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Mogavero MP, DelRosso LM, Lanza G, Bruni O, Ferini Strambi L, Ferri R. The dynamics of cyclic-periodic phenomena during non-rapid and rapid eye movement sleep. J Sleep Res 2024:e14265. [PMID: 38853262 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
Abstract
Sleep is a complex physiological state characterized by distinct stages, each exhibiting unique electroencephalographic patterns and physiological phenomena. Sleep research has unveiled the presence of intricate cyclic-periodic phenomena during both non-rapid eye movement and rapid eye movement sleep stages. These phenomena encompass a spectrum of rhythmic oscillations and periodic events, including cyclic alternating pattern, periodic leg movements during sleep, respiratory-related events such as apneas, and heart rate variability. This narrative review synthesizes empirical findings and theoretical frameworks to elucidate the dynamics, interplay and implications of cyclic-periodic phenomena within the context of sleep physiology. Furthermore, it invokes the clinical relevance of these phenomena in the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders.
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- Maria P Mogavero
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Neuroscience, Sleep Disorders Center, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy
- Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Division of Neuroscience, Sleep Disorders Center, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Andrillon T, Taillard J, Strauss M. Sleepiness and the transition from wakefulness to sleep. Neurophysiol Clin 2024; 54:102954. [PMID: 38460284 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2024.102954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024] Open
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The transition from wakefulness to sleep is a progressive process that is reflected in the gradual loss of responsiveness, an alteration of cognitive functions, and a drastic shift in brain dynamics. These changes do not occur all at once. The sleep onset period (SOP) refers here to this period of transition between wakefulness and sleep. For example, although transitions of brain activity at sleep onset can occur within seconds in a given brain region, these changes occur at different time points across the brain, resulting in a SOP that can last several minutes. Likewise, the transition to sleep impacts cognitive and behavioral levels in a graded and staged fashion. It is often accompanied and preceded by a sensation of drowsiness and the subjective feeling of a need for sleep, also associated with specific physiological and behavioral signatures. To better characterize fluctuations in vigilance and the SOP, a multidimensional approach is thus warranted. Such a multidimensional approach could mitigate important limitations in the current classification of sleep, leading ultimately to better diagnoses and treatments of individuals with sleep and/or vigilance disorders. These insights could also be translated in real-life settings to either facilitate sleep onset in individuals with sleep difficulties or, on the contrary, prevent or control inappropriate sleep onsets.
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- Thomas Andrillon
- Paris Brain Institute, Sorbonne Université, Inserm-CNRS, Paris 75013, France; Monash Centre for Consciousness & Contemplative Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, SANPSY, UMR 6033, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (H.U.B), CUB Hôpital Érasme, Services de Neurologie, Psychiatrie et Laboratoire du sommeil, Route de Lennik 808 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium; Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Group (UR2NF), Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences (CRCN), Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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Rigoni I, Vorderwülbecke BJ, Carboni M, Roehri N, Spinelli L, Tononi G, Seeck M, Perogamvros L, Vulliémoz S. Network alterations in temporal lobe epilepsy during non-rapid eye movement sleep and wakefulness. Clin Neurophysiol 2024; 159:56-65. [PMID: 38335766 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Investigate sleep and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) effects on brain networks derived from electroencephalography (EEG). METHODS High-density EEG was recorded during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep stage 2 (N2) and wakefulness in 23 patients and healthy controls (HC). Epochs without epileptic discharges were source-reconstructed in 72 brain regions and connectivity was estimated. We calculated network integration and segregation at global (global efficiency, GE; average clustering coefficient, avgCC) and hemispheric level. These were compared between groups across frequency bands and correlated with the individual proportion of wakefulness- or sleep-related seizures. RESULTS At the global level, patients had higher delta GE, delta avgCC and theta avgCC than controls, irrespective of the vigilance state. During wakefulness, theta GE of patients was higher than controls and, for patients, theta GE during wakefulness was higher than during N2. Wake-to-sleep differences in TLE were notable only in the ipsilateral hemisphere. Only measures from wakefulness recordings correlated with the proportion of wakefulness- or sleep-related seizures. CONCLUSIONS TLE network alterations are more prominent during wakefulness and at lower frequencies. Increased integration and segregation suggest a pathological 'small world' configuration with a possible inhibitory role. SIGNIFICANCE Network alterations in TLE occur and are easier to detect during wakefulness.
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- I Rigoni
- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Epilepsy-Center Berlin-Brandenburg, Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Center for Sleep Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Titone S, Samogin J, Peigneux P, Swinnen SP, Mantini D, Albouy G. Frequency-dependent connectivity in large-scale resting-state brain networks during sleep. Eur J Neurosci 2024; 59:686-702. [PMID: 37381891 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Functional connectivity (FC) during sleep has been shown to break down as non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep deepens before returning to a state closer to wakefulness during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. However, the specific spatial and temporal signatures of these fluctuations in connectivity patterns remain poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate how frequency-dependent network-level FC fluctuates during nocturnal sleep in healthy young adults using high-density electroencephalography (hdEEG). Specifically, we examined source-localized FC in resting-state networks during NREM2, NREM3 and REM sleep (sleep stages scored using a semi-automatic procedure) in the first three sleep cycles of 29 participants. Our results showed that FC within and between all resting-state networks decreased from NREM2 to NREM3 sleep in multiple frequency bands and all sleep cycles. The data also highlighted a complex modulation of connectivity patterns during the transition to REM sleep whereby delta and sigma bands hosted a persistence of the connectivity breakdown in all networks. In contrast, a reconnection occurred in the default mode and the attentional networks in frequency bands characterizing their organization during wake (i.e., alpha and beta bands, respectively). Finally, all network pairs (except the visual network) showed higher gamma-band FC during REM sleep in cycle three compared to earlier sleep cycles. Altogether, our results unravel the spatial and temporal characteristics of the well-known breakdown in connectivity observed as NREM sleep deepens. They also illustrate a complex pattern of connectivity during REM sleep that is consistent with network- and frequency-specific breakdown and reconnection processes.
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- Simon Titone
- Department of Movement Sciences, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- LBI-KU Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Movement Sciences, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Group (UR2NF) at the Centre for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences (CRCN), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Movement Sciences, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- LBI-KU Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Movement Sciences, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Movement Sciences, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- LBI-KU Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Health and Kinesiology, College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Hilditch CJ, Bansal K, Chachad R, Wong LR, Bathurst NG, Feick NH, Santamaria A, Shattuck NL, Garcia JO, Flynn-Evans EE. Reconfigurations in brain networks upon awakening from slow wave sleep: Interventions and implications in neural communication. Netw Neurosci 2023; 7:102-121. [PMID: 37334002 PMCID: PMC10270716 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Sleep inertia is the brief period of impaired alertness and performance experienced immediately after waking. Little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. A better understanding of the neural processes during sleep inertia may offer insight into the awakening process. We observed brain activity every 15 min for 1 hr following abrupt awakening from slow wave sleep during the biological night. Using 32-channel electroencephalography, a network science approach, and a within-subject design, we evaluated power, clustering coefficient, and path length across frequency bands under both a control and a polychromatic short-wavelength-enriched light intervention condition. We found that under control conditions, the awakening brain is typified by an immediate reduction in global theta, alpha, and beta power. Simultaneously, we observed a decrease in the clustering coefficient and an increase in path length within the delta band. Exposure to light immediately after awakening ameliorated changes in clustering. Our results suggest that long-range network communication within the brain is crucial to the awakening process and that the brain may prioritize these long-range connections during this transitional state. Our study highlights a novel neurophysiological signature of the awakening brain and provides a potential mechanism by which light improves performance after waking.
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- Cassie J. Hilditch
- Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Humans in Complex Systems Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
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- Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
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- Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Department of Psychology, San José State University, San José, CA, USA
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- Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Research Hub, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Operations Research Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA
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- US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Humans in Complex Systems Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
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- Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
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Fan C, Lin Y, Lin S, Li Y, Wu F, Xiong X, Zhou W, Zhou D, Peng Y. Influencing factors and mechanism of high-speed railway passenger overall comfort: Insights from source functional brain network and subjective report. Front Public Health 2022; 10:993172. [PMID: 36211661 PMCID: PMC9542193 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.993172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Overall comfort is the priority for the high-speed railway (HSR) passengers, while its influencing factors and mechanism are not yet apparent. According to the source functional brain network and subjective report, this study revealed the potential influencing factors and mechanisms of passengers overall comfort in high-speed railway environments. Here, an ergonomics field test with 20 subjects was conducted where subjective reports and electroencephalography (EEG) were collected. The electric-source imaging and functional connectivity were used to build the source functional brain network from EEG and network indices were extracted. Statistics analysis results showed that static comfort played the most critical role in the overall comfort, followed by emotional valence, emotional arousal, aural pressure comfort, vibration comfort, and noise comfort. Thermal and visual comfort were insignificant due to the well-designed heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and lighting system of HSR. In addition, the source functional brain network of passengers who felt uncomfortable had the higher clustering coefficient, assortativity coefficient and global efficiency, which meant greater activation of brain compared with passengers who were in a state of comfort. According to the local attributes indices analysis, most key brain regions were located in the frontal and hippocampus, which revealed emotion and spatial perception contribute to the whole comfort degradation process. This work proposed novel insights into HSR passengers overall comfort according to subjective and objective methods. Our findings demonstrate emotional regulation and seat improvements are key factors for future improvement of HSR passengers overall comfort.
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- Chaojie Fan
- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China,*Correspondence: Yong Peng
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Ageno S, Tanaka S, Okura R, Iramina K. Differences in EEG-based Brain Network Activity during Non-REM Sleep. ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.14326/abe.11.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Sho Ageno
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
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Tavares LCS, Tort ABL. Hippocampal-prefrontal interactions during spatial decision-making. Hippocampus 2021; 32:38-54. [PMID: 34843143 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
The hippocampus has been linked to memory encoding and spatial navigation, while the prefrontal cortex is associated with cognitive functions such as decision-making. These regions are hypothesized to communicate in tasks that demand both spatial navigation and decision-making processes. However, the electrophysiological signatures underlying this communication remain to be better elucidated. To investigate the dynamics of the hippocampal-prefrontal interactions, we have analyzed their local field potentials and spiking activity recorded from rats performing a spatial alternation task on a figure eight-shaped maze. We found that the phase coherence of theta peaked around the choice point area of the maze. Moreover, Granger causality revealed a hippocampus → prefrontal cortex directionality of information flow at theta frequency, peaking at starting areas of the maze, and on the reverse direction at delta frequency, peaking near the turn onset. Additionally, the patterns of phase-amplitude cross-frequency coupling within and between the regions also showed spatial selectivity, and hippocampal theta and prefrontal delta modulated not only gamma amplitude but also inter-regional gamma synchrony. Finally, we found that the theta rhythm dynamically modulated neurons in both regions, with the highest modulation at the choice area; interestingly, prefrontal cortex neurons were more strongly modulated by the hippocampal theta rhythm than by their local field rhythm. In all, our results reveal maximum electrophysiological interactions between the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex near the decision-making period of the spatial alternation task, corroborating the hypothesis that a dynamic interplay between these regions takes place during spatial decisions.
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- Lucas C S Tavares
- Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.,Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment (BioME), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Construction and analysis of cortical–muscular functional network based on EEG-EMG coherence using wavelet coherence. Neurocomputing 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2021.01.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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De Asis-Cruz J, Andersen N, Kapse K, Khrisnamurthy D, Quistorff J, Lopez C, Vezina G, Limperopoulos C. Global Network Organization of the Fetal Functional Connectome. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:3034-3046. [PMID: 33558873 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Recent advances in brain imaging have enabled non-invasive in vivo assessment of the fetal brain. Characterizing brain development in healthy fetuses provides baseline measures for identifying deviations in brain function in high-risk clinical groups. We examined 110 resting state MRI data sets from fetuses at 19 to 40 weeks' gestation. Using graph-theoretic techniques, we characterized global organizational features of the fetal functional connectome and their prenatal trajectories. Topological features related to network integration (i.e., global efficiency) and segregation (i.e., clustering) were assessed. Fetal networks exhibited small-world topology, showing high clustering and short average path length relative to reference networks. Likewise, fetal networks' quantitative small world indices met criteria for small-worldness (σ > 1, ω = [-0.5 0.5]). Along with this, fetal networks demonstrated global and local efficiency, economy, and modularity. A right-tailed degree distribution, suggesting the presence of central areas that are more highly connected to other regions, was also observed. Metrics, however, were not static during gestation; measures associated with segregation-local efficiency and modularity-decreased with advancing gestational age. Altogether, these suggest that the neural circuitry underpinning the brain's ability to segregate and integrate information exists as early as the late 2nd trimester of pregnancy and reorganizes during the prenatal period. Significance statement. Mounting evidence for the fetal origins of some neurodevelopmental disorders underscores the importance of identifying features of healthy fetal brain functional development. Alterations in prenatal brain connectomics may serve as early markers for identifying fetal-onset neurodevelopmental disorders, which in turn provide improved surveillance of at-risk fetuses and support the initiation of early interventions.
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- Josepheen De Asis-Cruz
- Developing Brain Institute, Children's National, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington DC 20010
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- Developing Brain Institute, Children's National, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington DC 20010
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- Developing Brain Institute, Children's National, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington DC 20010
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- Developing Brain Institute, Children's National, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington DC 20010
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- Developing Brain Institute, Children's National, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington DC 20010
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- Division of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington DC 20010
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ADHD and ADHD-related neural networks in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A systematic review. Epilepsy Behav 2020; 112:107448. [PMID: 32916583 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS or rolandic epilepsy) present with a very high level of comorbidity. We aimed to review the existing literature focusing on two aspects: the possible role of epileptic activity in the damage of ADHD-related neural networks and the clinical approach to patients presenting with both conditions. MATERIAL AND METHODS A systematic review was performed using Sapienza Library System and PubMed. The following search terms have been considered: attention networks, ADHD, attention systems, rolandic epilepsy, benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, centrotemporal spikes epilepsy, and focal epilepsy in children. The target population consisted of patients under 18 years of age diagnosed with either BECTS and ADHD or healthy controls. RESULTS Nine case-control and cohort studies have been selected. The reported prevalence of ADHD in patients with BECTS was around 60%. No clinical correlation was found between the medical records and the presence of ADHD in patients with BECTS, if not due to febrile convulsion (FC). One study showed higher levels of bilateral discharges in patients with severe ADHD. The negative influence of the age at onset of seizures was demonstrated on attention but not on intelligence quotient (IQ). Moreover, the frequency of seizures and the occurrence of discharges during nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep were correlated to attention impairment. From a neurobiological point of view, functional connectivity in patients with BECTS and ADHD appears to be disrupted. Two studies reported a specific impairment in selective visual attention, while one study underlined a decreased activation of the dorsal attention network (DAN). Two different studies found that patients with BECTS and comorbid ADHD presented with altered thickness in their magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in the cortical and subcortical regions (including the frontal lobes, lingual-fusiform cortex, cuneus and precuneus, limbic area and pericalcarine cortex among others). This might explain the cognitive and behavioral symptoms such as poor selective visual attention, speech disturbance, and impulsivity. CONCLUSIONS Despite BECTS being considered to have a relative benign course, many studies have documented cognitive and/or behavioral problems in patients diagnosed with this type of epilepsy. In particular, children affected by rolandic epilepsy should receive a complete neuropsychological evaluation at seizure onset considering the high rate of comorbidity with ADHD. A further investigation of the common pathogenic substrate is desirable to better orientate the clinical and therapeutic interventions applied.
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Gorgoni M, D’Atri A, Scarpelli S, Ferrara M, De Gennaro L. The electroencephalographic features of the sleep onset process and their experimental manipulation with sleep deprivation and transcranial electrical stimulation protocols. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 114:25-37. [PMID: 32343983 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Hein M, Lanquart JP, Loas G, Hubain P, Linkowski P. Alterations of neural network organization during REM sleep in women: implication for sex differences in vulnerability to mood disorders. Biol Sex Differ 2020; 11:22. [PMID: 32334638 PMCID: PMC7183628 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-020-00297-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Sleep plays an important role in vulnerability to mood disorders. However, despite the existence of sex differences in vulnerability to mood disorders, no study has yet investigated the sex effect on sleep network organization and its potential involvement in vulnerability to mood disorders. The aim of our study was to empirically investigate the sex effect on network organization during REM and slow-wave sleep using the effective connectivity measured by Granger causality. Methods Polysomnographic data from 44 healthy individuals (28 men and 16 women) recruited prospectively were analysed. To obtain the 19 × 19 connectivity matrix of all possible pairwise combinations of electrodes by Granger causality method from our EEG data, we used the Toolbox MVGC multivariate Granger causality. The computation of the network measures was realized by importing these connectivity matrices into EEGNET Toolbox. Results In men and women, all small-world coefficients obtained are compatible with a small-world network organization during REM and slow-wave sleep. However, compared to men, women present greater small-world coefficients during REM sleep as well as for all EEG bands during this sleep stage, which indicates the presence of a small-world network organization less marked during REM sleep as well as for all EEG bands during this sleep stage in women. In addition, in women, these small-world coefficients during REM sleep as well as for all EEG bands during this sleep stage are positively correlated with the presence of subclinical symptoms of depression. Conclusions Thus, the highlighting of these sex differences in network organization during REM sleep indicates the presence of differences in the global and local processing of information during sleep between women and men. In addition, this small-world network organization less marked during REM sleep appears to be a marker of vulnerability to mood disorders specific to women, which opens up new perspectives in understanding sex differences in the occurrence of mood disorders.
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- Matthieu Hein
- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
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Migliorelli C, Bachiller A, Andrade AG, Alonso JF, Mañanas MA, Borja C, Giménez S, Antonijoan RM, Varga AW, Osorio RS, Romero S. Alterations in EEG connectivity in healthy young adults provide an indicator of sleep depth. Sleep 2020; 42:5427094. [PMID: 30944934 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Current sleep analyses have used electroencephalography (EEG) to establish sleep intensity through linear and nonlinear measures. Slow wave activity (SWA) and entropy are the most commonly used markers of sleep depth. The purpose of this study is to evaluate changes in brain EEG connectivity during sleep in healthy subjects and compare them with SWA and entropy. Four different connectivity metrics: coherence (MSC), synchronization likelihood (SL), cross mutual information function (CMIF), and phase locking value (PLV), were computed focusing on their correlation with sleep depth. These measures provide different information and perspectives about functional connectivity. All connectivity measures revealed to have functional changes between the different sleep stages. The averaged CMIF seemed to be a more robust connectivity metric to measure sleep depth (correlations of 0.78 and 0.84 with SWA and entropy, respectively), translating greater linear and nonlinear interdependences between brain regions especially during slow wave sleep. Potential changes of brain connectivity were also assessed throughout the night. Connectivity measures indicated a reduction of functional connectivity in N2 as sleep progresses. The validation of connectivity indexes is necessary because they can reveal the interaction between different brain regions in physiological and pathological conditions and help understand the different functions of deep sleep in humans.
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- Carolina Migliorelli
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Brain Health, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Sleep Unit, Respiratory Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Medicament Research Center (CIM), Research Institute Hospital de la Santa Creu I San Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Center for Brain Health, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Automatic Control (ESAII), Biomedical Engineering Research Center (CREB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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Power-law scaling behavior of A-phase events during sleep: Normal and pathologic conditions. Biomed Signal Process Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2019.101757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mitsis GD, Anastasiadou MN, Christodoulakis M, Papathanasiou ES, Papacostas SS, Hadjipapas A. Functional brain networks of patients with epilepsy exhibit pronounced multiscale periodicities, which correlate with seizure onset. Hum Brain Mapp 2020; 41:2059-2076. [PMID: 31977145 PMCID: PMC7268013 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Epileptic seizure detection and prediction by using noninvasive measurements such as scalp EEG signals or invasive, intracranial recordings, has been at the heart of epilepsy studies for at least three decades. To this end, the most common approach has been to consider short‐length recordings (several seconds to a few minutes) around a seizure, aiming to identify significant changes that occur before or during seizures. An inherent assumption in this approach is the presence of a relatively constant EEG activity in the interictal period, which is interrupted by seizure occurrence. Here, we examine this assumption by using long‐duration scalp EEG data (21–94 hr) in nine patients with epilepsy, based on which we construct functional brain networks. Our results reveal that these networks vary over time in a periodic fashion, exhibiting multiple peaks at periods ranging between 1 and 24 hr. The effects of seizure onset on the functional brain network properties were found to be considerably smaller in magnitude compared to the changes due to these inherent periodic cycles. Importantly, the properties of the identified network periodic components (instantaneous phase) were found to be strongly correlated to seizure onset, especially for the periodicities around 3 and 5 hr. These correlations were found to be largely absent between EEG signal periodicities and seizure onset, suggesting that higher specificity may be achieved by using network‐based metrics. In turn, this implies that more robust seizure detection and prediction can be achieved if longer term underlying functional brain network periodic variations are taken into account.
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- Neurology Clinic B, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Lee M, Baird B, Gosseries O, Nieminen JO, Boly M, Tononi G, Lee SW. Graph Theoretical Analysis of Cortical Networks based on Conscious Experience. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020; 2019:3373-3376. [PMID: 31946604 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8857648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The aim of the study was to investigate differences in cortical networks based on the state of consciousness. Five subjects performed a serial-awakening paradigm with electroencephalography (EEG) recordings. We considered four states of consciousness: (1) non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep with no conscious experience, (2) NREM sleep with conscious experience, (3) rapid eye movement (REM) sleep with conscious experience, and (4) wakefulness. We applied graph theoretical analysis to explore the cortical connectivity and network properties in five frequency bands. Connectivity between EEG channels was evaluated with the weighted phase lag index (wPLI). The characteristic path length, transitivity, and clustering coefficient were computed to evaluate functional integration and segregation of the associated brain network. There were no significant differences in wPLI among the four states of consciousness. In the beta band, functional integration in wakefulness was higher than in NREM sleep. Regarding functional segregation, in the theta band, transitivity and clustering coefficient in NREM sleep with no conscious experience were stronger than in wakefulness or REM sleep, but clustering in the beta band showed an opposite effect. The observed differences may be related to cortical bistability and add to previously observed neural correlates of consciousness.
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Effects of Mental Fatigue on Small-World Brain Functional Network Organization. Neural Plast 2019; 2019:1716074. [PMID: 31885535 PMCID: PMC6918937 DOI: 10.1155/2019/1716074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Brain functional network has been widely applied to investigate brain function changes among different conditions and proved to be a small-world-like network. But seldom researches explore the effects of mental fatigue on the small-world brain functional network organization. In the present study, 20 healthy individuals were included to do a consecutive mental arithmetic task to induce mental fatigue, and scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) signals were recorded before and after the task. Correlations between all pairs of EEG channels were determined by mutual information (MI). The resulting adjacency matrices were converted into brain functional networks by applying a threshold, and then, the clustering coefficient (C), characteristic path length (L), and corresponding small-world feature were calculated. Through performing analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the mean MI for every EEG rhythm, only the data of α1 rhythm during the task state were emerged for the further explorations of mental fatigue. For a wide range of thresholds, C increased and L and small-world feature decreased with the deepening mental fatigue. The pattern of the small-world characteristic still existed when computed with a constant degree. Our present findings indicated that more functional connectivities were activated at the mental fatigue stage for efficient information transmission and processing, and mental fatigue can be characterized by a reduced small-world network characteristic. Our results provide a new perspective to understand the neural mechanisms of mental fatigue based on complex network theories.
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Vosoughi A, Sadigh-Eteghad S, Ghorbani M, Shahmorad S, Farhoudi M, Rafi MA, Omidi Y. Mathematical Models to Shed Light on Amyloid-Beta and Tau Protein Dependent Pathologies in Alzheimer's Disease. Neuroscience 2019; 424:45-57. [PMID: 31682825 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The number of patients suffering from dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is constantly rising worldwide. This has accordingly resulted in huge burdens on the health systems and involved families. Lack of profound understanding of neural networking in normal brain and their interruption in AD makes the treatment of this neurodegenerative multifaceted disease a challenging issue. In recent years, mathematical and computational methods have paved the way towards a better understanding of the brain functional connectivity. Thus, much attention has been paid to this matter from both basic science researchers and clinicians with an interdisciplinary approach to determine what is not functioning properly in AD patients and how this malfunctioning can be addressed. In this review, a number of AD-related articles and well-studied pathophysiologic topics (e.g., amyloid-beta, neurofibrillary tangles, Ca2+ dysregulation, and synaptic plasticity alterations) has been literally surveyed from a computational and systems biology point of view. The neural networks were discussed from biological and mathematical point of views and their alterations in recent findings were further highlighted. Application of the graph theoretical analysis in the brain imaging was reviewed, depicting the relations between brain structure and function, without diving into mathematical details. Moreover, differential rate equations were briefly articulated, emphasizing the potential use of these equations in simplifying complex processes in relevance to pathologies of AD. Comprehensive insights were given into the AD progression from neural networks perspective, which may lead us towards potential strategies for early diagnosis and effective treatment of AD.
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- Armin Vosoughi
- Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Biomedicine Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Neurology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Biomedicine Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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Zacharias N, Musso F, Müller F, Lammers F, Saleh A, London M, de Boer P, Winterer G. Ketamine effects on default mode network activity and vigilance: A randomized, placebo-controlled crossover simultaneous fMRI/EEG study. Hum Brain Mapp 2019; 41:107-119. [PMID: 31532029 PMCID: PMC7268043 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In resting‐state functional connectivity experiments, a steady state (of consciousness) is commonly supposed. However, recent research has shown that the resting state is a rather dynamic than a steady state. In particular, changes of vigilance appear to play a prominent role. Accordingly, it is critical to assess the state of vigilance when conducting pharmacodynamic studies with resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) using drugs that are known to affect vigilance such as (subanesthetic) ketamine. In this study, we sought to clarify whether the previously described ketamine‐induced prefrontal decrease of functional connectivity is related to diminished vigilance as assessed by electroencephalography (EEG). We conducted a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled crossover study with subanesthetic S‐Ketamine in N = 24 healthy, young subjects by simultaneous acquisition of resting‐state fMRI and EEG data. We conducted seed‐based default mode network functional connectivity and EEG power spectrum analyses. After ketamine administration, decreased functional connectivity was found in medial prefrontal cortex whereas increased connectivities were observed in intraparietal cortices. In EEG, a shift of energy to slow (delta, theta) and fast (gamma) wave frequencies was seen in the ketamine condition. Frontal connectivity is negatively related to EEG gamma and theta activity while a positive relationship is found for parietal connectivity and EEG delta power. Our results suggest a direct relationship between ketamine‐induced functional connectivity changes and the concomitant decrease of vigilance in EEG. The observed functional changes after ketamine administration may serve as surrogate end points and provide a neurophysiological framework, for example, for the antidepressant action of ketamine (trial name: 29JN1556, EudraCT Number: 2009‐012399‐28).
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- Norman Zacharias
- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM, CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Pharmaimage Biomarker Solutions GmbH, Berlin, Germany.,Pharmaimage Biomarker Solutions, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM, CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM, CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Pharmaimage Biomarker Solutions GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie und Kinderradiologie, Klinikum Schwabing, Munich, Germany
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- Early Development and Clinical Pharmacology, Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Neuss, Germany
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- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM, CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Pharmaimage Biomarker Solutions GmbH, Berlin, Germany.,Pharmaimage Biomarker Solutions, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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Gao ZK, Guo W, Cai Q, Ma C, Zhang YB, Kurths J. Characterization of SSMVEP-based EEG signals using multiplex limited penetrable horizontal visibility graph. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2019; 29:073119. [PMID: 31370406 DOI: 10.1063/1.5108606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The steady state motion visual evoked potential (SSMVEP)-based brain computer interface (BCI), which incorporates the motion perception capabilities of the human visual system to alleviate the negative effects caused by strong visual stimulation from steady-state VEP, has attracted a great deal of attention. In this paper, we design a SSMVEP-based experiment by Newton's ring paradigm. Then, we use the canonical correlation analysis and Support Vector Machines to classify SSMVEP signals for the SSMVEP-based electroencephalography (EEG) signal detection. We find that the classification accuracy of different subjects under fatigue state is much lower than that in the normal state. To probe into this, we develop a multiplex limited penetrable horizontal visibility graph method, which enables to infer a brain network from 62-channel EEG signals. Subsequently, we analyze the variation of the average weighted clustering coefficient and the weighted global efficiency corresponding to these two brain states and find that both network measures are lower under fatigue state. The results suggest that the associations and information transfer efficiency among different brain regions become weaker when the brain state changes from normal to fatigue, which provide new insights into the explanations for the reduced classification accuracy. The promising classification results and the findings render the proposed methods particularly useful for analyzing EEG recordings from SSMVEP-based BCI system.
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- Zhong-Ke Gao
- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegraphenberg A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Chiosa V, Ciolac D, Groppa S, Koirala N, Pintea B, Vataman A, Winter Y, Gonzalez-Escamilla G, Muthuraman M, Groppa S. Large-scale network architecture and associated structural cortico-subcortical abnormalities in patients with sleep/awake-related seizures. Sleep 2019; 42:5304608. [DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsz006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 12/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Vitalie Chiosa
- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, BG University hospital of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Medical Genetics, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Fernandez Guerrero A, Achermann P. Intracortical Causal Information Flow of Oscillatory Activity (Effective Connectivity) at the Sleep Onset Transition. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:912. [PMID: 30564093 PMCID: PMC6288604 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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We investigated the sleep onset transition in humans from an effective connectivity perspective in a baseline condition (approx. 16 h of wakefulness) and after sleep deprivation (40 h of sustained wakefulness). Using EEG recordings (27 derivations), source localization (LORETA) allowed us to reconstruct the underlying patterns of neuronal activity in various brain regions, e.g., the default mode network (DMN), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, which were defined as regions of interest (ROI). We applied isolated effective coherence (iCOH) to assess effective connectivity patterns at the sleep onset transition [2 min prior to and 10 min after sleep onset (first occurrence of stage 2)]. ICOH reveals directionality aspects and resolves the spectral characteristics of information flow in a given network of ROIs. We observed an anterior-posterior decoupling of the DMN, and moreover, a prominent role of the posterior cingulate cortex guiding the process of the sleep onset transition, particularly, by transmitting information in the low frequency range (delta and theta bands) to other nodes of DMN (including the hippocampus). In addition, the midcingulate cortex appeared as a major cortical relay station for spindle synchronization (originating from the thalamus; sigma activity). The inclusion of hippocampus indicated that this region might be functionally involved in sigma synchronization observed in the cortex after sleep onset. Furthermore, under conditions of increased homeostatic pressure, we hypothesize that an anterior-posterior decoupling of the DMN occurred at a faster rate compared to baseline overall indicating weakened connectivity strength within the DMN. Finally, we also demonstrated that cortico-cortical spindle synchronization was less effective after sleep deprivation than in baseline, thus, reflecting the reduction of spindles under increased sleep pressure.
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- Antonio Fernandez Guerrero
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- The KEY Institute for Brain-Mind Research, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Sychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich Center for Interdisciplinary Sleep Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Exploring brain functional connectivity in rest and sleep states: a fNIRS study. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16144. [PMID: 30385843 PMCID: PMC6212555 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33439-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study investigates the brain functional connectivity in the rest and sleep states. We collected EEG, EOG, and fNIRS signals simultaneously during rest and sleep phases. The rest phase was defined as a quiet wake-eyes open (w_o) state, while the sleep phase was separated into three states; quiet wake-eyes closed (w_c), non-rapid eye movement sleep stage 1 (N1), and non-rapid eye movement sleep stage 2 (N2) using the EEG and EOG signals. The fNIRS signals were used to calculate the cerebral hemodynamic responses (oxy-, deoxy-, and total hemoglobin). We grouped 133 fNIRS channels into five brain regions (frontal, motor, temporal, somatosensory, and visual areas). These five regions were then used to form fifteen brain networks. A network connectivity was computed by calculating the Pearson correlation coefficients of the hemodynamic responses between fNIRS channels belonging to the network. The fifteen networks were compared across the states using the connection ratio and connection strength calculated from the normalized correlation coefficients. Across all fifteen networks and three hemoglobin types, the connection ratio was high in the w_c and N1 states and low in the w_o and N2 states. In addition, the connection strength was similar between the w_c and N1 states and lower in the w_o and N2 states. Based on our experimental results, we believe that fNIRS has a high potential to be a main tool to study the brain connectivity in the rest and sleep states.
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Zhu G, Wang C, Liu F, Tang L, Zheng J. Age-related network topological difference based on the sleep ECG signal. Physiol Meas 2018; 39:084009. [PMID: 30091718 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/aad941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Age has been shown to be a crucial factor for the EEG and fMRI small-world networks during sleep. However, the characteristics of the age-related network based on the sleep ECG signal and how the network changes during different sleep stages are poorly understood. This study focuses on exploring the age-related scale-free and small-world network properties of the ECG signal from male subjects during distinct sleep stages, including the wakeful (W), light sleep (LS), deep sleep (DS) and rapid eye movement (REM) stages. APPROACH The subjects are divided into two age groups: a younger (age ⩽ 40, n = 11) group and an older group (age > 40, n = 25). MAIN RESULTS For the scale-free network analysis, our results reveal a distinctive pattern of the scale free network topologies between the two age groups, including the mean degree ([Formula: see text]), the clustering coefficient ([Formula: see text]), and the path length ([Formula: see text]) features, such as the slope distribution of [Formula: see text] in the younger group increased from 1.99 during W to above 2.05 during DS. In addition, the results indicate that the small-world properties can be found across all sleep stages in both age groups. However, the small-world index in the LS and REM stages significantly decreased with age (p = 0.0006 and p = 0.05, respectively). SIGNIFICANCE The comparison analysis result indicates that the network topology variations in the sleep ECG signals are prone to show age-relevant differences that could be used for sleep stage classification and sleep disorder diagnosis.
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- Guohun Zhu
- School of ITEE, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Brisbane, Australia
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Hein M, Lanquart JP, Loas G, Hubain P, Linkowski P. The sleep network organization during slow-wave sleep is more stable with age and has small-world characteristics more marked than during REM sleep in healthy men. Neurosci Res 2018; 145:30-38. [PMID: 30120961 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Sleep plays an important role in cognitive functioning. However, few studies have investigated the sleep network organization. The aim of our study was to empirically investigate the presence and the stability with age of a small-world network organization during REM and slow-wave sleep using the effective connectivity measured by the Granger causality. Polysomnographic data from 30 healthy men recruited prospectively were analysed. To obtain the 19 × 19 connectivity matrix of all possible pairwise combinations of electrodes by the Granger causality method from our EEG data, we used the Toolbox MVGC multivariate Granger causality. The computation of the network measures was realised by importing these connectivity matrices into the EEGNET Toolbox. Even if all small-world coefficients obtained are compatible with a small-world network organization during REM and slow-wave sleep, slow-wave sleep seems to have a small-world network organization more marked than REM sleep. Moreover, the sleep network organization is affected greater by age during REM sleep than during slow-wave sleep. In healthy individuals, the highlighting of a sleep network organization during slow-wave sleep more stable with age and with small-world characteristics more marked than during REM sleep may help to better understand the global and local processing of information during sleep.
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- Matthieu Hein
- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Erasme Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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Link Prediction Investigation of Dynamic Information Flow in Epilepsy. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2018; 2018:8102597. [PMID: 30057733 PMCID: PMC6051128 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8102597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 02/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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As a brain disorder, epilepsy is characterized with abnormal hypersynchronous neural firings. It is known that seizures initiate and propagate in different brain regions. Long-term intracranial multichannel electroencephalography (EEG) reflects broadband ictal activity under seizure occurrence. Network-based techniques are efficient in discovering brain dynamics and offering finger-print features for specific individuals. In this study, we adopt link prediction for proposing a novel workflow aiming to quantify seizure dynamics and uncover pathological mechanisms of epilepsy. A dataset of EEG signals was enrolled that recorded from 8 patients with 3 different types of pharmocoresistant focal epilepsy. Weighted networks are obtained from phase locking value (PLV) in subband EEG oscillations. Common neighbor (CN), resource allocation (RA), Adamic-Adar (AA), and Sorenson algorithms are brought in for link prediction performance comparison. Results demonstrate that RA outperforms its rivals. Similarity, matrix was produced from the RA technique performing on EEG networks later. Nodes are gathered to form sequences by selecting the ones with the highest similarity. It is demonstrated that variations are in accordance with seizure attack in node sequences of gamma band EEG oscillations. What is more, variations in node sequences monitor the total seizure journey including its initiation and termination.
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The resilient brain and the guardians of sleep: New perspectives on old assumptions. Sleep Med Rev 2018; 39:98-107. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Network Entropy for the Sequence Analysis of Functional Connectivity Graphs of the Brain. ENTROPY 2018; 20:e20050311. [PMID: 33265402 PMCID: PMC7512830 DOI: 10.3390/e20050311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dynamic representation of functional brain networks involved in the sequence analysis of functional connectivity graphs of the brain (FCGB) gains advances in uncovering evolved interaction mechanisms. However, most of the networks, even the event-related ones, are highly heterogeneous due to spurious interactions, which bring challenges to revealing the change patterns of interactive information in the complex dynamic process. In this paper, we propose a network entropy (NE) method to measure connectivity uncertainty of FCGB sequences to alleviate the spurious interaction problem in dynamic network analysis to realize associations with different events during a complex cognitive task. The proposed dynamic analysis approach calculated the adjacency matrices from ongoing electroencephalpgram (EEG) in a sliding time-window to form the FCGB sequences. The probability distribution of Shannon entropy was replaced by the connection sequence distribution to measure the uncertainty of FCGB constituting NE. Without averaging, we used time frequency transform of the NE of FCGB sequences to analyze the event-related changes in oscillatory activity in the single-trial traces during the complex cognitive process of driving. Finally, the results of a verification experiment showed that the NE of the FCGB sequences has a certain time-locked performance for different events related to driver fatigue in a prolonged driving task. The time errors between the extracted time of high-power NE and the recorded time of event occurrence were distributed within the range [−30 s, 30 s] and 90.1% of the time errors were distributed within the range [−10 s, 10 s]. The high correlation (r = 0.99997, p < 0.001) between the timing characteristics of the two types of signals indicates that the NE can reflect the actual dynamic interaction states of brain. Thus, the method may have potential implications for cognitive studies and for the detection of physiological states.
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Moezzi B, Goldsworthy MR. Commentary: Consistency of EEG source localization and connectivity estimates. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:147. [PMID: 29593486 PMCID: PMC5859999 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Bahar Moezzi
- Robinson Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Danhofer P, Pejčochová J, Dušek L, Rektor I, Ošlejšková H. The influence of EEG-detected nocturnal centrotemporal discharges on the expression of core symptoms of ADHD in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS): A prospective study in a tertiary referral center. Epilepsy Behav 2018; 79:75-81. [PMID: 29253678 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS) is the most frequent benign focal epilepsy in childhood. Although it is described as a benign epilepsy syndrome, many studies have revealed that a significant number of patients have some degree of neuropsychological impairment. Thirty-two patients with BCECTS aged 6-11years were included in the study. All patients (without any antiepileptic or psychiatric medication) underwent all-night EEG monitoring and complex neuropsychological testing to diagnose the presence of core symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The spike index (number of spikes per minute) on awake and asleep EEG, age at seizure onset, family history of epilepsy, and perinatal risks were correlated with the results of neuropsychological testing. Of the 32 patients, 21 patients (65.6%) fulfilled the criteria for ADHD diagnosis. Children who were younger at epilepsy onset demonstrated lower IQ and higher attention deficit (P=0.004) and higher impulsivity (P=0.016). The occurence of epileptiform discharges on nocturnal EEG was positively related to higher attention deficit and higher impulsivity. The findings are discussed in terms of how interictal discharges in the centrotemporal region during sleep affect the development of cognitive functions in children during critical epochs of neuropsychological development.
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- Pavlína Danhofer
- Brno Epilepsy Center, Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Brno Epilepsy Center, Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Analysis, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Brno Epilepsy Center, First Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Brno Epilepsy Center, Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Desjardins MÈ, Carrier J, Lina JM, Fortin M, Gosselin N, Montplaisir J, Zadra A. EEG Functional Connectivity Prior to Sleepwalking: Evidence of Interplay Between Sleep and Wakefulness. Sleep 2017; 40:2991628. [PMID: 28204773 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Study Objectives Although sleepwalking (somnambulism) affects up to 4% of adults, its pathophysiology remains poorly understood. Sleepwalking can be preceded by fluctuations in slow-wave sleep EEG signals, but the significance of these pre-episode changes remains unknown and methods based on EEG functional connectivity have yet to be used to better comprehend the disorder. Methods We investigated the sleep EEG of 27 adult sleepwalkers (mean age: 29 ± 7.6 years) who experienced a somnambulistic episode during slow-wave sleep. The 20-second segment of sleep EEG immediately preceding each patient's episode was compared with the 20-second segment occurring 2 minutes prior to episode onset. Results Results from spectral analyses revealed increased delta and theta spectral power in the 20 seconds preceding the episodes' onset as compared to the 20 seconds occurring 2 minutes before the episodes. The imaginary part of the coherence immediately prior to episode onset revealed (1) decreased delta EEG functional connectivity in parietal and occipital regions, (2) increased alpha connectivity over a fronto-parietal network, and (3) increased beta connectivity involving symmetric inter-hemispheric networks implicating frontotemporal, parietal and occipital areas. Conclusions Taken together, these modifications in EEG functional connectivity suggest that somnambulistic episodes are preceded by brain processes characterized by the co-existence of arousal and deep sleep.
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- Marie-Ève Desjardins
- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,École de technologie supérieure, Department of Electrical Engineering, Montréal, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Chen GQ, Zhang X, Xing Y, Wen D, Cui GB, Han Y. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging shows altered brain network topology in Type 2 diabetic patients without cognitive impairment. Oncotarget 2017; 8:104560-104570. [PMID: 29262661 PMCID: PMC5732827 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.21282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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We analyzed topology of brain functional networks in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients without mild cognitive impairment. We recruited T2DM patients without mild cognitive impairment (4 males and 8 females) and healthy control subjects (8 males and 16 females) to undergo cognitive testing and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Graph theoretical analysis of functional brain networks revealed abnormal small-world architecture in T2DM patients as compared to control subjects. The functional brain networks of T2DM patients showed increased path length, decreased global efficiency and disrupted long-distance connections. Moreover, reduced nodal characteristics were distributed in the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes, while increased nodal characteristics were distributed in the frontal, occipital lobes, and basal ganglia in the T2DM patients. The disrupted topological properties correlated with cognitive performance of T2DM patients. These findings demonstrate altered topological organization of functional brain networks in T2DM patients without mild cognitive impairment.
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- Guan-Qun Chen
- Department of Neurology, XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Center of Alzheimer's Disease, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Radiological Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.,Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China.,The Key Laboratory of Software Engineering of Hebei Province, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurology, XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Center of Alzheimer's Disease, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.,National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Beijing, China.,Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing, China.,PKUCare Rehabilitation Hospital, Beijing, China
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Lioi G, Bell SL, Smith DC, Simpson DM. Directional connectivity in the EEG is able to discriminate wakefulness from NREM sleep. Physiol Meas 2017; 38:1802-1820. [PMID: 28737503 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/aa81b5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A reliable measure of consciousness is of great interest for various clinical applications including sleep studies and the assessment of depth of anaesthesia. A number of measures of consciousness based on the EEG have been proposed in the literature and tested in studies of dreamless sleep, general anaesthesia and disorders of consciousness. However, reliability has remained a persistent challenge. Despite considerable theoretical and experimental effort, the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness remain unclear, but connectivity between brain regions is thought to be disrupted, impairing information flow. OBJECTIVE The objective of the current work was to assess directional connectivity between brain regions using directed coherence and propose and assess an index that robustly reflects changes associated with non-REM sleep. APPROACH We tested the performance on polysomnographic recordings from ten healthy subjects and compared directed coherence (and derived features) with more established measures calculated from EEG spectra. We compared the performance of the different indexes to discriminate the level of consciousness at group and individual level. MAIN RESULTS At a group level all EEG measures could significantly discriminate NREM sleep from waking, but there was considerable individual variation. Across all individuals, normalized power, the strength of long-range connections and the direction of functional links strongly correlate with NREM sleep stages over the experimental timeline. At an individual level, of the EEG measures considered, the direction of functional links constitutes the most reliable index of the level of consciousness, highly correlating with the individual experimental time-line of sleep in all subjects. SIGNIFICANCE Directed coherence provides a promising new means of assessing level of consciousness, firmly based on current physiological understanding of consciousness.
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- G Lioi
- Institute for Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Choi JW, Jeong MH, Her SJ, Lee BU, Cha KS, Jung KY, Kim KH. Abnormal Sleep Delta Rhythm and Interregional Phase Synchrony in Patients with Restless Legs Syndrome and Their Reversal by Dopamine Agonist Treatment. J Clin Neurol 2017; 13:340-350. [PMID: 28831786 PMCID: PMC5653621 DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.4.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 05/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background and Purpose The purpose of this study was to characterize abnormal cortical activity during sleep in restless legs syndrome (RLS) patients and to determine the effects of treatment with a dopamine agonist. Based on whole-brain electroencephalograms, we attempted to verify alterations in the functional network as well as the spectral power of neural activities during sleep in RLS patients and to determine whether the changes are reversed by treatment with pramipexole. Methods Twelve drug-naïve RLS patients participated in the study. Overnight polysomnography was performed before and after treatment: the first recording was made immediately prior to administering the first dose of pramipexole, and the second recording was made 12–16 weeks after commencing pramipexole administration. Sixteen age-matched healthy participants served as a control group. The spectral power and interregional phase synchrony were analyzed in 30-s epochs. The functional characteristics of the cortical network were quantified using graph-theory measures. Results The delta-band power was significantly increased and the small-world network characteristics in the delta band were disrupted in RLS patients compared to the healthy controls. These abnormalities were successfully treated by dopaminergic medication. The delta-band power was significantly correlated with the RLS severity score in the RLS patients prior to treatment. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the spectral and functional network characteristics of neural activities during sleep become abnormal in RLS patients, and these abnormalities can be successfully treated by a dopamine agonist.
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- Jeong Woo Choi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
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Vecchio F, Miraglia F, Gorgoni M, Ferrara M, Iberite F, Bramanti P, De Gennaro L, Rossini PM. Cortical connectivity modulation during sleep onset: A study via graph theory on EEG data. Hum Brain Mapp 2017; 38:5456-5464. [PMID: 28744955 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Sleep onset is characterized by a specific and orchestrated pattern of frequency and topographical EEG changes. Conventional power analyses of electroencephalographic (EEG) and computational assessments of network dynamics have described an earlier synchronization of the centrofrontal areas rhythms and a spread of synchronizing signals from associative prefrontal to posterior areas. Here, we assess how "small world" characteristics of the brain networks, as reflected in the EEG rhythms, are modified in the wakefulness-sleep transition comparing the pre- and post-sleep onset epochs. The results show that sleep onset is characterized by a less ordered brain network (as reflected by the higher value of small world) in the sigma band for the frontal lobes indicating stronger connectivity, and a more ordered brain network in the low frequency delta and theta bands indicating disconnection on the remaining brain areas. Our results depict the timing and topography of the specific mechanisms for the maintenance of functional connectivity of frontal brain regions at the sleep onset, also providing a possible explanation for the prevalence of the frontal-to-posterior information flow directionality previously observed after sleep onset. Hum Brain Mapp 38:5456-5464, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Fabrizio Vecchio
- Brain Connectivity Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.,Institute of Neurology, Dept. Geriatrics, Neuroscience & Orthopedics, Catholic University, A. Gemelli Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.,Department of Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.,Institute of Neurology, Dept. Geriatrics, Neuroscience & Orthopedics, Catholic University, A. Gemelli Foundation, Rome, Italy
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Blain-Moraes S, Tarnal V, Vanini G, Bel-Behar T, Janke E, Picton P, Golmirzaie G, Palanca BJA, Avidan MS, Kelz MB, Mashour GA. Network Efficiency and Posterior Alpha Patterns Are Markers of Recovery from General Anesthesia: A High-Density Electroencephalography Study in Healthy Volunteers. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:328. [PMID: 28701933 PMCID: PMC5487412 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Recent studies have investigated local oscillations, long-range connectivity, and global network patterns to identify neural changes associated with anesthetic-induced unconsciousness. These studies typically employ anesthetic protocols that either just cross the threshold of unconsciousness, or induce deep unconsciousness for a brief period of time-neither of which models general anesthesia for major surgery. To study neural patterns of unconsciousness and recovery in a clinically-relevant context, we used a realistic anesthetic regimen to induce and maintain unconsciousness in eight healthy participants for 3 h. High-density electroencephalogram (EEG) was acquired throughout and for another 3 h after emergence. Seven epochs of 5-min eyes-closed resting states were extracted from the data at baseline as well as 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, and 180-min post-emergence. Additionally, 5-min epochs were extracted during induction, unconsciousness, and immediately prior to recovery of consciousness, for a total of 10 analysis epochs. The EEG data in each epoch were analyzed using source-localized spectral analysis, phase-lag index, and graph theoretical techniques. Posterior alpha power was significantly depressed during unconsciousness, and gradually approached baseline levels over the 3 h recovery period. Phase-lag index did not distinguish between states of consciousness or stages of recovery. Network efficiency was significantly depressed and network clustering coefficient was significantly increased during unconsciousness; these graph theoretical measures returned to baseline during the 3 h recovery period. Posterior alpha power may be a potential biomarker for normal recovery of functional brain networks after general anesthesia.
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- Stefanie Blain-Moraes
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.,Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, United States
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- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, MI, United States
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Pereira JB, Mijalkov M, Kakaei E, Mecocci P, Vellas B, Tsolaki M, Kloszewska I, Soininen H, Spenger C, Lovestone S, Simmons A, Wahlund LO, Volpe G, Westman E. Disrupted Network Topology in Patients with Stable and Progressive Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Cereb Cortex 2016; 26:3476-3493. [PMID: 27178195 PMCID: PMC4961019 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Recent findings suggest that Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a disconnection syndrome characterized by abnormalities in large-scale networks. However, the alterations that occur in network topology during the prodromal stages of AD, particularly in patients with stable mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and those that show a slow or faster progression to dementia, are still poorly understood. In this study, we used graph theory to assess the organization of structural MRI networks in stable MCI (sMCI) subjects, late MCI converters (lMCIc), early MCI converters (eMCIc), and AD patients from 2 large multicenter cohorts: ADNI and AddNeuroMed. Our findings showed an abnormal global network organization in all patient groups, as reflected by an increased path length, reduced transitivity, and increased modularity compared with controls. In addition, lMCIc, eMCIc, and AD patients showed a decreased path length and mean clustering compared with the sMCI group. At the local level, there were nodal clustering decreases mostly in AD patients, while the nodal closeness centrality detected abnormalities across all patient groups, showing overlapping changes in the hippocampi and amygdala and nonoverlapping changes in parietal, entorhinal, and orbitofrontal regions. These findings suggest that the prodromal and clinical stages of AD are associated with an abnormal network topology.
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- Joana B Pereira
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- INSERM U 558, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.,University Hospital of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology at Karolinska Institutet, Division of Medical Imaging and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Solna, Sweden
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, London, UK
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Soft Matter Lab.,UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Toppi J, Astolfi L, Poudel GR, Innes CR, Babiloni F, Jones RD. Time-varying effective connectivity of the cortical neuroelectric activity associated with behavioural microsleeps. Neuroimage 2016; 124:421-432. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Lv J, Liu D, Ma J, Wang X, Zhang J. Graph Theoretical Analysis of BOLD Functional Connectivity during Human Sleep without EEG Monitoring. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137297. [PMID: 26360464 PMCID: PMC4567068 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Functional brain networks of human have been revealed to have small-world properties by both analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) time series. METHODS & RESULTS In our study, by using graph theoretical analysis, we attempted to investigate the changes of paralimbic-limbic cortex between wake and sleep states. Ten healthy young people were recruited to our experiment. Data from 2 subjects were excluded for the reason that they had not fallen asleep during the experiment. For each subject, blood oxygen level dependency (BOLD) images were acquired to analyze brain network, and peripheral pulse signals were obtained continuously to identify if the subject was in sleep periods. Results of fMRI showed that brain networks exhibited stronger small-world characteristics during sleep state as compared to wake state, which was in consistent with previous studies using EEG synchronization. Moreover, we observed that compared with wake state, paralimbic-limbic cortex had less connectivity with neocortical system and centrencephalic structure in sleep. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, this is the first study, to our knowledge, has observed that small-world properties of brain functional networks altered when human sleeps without EEG synchronization. Moreover, we speculate that paralimbic-limbic cortex organization owns an efficient defense mechanism responsible for suppressing the external environment interference when humans sleep, which is consistent with the hypothesis that the paralimbic-limbic cortex may be functionally disconnected from brain regions which directly mediate their interactions with the external environment. Our findings also provide a reasonable explanation why stable sleep exhibits homeostasis which is far less susceptible to outside world.
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- Jun Lv
- Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Dept. of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (JZ); (XW)
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- Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
- College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (JZ); (XW)
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Taya F, Sun Y, Babiloni F, Thakor N, Bezerianos A. Brain enhancement through cognitive training: a new insight from brain connectome. Front Syst Neurosci 2015; 9:44. [PMID: 25883555 PMCID: PMC4381643 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Owing to the recent advances in neurotechnology and the progress in understanding of brain cognitive functions, improvements of cognitive performance or acceleration of learning process with brain enhancement systems is not out of our reach anymore, on the contrary, it is a tangible target of contemporary research. Although a variety of approaches have been proposed, we will mainly focus on cognitive training interventions, in which learners repeatedly perform cognitive tasks to improve their cognitive abilities. In this review article, we propose that the learning process during the cognitive training can be facilitated by an assistive system monitoring cognitive workloads using electroencephalography (EEG) biomarkers, and the brain connectome approach can provide additional valuable biomarkers for facilitating leaners' learning processes. For the purpose, we will introduce studies on the cognitive training interventions, EEG biomarkers for cognitive workload, and human brain connectome. As cognitive overload and mental fatigue would reduce or even eliminate gains of cognitive training interventions, a real-time monitoring of cognitive workload can facilitate the learning process by flexibly adjusting difficulty levels of the training task. Moreover, cognitive training interventions should have effects on brain sub-networks, not on a single brain region, and graph theoretical network metrics quantifying topological architecture of the brain network can differentiate with respect to individual cognitive states as well as to different individuals' cognitive abilities, suggesting that the connectome is a valuable approach for tracking the learning progress. Although only a few studies have exploited the connectome approach for studying alterations of the brain network induced by cognitive training interventions so far, we believe that it would be a useful technique for capturing improvements of cognitive functions.
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- Fumihiko Taya
- Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE), National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE), National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University "Sapienza" of Rome Rome, Italy
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- Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE), National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore ; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Centre for Life Sciences, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE), National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore
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Li M, Chen H, Wang J, Liu F, Long Z, Wang Y, Iturria-Medina Y, Zhang J, Yu C, Chen H. Handedness- and hemisphere-related differences in small-world brain networks: a diffusion tensor imaging tractography study. Brain Connect 2014; 4:145-56. [PMID: 24564422 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2013.0211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Previous behavioral and scanning studies have suggested that handedness is associated with differences in brain morphology as well as in anatomical and functional lateralization. However, little is known about the topological organization of the white matter (WM) structural networks related to handedness. We employed diffusion tensor imaging tractography to investigate handedness- and hemisphere-related differences in the topological organization of the human cortical anatomical network. After constructing left hemispheric/right hemispheric weighted structural networks in 32 right-handed and 24 left-handed healthy individuals, we analyzed the networks by graph theoretic analysis. We found that both the right and left hemispheric WM structural networks in the two groups possessed small-world attributes (high local clustering and short paths between nodes), findings which are consistent with recent results from whole-brain structural networks. In addition, the right hemisphere tended to be more efficient than the left hemisphere, suggesting a high efficiency of general information processing in the right hemisphere. Finally, we found that the right-handed subjects had significant asymmetries in small-world properties (normalized clustering coefficient γ, normalized path length λ, and small-worldness σ), while left-handed subjects had fewer asymmetries. Our findings from large-scale brain networks aid in understanding the structural substrates underlying handedness-related and hemisphere-related differences in cognition and behavior.
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- Meiling Li
- 1 Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , Chengdu, China
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Jiang T, Zhou Y. Brainnetome of schizophrenia: focus on impaired cognitive function. SHANGHAI ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY 2014; 24:3-10. [PMID: 25324595 PMCID: PMC4198886 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Impaired cognitive function, along with positive and negative symptoms, is a core clinical feature of schizophrenia. Earlier studies suggest that impaired cognitive functioning should be assessed from the perspective of brain networks. The recently developed brainnetome approach to evaluating brain networks—an approach that was initially developed by Chinese scientists—provides a new methodology for studying this issue. In this paper we first introduce the concept of brainnetome. We then review recent progress in developing a brainnetome of impaired cognitive function in people with schizophrenia. The models of the relevant brain networks considered were created using data obtained from functional and anatomical brain imaging technologies at different levels of analysis: networks centered on regions of interest, networks related to specific cognitive functions, whole brain networks, and the attributes of brain networks. Finally, we discuss the current challenges and potential new directions for research about brainnetome.
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- Tianzi Jiang
- LIAMA Center for Computational Medicine, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Chennu S, Finoia P, Kamau E, Allanson J, Williams GB, Monti MM, Noreika V, Arnatkeviciute A, Canales-Johnson A, Olivares F, Cabezas-Soto D, Menon DK, Pickard JD, Owen AM, Bekinschtein TA. Spectral signatures of reorganised brain networks in disorders of consciousness. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10:e1003887. [PMID: 25329398 PMCID: PMC4199497 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Theoretical advances in the science of consciousness have proposed that it is concomitant with balanced cortical integration and differentiation, enabled by efficient networks of information transfer across multiple scales. Here, we apply graph theory to compare key signatures of such networks in high-density electroencephalographic data from 32 patients with chronic disorders of consciousness, against normative data from healthy controls. Based on connectivity within canonical frequency bands, we found that patient networks had reduced local and global efficiency, and fewer hubs in the alpha band. We devised a novel topographical metric, termed modular span, which showed that the alpha network modules in patients were also spatially circumscribed, lacking the structured long-distance interactions commonly observed in the healthy controls. Importantly however, these differences between graph-theoretic metrics were partially reversed in delta and theta band networks, which were also significantly more similar to each other in patients than controls. Going further, we found that metrics of alpha network efficiency also correlated with the degree of behavioural awareness. Intriguingly, some patients in behaviourally unresponsive vegetative states who demonstrated evidence of covert awareness with functional neuroimaging stood out from this trend: they had alpha networks that were remarkably well preserved and similar to those observed in the controls. Taken together, our findings inform current understanding of disorders of consciousness by highlighting the distinctive brain networks that characterise them. In the significant minority of vegetative patients who follow commands in neuroimaging tests, they point to putative network mechanisms that could support cognitive function and consciousness despite profound behavioural impairment.
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- Srivas Chennu
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Brain and Mind Institute, Natural Sciences Centre, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Halász P, Bódizs R, Parrino L, Terzano M. Two features of sleep slow waves: homeostatic and reactive aspects – from long term to instant sleep homeostasis. Sleep Med 2014; 15:1184-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Revised: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Duan X, Long Z, Chen H, Liang D, Qiu L, Huang X, Liu TCY, Gong Q. Functional organization of intrinsic connectivity networks in Chinese-chess experts. Brain Res 2014; 1558:33-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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van der Molen MJW, Stam CJ, van der Molen MW. Resting-state EEG oscillatory dynamics in fragile X syndrome: abnormal functional connectivity and brain network organization. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88451. [PMID: 24523898 PMCID: PMC3921158 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Disruptions in functional connectivity and dysfunctional brain networks are considered to be a neurological hallmark of neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite the vast literature on functional brain connectivity in typical brain development, surprisingly few attempts have been made to characterize brain network integrity in neurodevelopmental disorders. Here we used resting-state EEG to characterize functional brain connectivity and brain network organization in eight males with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and 12 healthy male controls. Functional connectivity was calculated based on the phase lag index (PLI), a non-linear synchronization index that is less sensitive to the effects of volume conduction. Brain network organization was assessed with graph theoretical analysis. A decrease in global functional connectivity was observed in FXS males for upper alpha and beta frequency bands. For theta oscillations, we found increased connectivity in long-range (fronto-posterior) and short-range (frontal-frontal and posterior-posterior) clusters. Graph theoretical analysis yielded evidence of increased path length in the theta band, suggesting that information transfer between brain regions is particularly impaired for theta oscillations in FXS. These findings are discussed in terms of aberrant maturation of neuronal oscillatory dynamics, resulting in an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory neuronal circuit activity.
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- Melle J. W. van der Molen
- Institute of Psychology, Developmental Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition. Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lin P, Sun J, Yu G, Wu Y, Yang Y, Liang M, Liu X. Global and local brain network reorganization in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Brain Imaging Behav 2013; 8:558-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9279-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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