Disorganised working memory functional connectivity in periodic hypersomnia

• The Kleine–Levin Syndrome (KLS) is a rare but relatively well-defined disorder characterised by excessive sleep periods (periodic hypersomnia) associated with cognitive deficits and behavioural disturbances such as binge eating and hypersexuality [1]. The etiology of KLS is unknown and several neuroimagning methods have been applied to investigate the neural corrlates to KLS. A functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study by us implicated hyperactivity in the thalamus and hypoactivity in the anterior cingulate cortex and the right anterior insula in a working memory task [2], which imply the involvement of a recently proposed anterior cingulate-insular control network in KLS [3]. As we expected less coherent organisation in KLS, we compared the connectivity of the anterior cingulate-insular and thalamic (AIT) network and the well-known, working memory-related, dorsal attention network (involving the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and parietal areas) between KLS and controls.

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