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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2023

Effects of bupropion and SSRI antidepressants on leg movement activity and chin muscle tone during sleep in adolescents.

Lourdes M DelRosso, Maria P Mogavero, Amy Fickensher, Oliviero Bruni, Carlos H Schenck, Raffaele Ferri

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Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Lourdes M DelRossoSeattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Maria P MogaveroInstitute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Milan, Italy.
Amy FickensherSeattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Oliviero BruniDepartment of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Carlos H SchenckMinnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Raffaele FerriSleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy.
Hennepin County Medical Center · USI.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS · ITNational Research Council · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITSeattle Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Washington · US

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Abstract

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objectivesTo evaluate the effects of bupropion on periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) and chin electromyography tone in children taking it for their mood disorder, compared to the effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and of bupropion combined with SSRIs.

methodsSix adolescents (aged 16.0 ± 0.63 years) taking bupropion alone and 6 adolescents (aged 15.9 ± 1.36 years) taking bupropion in combination with an SSRI antidepressant were recruited, along with 10 adolescents (aged 16.2 ± 0.2 years) taking different SSRIs, and they were also enrolled together with 17 age- and sex-matched control patients (aged 15.5 ± 1.26 years). Polysomnographic studies were obtained, and participants' leg movement activity during sleep and muscle tone were assessed quantitatively (atonia index) during all sleep stages.

resultsParticipants taking SSRIs showed PLMS indices significantly higher than those of control patients, whereas adolescents taking bupropion showed only slightly increased indexes of nonperiodic leg movements during sleep. No differences in PLMS were observed between adolescents taking bupropion alone or in association with SSRIs. The atonia index showed, within each sleep stage, the lowest values in the 2 groups taking SSRIs and the highest in the control patients; adolescents taking bupropion alone tended to show values slightly smaller than those of the control patients.

conclusionsWe found that similar to adults, in adolescents SSRIs but not bupropion are associated with increased PLMS. Bupropion also seems to counteract the SSRI-induced increase of PLMS, when administered in combination; thus, the dopaminergic effect of bupropion seems to outmatch the antidopaminergic action of SSRIs. Conversely, bupropion does not counteract the effects of SSRIs on chin electromyography tone. CITATION: DelRosso LM, Mogavero MP, Fickensher A, Bruni O, Schenck CH, Ferri R. Effects of bupropion and SSRI antidepressants on leg movement activity and chin muscle tone during sleep in adolescents.

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BupropionSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsAdolescentAdultAntidepressive AgentsChildChinHumansLegMovementMuscle TonusPolysomnographySleepAntidepressive AgentsBupropionSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitorsadolescentsatonia indexbupropionchin EMG toneleg movement activity during sleepperiodicity indexperiodic leg movements during sleepSSRI antidepressants

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PMCPMC9806773
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