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To investigate the neurobiological mechanisms linking insomnia severity and major depressive disorder (MDD) using neuroimaging.

December 9, 2025NeuroImageOpen Access

Aberrant thalamic GABA–network coupling as a neural signature of insomnia severity in major depressive disorder

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YHYingying HuangAsia University YXYi XiaMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China YWYiwen WangUniversity of Central Florida

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Multimodal imaging reveals neurobiological mechanisms linking thalamic dysfunction and insomnia in major depressive disorder, suggesting targeted therapies may help.

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To investigate the neurobiological mechanisms linking insomnia severity and major depressive disorder (MDD) using neuroimaging.
Employing a multimodal neuroimaging approach combining magnetoencephalography and magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Examining associations between insomnia severity and thalamic functional connectivity with brain networks in the gamma frequency band.
Analyzing thalamic GABA concentrations and their connection with insomnia severity.
Identified a group-specific neurobiological mechanism relating insomnia severity to thalamic functional connectivity and GABA levels.
Revealed opposing associations between insomnia severity and thalamic connectivity in MDD patients versus healthy controls.
Found that thalamic GABA levels may indicate a maladaptive response disrupting functional connectivity.

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Huang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69401d5b2d562116f28f8bfb https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121639

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Multimodal imaging reveals neurobiological mechanisms linking thalamic dysfunction and insomnia in major depressive disorder, suggesting targeted therapies may help.

Aberrant thalamic GABA–network coupling as a neural signature of insomnia severity in major depressive disorder

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Aberrant thalamic GABA–network coupling as a neural signature of insomnia severity in major depressive disorder

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