Effects of donepezil on cognitive performance after sleep deprivation

Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd..

OBJECTIVES: To identify tasks that were sensitive to a temporary decline in cognitive performance after sleep deprivation and to investigate the ability of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil to reverse any sleep deprivation-induced impairment.

METHODS: Thirty healthy volunteers were administered either a 5-mg daily dose of donepezil or placebo for 14-17 days, in a double-blind parallel group design, then underwent either 24 h sleep deprivation or a normal night of sleep in non-blinded crossover, and were subsequently tested on a battery of cognitive tasks designed to measure different components of memory and executive function.

RESULTS: Sleep deprivation selectively impaired performance on several memory tasks whilst also impairing non-memory function on these tasks. Performance on other tasks was spared. Despite partially reversing the decline in subjective alertness associated with sleep deprivation, treatment with donepezil failed to significantly reverse the decline in cognitive performance on any of the tasks.

CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate the sensitivity of certain tests, particularly those that measure memory function, to cognitive impairment after sleep deprivation. The inability of donepezil to reverse this performance decline suggests that the sleep deprivation model of cognitive impairment may not be suitable for detecting pro-cognitive effects of cholinergic augmentation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Human psychopharmacology - 26(2011), 8 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 578-87

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dodds, Chris M [VerfasserIn]
Bullmore, Edward T [VerfasserIn]
Henson, Richard N [VerfasserIn]
Christensen, Soren [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Sam [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Dewit, Odile [VerfasserIn]
Lawrence, Phil [VerfasserIn]
Nathan, Pradeep J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8SSC91326P
Comparative Study
Donepezil
Indans
Journal Article
Piperidines
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.09.2012

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/hup.1248

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM213778785