George Zabrecky, Shiva Shahrampour, Cutler Whitely, Mahdi Alizadeh, Chris Conklin, Nancy Wintering, Karl Doghramji, Tingting Zhan, Feroze Mohamed, Andrew Newberg, Daniel Monti
Background: It is well known that vibratory and auditory stimuli from vehicles such as cars and trains can help induce sleep. More recent literature suggests that specific types of vibratory and acoustic stimulation might help promote sleep, but this has not been tested with neuroimaging. Thus, the purpose of this study was to observe the effects of vibroacoustic stimulation (providing both vibratory and auditory stimuli) on functional connectivity changes in the brain using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI), and compare these changes to improvements in sleep in patients with insomnia...
2020: Sleep Disorders