PMID- 31793113 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210107 LR - 20210107 IS - 1365-2869 (Electronic) IS - 0962-1105 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 5 DP - 2020 Oct TI - Connectivity within the default mode network mediates the association between chronotype and sleep quality. PG - e12948 LID - 10.1111/jsr.12948 [doi] AB - A late chronotype is associated with poor sleep quality, but the fundamental neural mechanism underlying this association remains unclear. Eyes-open resting-state functional MRI scans were obtained from 87 participants after extended wakefulness, and four subregions of the default mode network were extracted and analysed. Partial correlation analysis revealed that the functional connectivity between the precuneus and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) was significantly correlated both with sleep quality and circadian preference of the participants. Mediation analysis found that the precuneus-mPFC link fully mediated the correlation between chronotype and sleep quality. We concluded that increased neural communication in the midline cores of the default mode network (DMN) may be responsible for the poor sleep quality of late chronotypes. As late chronotypes exhibit vulnerability to many mental disorders, our results can be used to refine pathophysiological models and provide therapy for such psychological disorders. CI - (c) 2019 European Sleep Research Society. FAU - Tian, Yun AU - Tian Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1337-5579 AD - Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Chongqing, China. FAU - Chen, Xinyuan AU - Chen X AD - Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Chongqing, China. FAU - Xu, Dan AU - Xu D AD - Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Chongqing, China. FAU - Yu, Jing AU - Yu J AD - Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Chongqing, China. FAU - Lei, Xu AU - Lei X AD - Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Chongqing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20191203 PL - England TA - J Sleep Res JT - Journal of sleep research JID - 9214441 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Default Mode Network/*physiopathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods MH - Male MH - Sleep Wake Disorders/*physiopathology MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - chronotype OT - default mode network OT - rs-fMRI OT - sleep quality EDAT- 2019/12/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/08 06:00 CRDT- 2019/12/04 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/12/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jsr.12948 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Sleep Res. 2020 Oct;29(5):e12948. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12948. Epub 2019 Dec 3.