Abstract
Neuroimaging and genetics studies have advanced our understanding of the neurobiology of sleep and its disorders. However, individual studies usually have limitations to identifying consistent and reproducible effects, including modest sample sizes, heterogeneous clinical characteristics and varied methodologies. These issues call for a large-scale multi-centre effort in sleep research, in order to increase the number of samples, and harmonize the methods of data collection, preprocessing and analysis using pre-registered well-established protocols. The Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) consortium provides a powerful collaborative framework for combining datasets across individual sites. Recently, we have launched the ENIGMA-Sleep working group with the collaboration of several institutes from 15 countries to perform large-scale worldwide neuroimaging and genetics studies for better understanding the neurobiology of impaired sleep quality in population-based healthy individuals, the neural consequences of sleep deprivation, pathophysiology of sleep disorders, as well as neural correlates of sleep disturbances across various neuropsychiatric disorders. In this introductory review, we describe the details of our currently available datasets and our ongoing projects in the ENIGMA-Sleep group, and discuss both the potential challenges and opportunities of a collaborative initiative in sleep medicine.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e13347 |
Journal | Journal of Sleep Research |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Funders | Funder number |
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Université de Liège | |
German Federal State of Mecklenburg‐West Pomerania | |
Dagmar Dolby Family Fund | |
Helse Midt-Norge | |
Fresenius Medical Care North America | |
Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania | |
National Funds FNRS | |
Wallonia‐Brussels Federation | |
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | |
German Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania | |
Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet | |
Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly | |
Federal State of Mecklenburg‐West Pomerania | |
Erasmus Medisch Centrum | |
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | |
European Commission | |
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport | |
German Restless Legs Syndrome Society | |
ZonMw | |
European Research Council | |
European Regional Development Fund | |
FNRS-Belgium | |
Fondation Simone et Pierre Clerdent | |
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap | |
Respiratory Health Association | |
Walloon excellence in life sciences and biotechnology | WELBIO‐CR‐2010‐06E |
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 757763 |
FNRS‐Belgium | 3.4516.11 |
Australian Research Council | 09/14‐03 |
National Institute on Aging | Z01AG000914, R01AG056531 |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation | ARC - 09/14-03 |
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond | P15‐0310:1 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | GR 1912/13‐1 |
National Institute of Mental Health | K01MH117442 |
Keywords
- ENIGMA consortium
- large-scale collaboration
- neurogenetics
- neuroimaging
- sleep