnea. Higher levels of
hypoxemia correlated with increased volume and thickness of the left lateral prefrontal cortex as
well as increased thickness of the right frontal pole, the right lateral parietal lobules, and the left
posterior cingulate cortex. Respiratory disturbances positively correlated with right amygdala
volume while more severe sleep fragmentation was associated with increased thickness of the
inferior frontal gyrus.
Conclusions: Gray matter hypertrophy and thickening were associated with hypoxemia,
respiratory disturbances, and sleep fragmentation. These structural changes in a group of middle-aged and older individuals may represent adaptive/reactive brain mechanisms attributed to a
presymptomatic stage of obstructive sleep apnea.
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