I Keep a Close Watch on This Heart of Mine: Increased Interoception in Insomnia

Conclusions:People with insomnia show insufficient adaptation of their brain responses to the ever-present heartbeats. Abnormalities in the neural circuits involved in interoceptive awareness including the salience network may be of key importance to the pathophysiology of insomnia.Citation:Wei Y, Ramautar JR, Colombo MA, Stoffers D, Gómez-Herrero G, van der Meijden WP, te Lindert BHW, van der Werf YD, Van Someren EJW. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine: increased interoception in insomnia.SLEEP 2016;39(12):2113–2124.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research