Dual roles of the amygdala-hippocampus circuit in the regulation of rapid eye movement sleep and depression symptoms by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with insomnia

To the editor:It is commonly reported that people with insomnia often experience comorbid emotional disorders,such as mood and anxiety disorders.12 A study found that fragmented rapid eye movement(REM)sleep in individuals with insomnia is associated with higher Beck Depression Inventory(BDI)scores.3 REM sleep architecture disruption is a typical symptom of insomnia.

Comparisons of transcranial alternating current stimulation and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment therapy for insomnia:a pilot study

To the editor:Insomnia disorder has a serious and widespread detrimental effect on humans with comorbidity with other mental or physical health problems.In recent years,noninvasive brain stimulation(NIBS)techniques,especially transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS)and transcranial electrical stimulation,have been increasingly used for the treatment of brain diseases,including insomnia disorder.

On-the-Fly Nonadiabatic Dynamics of Caffeic Acid Sunscreen Compound

As a widely-used sunscreen com-pound,the caffeic acid(CA)shows the strong UV absorption,while the photoinduced reaction mecha-nisms behind its photoprotection ability are not fully understood.We try to investigate the photoin-duced internal conversion dynam-ics of CA in order to explore the photoprotection mechanism.The most stable CA isomer is selected to examine its nonadiabatic dy-namics using the on-the-fly surface hopping simulations at the semi-empirical level of electronic-struc-ture theory.The dynamics starting from different electronic states are simulated to explore the dependence of the photoinduced reaction channels on the excitation wavelengths.Several S1/S0 conical intersections,driven by the H-atom detachments and the ring deformations,have been found to be responsible for the nonadiabatic decay of the CA.The simulation re-sults show that the branching ratios towards these intersections are modified by the light with different excitation energies.This provides the valuable information for the understanding of the photoprotection mechanism of the CA compound.

Electroencephalography microstates as novel functional biomarkers for insomnia disorder

Background Insomnia disorder(ID)is one of the most common mental disorders.Research on ID focuses on exploring its mechanism of disease,novel treatments and treatment outcome prediction.An emerging technique in this field is the use of electroencephalography(EEG)microstates,which offer a new method of EEG feature extraction that incorporates information from both temporal and 6/spatial dimensions.Aims To explore the electrophysiological mechanisms of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS)for ID treatment and use baseline microstate metrics for the prediction of its efficacy.Methods This study included 60 patients with ID and 40 age-matched and gender-matched good sleep controls(GSC).Their resting-state EEG microstates were analysed,and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)and polysomnography(PSG)were collected to assess sleep quality.The 60 patients with ID were equally divided into active and sham groups to receive rTMS for 20 days to test whether rTMS had a moderating effect on abnormal microstates in patients with ID.Furthermore,in an independent group of 90 patients with ID who received rTMS treatment,patients were divided into optimal and suboptimal groups based on their median PSQI reduction rate.Baseline EEG microstates were used to build a machine-learning predictive model for the effects of rTMS treatment.Results The class D microstate was less frequent and contribute in patients with ID,and these abnormalities were associated with sleep onset latency as measured by PSG.Additinally,the abnormalities were partially reversed to the levels observed in the GSC group following rTMS treatment.The baseline microstate characteristics could predict the therapeutic effect of ID after 20 days of rTMS,with an accuracy of 80.13%.Conclusions Our study highlights the value of EEG microstates as functional biomarkers of ID and provides a new perspective for studying the neurophysiological mechanisms of ID.In addition,we predicted the therapeutic effect of rTMS on ID based on the baseline microstates of patients with ID.This finding carries great practical significance for the selection of therapeutic options for patients with ID.

Discharge and jet characteristics of gliding arc plasma igniter driven by pressure difference

Stable combustion in an afterburner can help increase the thrust of the engine in a short time,thereby improving the maneuverability of a fighter.To improve the ignition performance of an afterburner,a twin-duct ignition platform was designed to study the performance of a gliding arc plasma igniter in close-to-real afterburner conditions.The research was carried out by a combination of experiments and simulations.The working environment of the igniter was explored through a numerical simulation.The results showed that the airflow ejected from the radiating holes formed a swirling sheath,which increased the anti-interference ability of the airflow jet.The influence of the pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the igniter(Δp),the flow rate outside the igniter outlet(W_(2)),and the installation angle(α)on the singlecycle discharge energy(E)as well as the maximum arc length(L)were studied through experiments.Three stages were identified:the airflow breakdown stage,the arc evolution stage,and the arc fracture stage.E and L increased by 107.3%and 366.2%,respectively,withΔp increasing from 10 to 70 Torr.The relationship between L andΔp obtained by data fitting is L=3-2.47/(1+(Δp/25)^(4)).The relationship of L at differentαis L_(α=0°)>(L_(α=45°)and L_(α=135°))>L_(α=180°)>L_(α=90°).E and L decrease by 18.2%and 37.3%,respectively,whenΔp=45 Torr and W_(2) is increased from 0 to 250 l min^(-1).

Modulating sparks in a pulse train for repetitive and energy efficient plasma generation

Spark is a widely studied plasma source for active species production;however,it ex-periences unstable transitions(e.g.to a thermal arc)at high frequencies or long pulse durations.In this study,the sparks generated in a pulse train were studied and modulated based on a physics‐corrected deep learning method.Our results show that a highly repeatable and stable spark plasma source can be achieved by automatically adjusting the voltage amplitude according to the discharge frequency in a high‐frequency pulse train within the time scale of the fluid response.The influences of the electron number density increasing mode and modulated driven voltage profiles on the energy efficiencies were also studied.

TRPC5 is essential in endothelium-dependent contraction of aorta from diet-induced obese mice

The role of the Ca^(2+)-permeable ion channel TRPC5 in regulating vasocontraction in obesity is poorly understood.Here,we investigated whether TRPC5 contributes to vascular dysfunction in obesity by promoting endothelium-dependent contraction via activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2(cPLA_(2))in the aortic endothelial cells of obese mice.Acetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation and contraction in the aorta were measured us-ing wire myography.PLA_(2)activity was measured by the fluorogenic PLA_(2)substrate Bis-BODIPY^(TM)FL C_(11)-PC.The intracellular Ca^(2+)level in response to acetylcholine was measured by Fluo-4 fluorescence.Endothelium-derived contracting factors were assessed by enzyme immunoassay.Diet-induced obesity(DIO)attenuated endothelium-dependent vasodilation,enhanced endothelium-dependent contraction(EDC),and increased the expression of TRPC5 in the mouse aorta.Activation of TRPC5 promoted EDC in the wild-type mouse aorta,whereas pharma-cological inhibition and genetic knockout of TRPC5 decreased EDC in the DIO mouse aorta.Moreover,cPLA_(2)phosphorylation and activity were higher in aortic endothelial cells from DIO mice,and this was attenuated by inhibition and knockout of TRPC5.Cyclooxygenase 2(COX-2)expression was increased in DIO mouse endothe-lium and was decreased by a TRPC5 inhibitor and knockout of TRPC5.Release of prostaglandins F_(2α(PGF_(2α)and E 2(PGE 2)was involved in TRPC5-regulated EDC in DIO mice.This study demonstrated that TRPC5 contributes to endothelial and vascular dysfunction and is involved in EDC through activation of cPLA_(2)and enhanced COX-2-PGF_(2α)/PGE_(2)levels in DIO mice.