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Beer J, Mojica AJ, Blacker KJ, Dart TS, Morse BG, Sherman PM. Relative Severity of Human Performance Decrements Recorded in Rapid vs. Gradual Decompression. Aerosp Med Hum Perform 2024; 95:353-366. [PMID: 38915160 DOI: 10.3357/amhp.6402.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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INTRODUCTION: Cabin decompression presents a threat in high-altitude-capable aircraft. A chamber study was performed to compare effects of rapid (RD) vs. gradual decompression and gauge impairment at altitude with and without hypoxia, as well as to assess recovery.METHODS: There were 12 participants who completed RD (1 s) and Gradual (3 min 12 s) ascents from 2743-7620 m (9000-25000 ft) altitude pressures while breathing air or 100% O₂. Physiological indices included oxygen saturation (SPo₂), heart rate (HR), respiration, end tidal O₂ and CO₂ partial pressures, and electroencephalography (EEG). Cognition was evaluated using SYNWIN, which combines memory, arithmetic, visual, and auditory tasks. The study incorporated ascent rate (RD, gradual), breathing gas (air, 100% O₂) and epoch (ground-level, pre-breathe, ascent-altitude, recovery) as factors.RESULTS: Physiological effects in hypoxic "air" ascents included decreased SPo₂ and end tidal O₂ and CO₂ partial pressures (hypocapnia), with elevated HR and minute ventilation (V˙E); SPo₂ and HR effects were greater after RD (-7.3% lower and +10.0 bpm higher, respectively). HR and V˙E decreased during recovery. SYNWIN performance declined during ascent in air, with key metrics, including composite score, falling further (-75% vs. -50%) after RD. Broad cognitive impairment was not recorded on 100% O₂, nor in recovery. EEG signals showed increased slow-wave activity during hypoxia.DISCUSSION: In hypoxic exposures, RD impaired performance more than gradual ascent. Hypobaria did not comprehensively impair performance without hypoxia. Lingering impairment was not observed during recovery, but HR and V˙E metrics suggested compensatory slowing following altitude stress. Participants' cognitive strategy shifted as hypoxia progressed, with efficiency giving way to "satisficing," redistributing effort to easier tasks.Beer J, Mojica AJ, Blacker KJ, Dart TS, Morse BG, Sherman PM. Relative severity of human performance decrements recorded in rapid vs. gradual decompression. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2024; 95(7):353-366.
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Coronel-Oliveros C, Medel V, Whitaker GA, Astudillo A, Gallagher D, Z-Rivera L, Prado P, El-Deredy W, Orio P, Weinstein A. Elevating understanding: Linking high-altitude hypoxia to brain aging through EEG functional connectivity and spectral analyses. Netw Neurosci 2024; 8:275-292. [PMID: 38562297 PMCID: PMC10927308 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00352] [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: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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High-altitude hypoxia triggers brain function changes reminiscent of those in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease, compromising cognition and executive functions. Our study sought to validate high-altitude hypoxia as a model for assessing brain activity disruptions akin to aging. We collected EEG data from 16 healthy volunteers during acute high-altitude hypoxia (at 4,000 masl) and at sea level, focusing on relative changes in power and aperiodic slope of the EEG spectrum due to hypoxia. Additionally, we examined functional connectivity using wPLI, and functional segregation and integration using graph theory tools. High altitude led to slower brain oscillations, that is, increased δ and reduced α power, and flattened the 1/f aperiodic slope, indicating higher electrophysiological noise, akin to healthy aging. Notably, functional integration strengthened in the θ band, exhibiting unique topographical patterns at the subnetwork level, including increased frontocentral and reduced occipitoparietal integration. Moreover, we discovered significant correlations between subjects' age, 1/f slope, θ band integration, and observed robust effects of hypoxia after adjusting for age. Our findings shed light on how reduced oxygen levels at high altitudes influence brain activity patterns resembling those in neurodegenerative disorders and aging, making high-altitude hypoxia a promising model for comprehending the brain in health and disease.
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- Carlos Coronel-Oliveros
- Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
- Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso (CINV), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Neuroscience, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile
- Chair of Acoustics and Haptics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso (CINV), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería en Salud, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England
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- Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
- Escuela de Fonoaudiología, Facultad de Odontología y Ciencias de la Rehabilitación, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería en Salud, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso (CINV), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- Instituto de Neurociencia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (AC3E), Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería en Salud, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Rizvi SMA, Buriro AB, Ahmed I, Memon AA. Analyzing neural activity under prolonged mask usage through EEG. Brain Res 2024; 1822:148624. [PMID: 37838190 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148624] [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: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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In recent COVID times, mask has been a compulsion at workplaces and institutes as a preventive measure against multiple viral diseases including coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. However, the effects of prolonged mask-wearing on humans' neural activity are not well known. This paper is to investigate the effect of prolonged mask usage on the human brain through electroencephalogram (EEG), which acquires neural activity and translates it into comprehensible electrical signals. The performances of 10 human subjects with and without mask were assessed on a random patterned alphabet game. Besides EEG, physiological parameters of oxygen saturation, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature were recorded. Spectral and statistical analysis were performed on the recorded entities along with linear discriminant analysis (LDA) on extracted spectral features. The mean EEG spectral power in alpha, beta, and gamma sub-bands of the subjects with mask was smaller than the subjects without mask. The performances on the task and the oxygen saturation level between the two groups differed significantly (p < 0.05). Whereas, the blood pressure, body temperature, and heart rate of both groups were similar. Based on the LDA analysis, the occipital and frontal lobes exhibited the greatest variability in channel measurements, with O1 and O2 channels in the occipital lobe demonstrating significant variations within the alpha band due to visual focus, while the F3, AF3, and F7 channels were found to be differentiating within the beta and gamma frequency bands due to the cognitive stimulating tasks. All other channels were observed to be non-discriminatory.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Sukkur IBA University, 65200 Sukkur, Pakistan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Sukkur IBA University, 65200 Sukkur, Pakistan; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, City University, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Sukkur IBA University, 65200 Sukkur, Pakistan
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Hutcheon EA, Vakorin VA, Nunes AS, Ribary U, Ferguson S, Claydon VE, Doesburg SM. Comparing neuronal oscillations during visual spatial attention orienting between normobaric and hypobaric hypoxia. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18021. [PMID: 37865721 PMCID: PMC10590435 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45308-8] [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: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023] Open
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Normobaric hypoxia (NH) and hypobaric hypoxia (HH) are both used to train aircraft pilots to recognize symptoms of hypoxia. NH (low oxygen concentration) training is often preferred because it is more cost effective, simpler, and safer than HH. It is unclear, however, whether NH is neurophysiologically equivalent to HH (high altitude). Previous studies have shown that neural oscillations, particularly those in the alpha band (8-12 Hz), are impacted by hypoxia. Attention tasks have been shown to reliably modulate alpha oscillations, although the neurophysiological impacts of hypoxia during cognitive processing remains poorly understood. To address this we investigated induced and evoked power alongside physiological data while participants performed an attention task during control (normobaric normoxia or NN), NH (fraction of inspired oxygen = 12.8%, partial pressure of inspired oxygen = 87.2 mmHg), and HH (3962 m, partial pressure of inspired oxygen = 87.2 mmHg) conditions inside a hypobaric chamber. No significant differences between NH and HH were found in oxygen saturation, end tidal gases, breathing rate, middle cerebral artery velocity and blood pressure. Induced alpha power was significantly decreased in NH and HH when compared to NN. Participants in the HH condition showed significantly increased induced lower-beta power and evoked higher-beta power, compared with the NH and NN conditions, indicating that NH and HH differ in their impact on neurophysiological activity supporting cognition. NH and HH were found not to be neurophysiologically equivalent as electroencephalography was able to differentiate NH from HH.
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- Evan A Hutcheon
- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
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- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Environmental Physiology and Medicine Unit, Faculty of Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
- Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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Farjoud Kouhanjani M, Akbarialiabad H, Asadi-Pooya AA. Science or fiction; living in extremes of the universe (space and under the sea) even with epilepsy: A systematic review. Epilepsy Behav 2023; 144:109261. [PMID: 37267844 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE The current systematic review aimed to investigate whether living under the sea or in space is detrimental for patients with epilepsy (PWE). We hypothesized that living under such conditions may predispose PWE to experience seizure recurrence by altering their brain function in a way that predisposes them to seizures. METHODS This systematic review is reported according to the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. On October 26, 2022, we systematically searched PubMed, Scopus, and Embase for relevant articles. RESULTS Our endeavor yielded six papers. One study provided level 2 of evidence, while the rest of the publications provided level 4 or 5 of evidence. Five publications were about the effects of space missions (or simulations), and one manuscript discussed the impacts of underwater experience. CONCLUSION Currently, there is no evidence to make any recommendations about living in extremes of the universe (space and under the sea) with epilepsy. The scientific community should invest more time and effort in comprehensively investigating the potential risks associated with missions and living in such conditions.
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- Trauma Research Center, Rajaee Trauma Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Faculty, NVH Global Health Academy, Nuvance Health, and the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, USA.
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- Epilepsy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
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Hutcheon EA, Vakorin VA, Nunes A, Ribary U, Ferguson S, Claydon VE, Doesburg SM. Associations between spontaneous electroencephalogram oscillations and oxygen saturation across normobaric and hypobaric hypoxia. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:2345-2364. [PMID: 36715216 PMCID: PMC10028628 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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High-altitude indoctrination (HAI) trains individuals to recognize symptoms of hypoxia by simulating high-altitude conditions using normobaric (NH) or hypobaric (HH) hypoxia. Previous studies suggest that despite equivalent inspired oxygen levels, physiological differences could exist between these conditions. In particular, differences in neurophysiological responses to these conditions are not clear. Our study aimed to investigate correlations between oxygen saturation (SpO2 ) and neural responses in NH and HH. We recorded 5-min of resting-state eyes-open electroencephalogram (EEG) and SpO2 during control, NH, and HH conditions from 13 participants. We applied a multivariate framework to characterize correlations between SpO2 and EEG measures (spectral power and multiscale entropy [MSE]), within each participant and at the group level. Participants were desaturating during the first 150 s of NH versus steadily desaturated in HH. We considered the entire time interval, first and second half intervals, separately. All the conditions were characterized by statistically significant participant-specific patterns of EEG-SpO2 correlations. However, at the group level, the desaturation period expressed a robust pattern of these correlations across frequencies and brain locations. Specifically, the first 150 s of NH during desaturation differed significantly from the other conditions with negative absolute alpha power-SpO2 correlations and positive MSE-SpO2 correlations. Once steadily desaturated, NH and HH had no significant differences in EEG-SpO2 correlations. Our findings indicate that the desaturating phase of hypoxia is a critical period in HAI courses, which would require developing strategies for mitigating the hypoxic stimulus in a real-world situation.
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- Evan A Hutcheon
- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Environmental Physiology and Medicine Unit, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Wang M, Lan D, Dandu C, Ding Y, Ji X, Meng R. Normobaric oxygen may attenuate the headache in patients with patent foramen povale and migraine. BMC Neurol 2023; 23:44. [PMID: 36707824 PMCID: PMC9881355 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-023-03059-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES There has been both great interest in and skepticism about the strategies for headache inhibition in patients with patent foramen ovale and migraines (PFO-migraine). Furthermore, many questions remain about the fundamental pathophysiology of PFO-migraines. Herein, the inhibiting effect of normobaric oxygenation (NBO) on PFO-migraine was analyzed. METHODS This real-world self-control study consecutively enrolled patients during the ictal phase of migraines who had patent foramen ovale (PFO) confirmed by Trans esophageal Ultrasound(TEE). After comparing the baseline arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) in their blood gas with that of healthy volunteers, all the patients with PFO-migraine underwent treatment with NBO (8 L/min. for 1 h/q8h) inhalation through a mask. Their clinical symptoms, blood gas, and electroencephalograph (EEG) prior to and post-NBO were compared. RESULTS A total of 39 cases with PFO-migraine (in which 36% of participants only had a small-aperture of PFO) and 20 non-PFO volunteers entered the final analysis. Baseline blood gas analysis results showed that the PaO2 in patients with PFO-migraine were noticeably lower than PaO2 levels in non-PFO volunteers. After all patients with PFO-migraines underwent NBO treatment, 29(74.4%) of them demonstrated dramatic headache attenuation and a remarkable increase in their arterial PaO2 levels after one time treatment of NBO inhalation (p < 0.01). The arterial PaO2 levels in these patients gradually went down during the following 4 h after treatment. 5 patients finished their EEG scans prior to and post-NBO, and 4(80%) were found to have more abnormal slow waves in their baseline EEG maps. In the follow up EEG maps post-NBO treatment for these same 4 patients, the abnormal slow waves disappeared remarkably. CONCLUSIONS Patients with PFO-migraine may derive benefit from NBO treatment. PFOs result in arterial hypoxemia due to mixing of venous blood, which ultimately results in brain hypoxia and migraines. This series of events may be the key pathologic link explaining how PFOs lead to migraines. NBO use may attenuate the headaches from migraines by correcting the hypoxemia.
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- Mengqi Wang
- grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.24696.3f0000 0004 0369 153XAdvanced Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337National Center for Neurological Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China
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- grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.24696.3f0000 0004 0369 153XAdvanced Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337National Center for Neurological Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China
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- grid.254444.70000 0001 1456 7807Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201 USA
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- grid.254444.70000 0001 1456 7807Department of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201 USA
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- grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.24696.3f0000 0004 0369 153XAdvanced Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337National Center for Neurological Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China
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- grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.24696.3f0000 0004 0369 153XAdvanced Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, 100053 China ,grid.413259.80000 0004 0632 3337National Center for Neurological Disorders, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053 China
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Alterations in spontaneous electrical brain activity after an extreme mountain ultramarathon. Biol Psychol 2022; 171:108348. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ruggiero L, Harrison SWD, Rice CL, McNeil CJ. Neuromuscular fatigability at high altitude: Lowlanders with acute and chronic exposure, and native highlanders. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2022; 234:e13788. [PMID: 35007386 PMCID: PMC9286620 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Ascent to high altitude is accompanied by a reduction in partial pressure of inspired oxygen, which leads to interconnected adjustments within the neuromuscular system. This review describes the unique challenge that such an environment poses to neuromuscular fatigability (peripheral, central and supraspinal) for individuals who normally reside near to sea level (SL) (<1000 m; ie, lowlanders) and for native highlanders, who represent the manifestation of high altitude-related heritable adaptations across millennia. Firstly, the effect of acute exposure to high altitude-related hypoxia on neuromuscular fatigability will be examined. Under these conditions, both supraspinal and peripheral fatigability are increased compared with SL. The specific mechanisms contributing to impaired performance are dependent on the exercise paradigm and amount of muscle mass involved. Next, the effect of chronic exposure to high altitude (ie, acclimatization of ~7-28 days) will be considered. With acclimatization, supraspinal fatigability is restored to SL values, regardless of the amount of muscle mass involved, whereas peripheral fatigability remains greater than SL except when exercise involves a small amount of muscle mass (eg, knee extensors). Indeed, when whole-body exercise is involved, peripheral fatigability is not different to acute high-altitude exposure, due to competing positive (haematological and muscle metabolic) and negative (respiratory-mediated) effects of acclimatization on neuromuscular performance. In the final section, we consider evolutionary adaptations of native highlanders (primarily Himalayans of Tibet and Nepal) that may account for their superior performance at altitude and lesser degree of neuromuscular fatigability compared with acclimatized lowlanders, for both single-joint and whole-body exercise.
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- Luca Ruggiero
- Laboratory of Physiomechanics of Locomotion Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation University of Milan Milan Italy
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- School of Kinesiology Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada
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- School of Kinesiology Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry The University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada
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- Centre for Heart, Lung & Vascular Health School of Health and Exercise Sciences University of British Columbia Kelowna British Columbia Canada
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Blacker KJ, Seech TR, Funke ME, Kinney MJ. Deficits in Visual Processing During Hypoxia as Evidenced by Visual Mismatch Negativity. Aerosp Med Hum Perform 2021; 92:326-332. [PMID: 33875065 DOI: 10.3357/amhp.5735.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION: Hypoxia is an ever-present threat in tactical aviation and gained recent attention due to its putative role in physiological episodes. Previous work has demonstrated that hypoxia negatively impacts a variety of sensory, cognitive, and motor systems. In particular, the visual system is one of the earliest systems affected by hypoxia. While the majority of previous studies have relied on self-report and behavioral testing, the use of event-related potentials as a novel tool to monitor responses to low oxygen in humans has recently been investigated. Specifically, ERP components that are evoked passively in response to unattended changes in background sensory stimulation have been explored.METHOD: Subjects (N 28) completed a continuous visuomotor tracking task while EEG was recorded. During the tracking task, a series of standard color checkerboard patterns were presented in the periphery while occasionally a deviant color checkerboard was presented. The visual mismatch negativity (MMN) component was assessed in response to the deviant compared to the standard stimuli. Subjects completed two sessions in counterbalanced order that only differed by the oxygen concentration breathed (10.6% vs. 20.4%).RESULTS: Results demonstrated a significant reduction in the amplitude of the visual MMN under hypoxic compared to normoxic conditions, showing a 50% reduction in amplitude during hypoxia. Our results suggest that during low-oxygen exposure the ability to detect environmental changes and process sensory information is impaired.DISCUSSION: The visual MMN may represent an early and reliable predictor of sensory and cognitive deficits during hypoxia exposure, which may be of great use to the aviation community.Blacker KJ, Seech TR, Funke ME, Kinney MJ. Deficits in visual processing during hypoxia as evidenced by visual mismatch negativity. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2021; 92(5):326332.
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Dixon B, MacLeod DB. Assessment of a Non Invasive Brain Oximeter in Volunteers Undergoing Acute Hypoxia. MEDICAL DEVICES-EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH 2020; 13:183-194. [PMID: 32669881 PMCID: PMC7335769 DOI: 10.2147/mder.s250102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Research in traumatic brain injury suggests better patient outcomes when invasive oxygen monitoring is used to detect and correct episodes of brain hypoxia. Invasive brain oxygen monitoring is, however, not routinely used due to the risks, costs and technical challengers. We are developing a non-invasive brain oximeter to address these limitations. The monitor uses the principles of pulse oximetry to record a brain photoplethysmographic waveform and oxygen saturations. We undertook a study in volunteers to assess the new monitor. PATIENTS AND METHODS We compared the temporal changes in the brain and skin oxygen saturations in six volunteers undergoing progressive hypoxia to reach arterial saturations of 70%. This approach provides a method to discriminate potential contamination of the brain signal by skin oxygen levels, as the responses in brain and skin oxygen saturations are distinct due to the auto-regulation of cerebral blood flow to compensate for hypoxia. Conventional pulse oximetry was used to assess skin oxygen levels. Blood was also collected from the internal jugular vein and correlated with the brain oximeter oxygen levels. RESULTS At baseline, a photoplethysmographic waveform consistent with that expected from the brain was obtained in five subjects. The signal was adequate to assess oxygen saturations in three subjects. During hypoxia, the brain's oximeter oxygen saturation fell to 74%, while skin saturation fell to 50% (P<0.0001). The brain photoplethysmographic waveform developed a high-frequency oscillation of ~7 Hz, which was not present in the skin during hypoxia. A weak correlation between the brain oximeter and proximal internal jugular vein oxygen levels was demonstrated, R2=0.24, P=0.01. CONCLUSION Brain oximeter oxygen saturations were relatively well preserved compared to the skin during hypoxia. These findings are consistent with the expected physiological responses and suggest skin oxygen levels did not markedly contaminate the brain oximeter signal.
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- Human Pharmacology and Physiology Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology and School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Zani A, Tumminelli C, Proverbio AM. Electroencephalogram (EEG) Alpha Power as a Marker of Visuospatial Attention Orienting and Suppression in Normoxia and Hypoxia. An Exploratory Study. Brain Sci 2020; 10:brainsci10030140. [PMID: 32121650 PMCID: PMC7139314 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10030140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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While electroencephalogram (EEG) alpha desynchronization has been related to anticipatory orienting of visuospatial attention, an increase in alpha power has been associated to its inhibition. A separate line of findings indicated that alpha is affected by a deficient oxygenation of the brain or hypoxia, although leaving unclear whether the latter increases or decreases alpha synchronization. Here, we carried out an exploratory study on these issues by monitoring attention alerting, orienting, and control networks functionality by means of EEG recorded both in normoxia and hypoxia in college students engaged in four attentional cue-target conditions induced by a redesigned Attention Network Test. Alpha power was computed through Fast Fourier Transform. Regardless of brain oxygenation condition, alpha desynchronization was the highest during exogenous, uncued orienting of spatial attention, the lowest during alerting but spatially unpredictable, cued exogenous orienting of attention, and of intermediate level during validly cued endogenous orienting of attention, no matter the motor response workload demanded by the latter, especially over the left hemisphere. Hypoxia induced an increase in alpha power over the right-sided occipital and parietal scalp areas independent of attention cueing and conflict conditions. All in all, these findings prove that attention orienting is undergirded by alpha desynchronization and that alpha right-sided synchronization in hypoxia might sub-serve either the effort to sustain attention over time or an overall suppression of attention networks functionality.
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- Alberto Zani
- School of Psychology, Vita e Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology (IBFM), National Research Council (CNR), 20090 Milan, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Dept. of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (A.M.P.)
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- Dept. of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy; (C.T.); (A.M.P.)
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Seech TR, Funke ME, Sharp RF, Light GA, Blacker KJ. Impaired Sensory Processing During Low-Oxygen Exposure: A Noninvasive Approach to Detecting Changes in Cognitive States. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11:12. [PMID: 32082202 PMCID: PMC7006237 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The ability to detect novelty in our environment is a critical sensory function. A reliable set of event-related potentials (ERP), known as the auditory deviance response (ADR), are elicited in the absence of directed attention and indexes functionally relevant networks. The ADR consists of three peaks: mismatch negativity (MMN), P3a, and reorienting negativity (RON) that are sequentially evoked in response to unattended changes in repetitive background stimulation. While previous studies have established the ADR's sensitivity to a range of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions and are leading candidate biomarkers of perturbations of the central nervous system (CNS), here we sought to determine if ADR peaks are sensitive to decreases in breathable oxygen. Participants performed a visuomotor tracking task while EEG was recorded during two 27-min sessions. The two sessions differed in the amount of environmental oxygen available: 10.6% O2 (hypoxia) versus 20.4% O2 (normoxia). ERPs were measured while a series of identical, or "standard," tones combined with occasional "oddball," tones, were presented. MMN, P3a, and RON were assessed in response to the oddball compared to the standard stimuli. Behavioral impairment during hypoxia was demonstrated by a deficit in tracking performance compared to the normoxia condition. Whereas no changes were detected in the MMN or RON, the amplitude of the P3a component was significantly reduced during hypoxia compared to normoxia, within the first 9 min of exposure. To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the effect of low oxygen exposure on passively elicited neural measures of early sensory processing. This study demonstrates that passively elicited EEG measures, reflecting preattentive auditory processing, are disrupted by acute hypoxia. Results have implications for the development of biomarkers for the noninvasive assessment of CNS perturbations.
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- Todd R Seech
- Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
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- Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.,VISN-22 Mental Illness, Research Education and Clinical Center, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, United States.,The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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Kizuk SAD, Vuong W, MacLean JE, Dickson CT, Mathewson KE. Electrophysiological correlates of hyperoxia during resting‐state EEG in awake human subjects. Psychophysiology 2019; 56:e13401. [DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Sayeed A. D. Kizuk
- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- Department of Psychology University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
- Department of Psychology University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
- Department of Physiology University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
- Department of Psychology University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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Steinberg F, Doppelmayr M. Neurocognitive Markers During Prolonged Breath-Holding in Freedivers: An Event-Related EEG Study. Front Physiol 2019; 10:69. [PMID: 30792665 PMCID: PMC6374628 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Since little is known concerning the psychological, cognitive, and neurophysiological factors that are involved in and important for phases of prolonged breath-holding (pBH) in freedivers, the present study uses electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate event-related neurocognitive markers during pBH of experienced freedivers that regularly train pBH. The purpose was to determine whether the well-known neurophysiological modulations elicited by hypoxic and hypercapnic conditions can also be detected during pBH induced hypoxic hypercapnia. Ten experienced free-divers (all male, aged 35.10 ± 7.89 years) were asked to hold their breath twice for 4 min per instance. During the first pBH, a checker board reversal task was presented and in the second four-min pBH phase a classical visual oddball paradigm was performed. A visual evoked potential (VEP) as an index of early visual processing (i.e., latencies and amplitudes of N75, P100, and N145) and the latency and amplitude of a P300 component (visual oddball paradigm) as an index of cognitive processing were investigated. In a counter-balanced cross-over design, all tasks were once performed during normal breathing (B), and once during pBH. All components were then compared between an early pBH (0–2 min) and a later pBH stage (2–4 min) and with the same time phases without pBH (i.e., during normal breathing). Statistical analyses using analyses of variance (ANOVA) revealed that comparisons between B and pBH yielded no significant changes either in the amplitude and latency of the VEP or in the P300. This indicates that neurocognitive markers, whether in an early visual processing stream or at a later cognitive processing stage, were not affected by pBH in experienced free-divers.
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- Fabian Steinberg
- Department of Sport Psychology, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Sport Psychology, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.,Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Formaggio E, Storti SF, Pastena L, Melucci M, Ricciardi L, Faralli F, Gagliardi R, Menegaz G. How Expertise Changes Cortical Sources of EEG Rhythms and Functional Connectivity in Divers Under Simulated Deep-Sea Conditions. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2019; 27:450-456. [PMID: 30676971 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2019.2894848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Although the recent years have witnessed a growing interest in functional connectivity (FC) through brain sources, the FC in extreme situations has not been completely elucidated. This paper is aimed at investigating whether the expertise acquired during the deep-sea diving is reflected in FC in a group of professional divers (PDs) compared to a group of new divers (NDs), and how it could affect the concentration and stress levels. The sources of brain frequency rhythms, derived by the electroencephalography acquisition in a hyperbaric chamber, were extracted in different frequency bands and the corresponding FC was estimated in order to compare the two groups. The results highlighted a significant decrease of the alpha source in PDs during air breathing and a significant increase of the upper beta source over central areas at the beginning of post-oxygen air, as well as an increase of beta FC between fronto-temporal regions in the last minutes of oxygen breathing and in the early minutes of post-oxygen air. This provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that experience and expertise differences would modulate brain networks. These experiments provided the unique opportunity of investigating the impact of the neurophysiological activity in simulated critical scenarios in view of the investigation in real sea-water experiments.
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Stavrou NAM, Debevec T, Eiken O, Mekjavic IB. Hypoxia Worsens Affective Responses and Feeling of Fatigue During Prolonged Bed Rest. Front Psychol 2018; 9:362. [PMID: 29628903 PMCID: PMC5876302 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Previous research, although limited, suggests that both hypoxia and bed rest influence psychological responses by exaggerating negative psychological responses and attenuating positive emotions. The present study investigated the effect of a 21-day prolonged exposure to normobaric hypoxia and bed rest on affective responses and fatigue. Eleven healthy participants underwent three 21-day interventions using a cross-over design: (1) normobaric hypoxic ambulatory confinement (HAMB), (2) normobaric hypoxic bed rest (HBR) and (3) normoxic bed rest (NBR). Affective and fatigue responses were investigated using the Activation Deactivation Adjective Check List, and the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, which were completed before (Pre), during (Day 7, Day 14, and Day 21) and after (Post) the interventions. The most negative psychological profile appeared during the HBR intervention. Specifically, tiredness, tension, general and physical fatigue significantly increased on days 7, 14, and 21, as well as at Post. After the HBR intervention, general and physical fatigue remained higher compared to Pre values. Additionally, a deterioration of psychological responses was also noted following HAMB and NBR. In particular, both hypoxia and BR per se induced subjective fatigue and negative affective responses. BR seems to exert a moderate negative effect on the sensation of fatigue, whereas exercise attenuates the negative effects of hypoxia as noted during the HAMB condition. In conclusion, our data suggest that the addition of hypoxia to bed rest-induced inactivity significantly worsens affective responses and feeling of fatigue.
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- Nektarios A M Stavrou
- School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,Department of Sport Psychology, Hellenic Sports Research Institute, Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spiros Louis", Athens, Greece
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- Department for Automation, Biocybernetics and Robotics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Environmental Physiology, Swedish Aerospace Physiology Centre, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department for Automation, Biocybernetics and Robotics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Périard JD, De Pauw K, Zanow F, Racinais S. Cerebrocortical activity during self-paced exercise in temperate, hot and hypoxic conditions. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018; 222. [PMID: 28686002 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIM Heat stress and hypoxia independently influence cerebrocortical activity and impair prolonged exercise performance. This study examined the relationship between electroencephalography (EEG) activity and self-paced exercise performance in control (CON, 18 °C, 40% RH), hot (HOT, 35 °C, 60% RH) and hypoxic (HYP, 18 °C, 40% RH FiO2 : 0.145) conditions. METHODS Eleven well-trained cyclists completed a 750 kJ cycling time trial in each condition on separate days in a counterbalanced order. EEG activity was recorded with α- and β-activity evaluated in the frontal (F3 and F4) and central (C3 and C4) areas. Standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) was also utilized to localize changes in cerebrocortical activity. RESULTS Both α- and β-activity decreased in the frontal and central areas during exercise in HOT relative to CON (P < 0.05). α-activity was also lower in HYP compared with CON (P < 0.05), whereas β-activity remained similar. β-activity was higher in HYP than in HOT (P < 0.05). sLORETA revealed that α- and β-activity increased at the onset of exercise in the primary somatosensory and motor cortices in CON and HYP, while only β-activity increased in HOT. A decrease in α- and β-activity occurred thereafter in all conditions, with α-activity being lower in the somatosensory and somatosensory association cortices in HOT relative to CON. CONCLUSION High-intensity prolonged self-paced exercise induces cerebrocortical activity alterations in areas of the brain associated with the ability to inhibit conflicting attentional processing under hot and hypoxic conditions, along with the capacity to sustain mental readiness and arousal under heat stress.
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- J. D. Périard
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise; University of Canberra; Canberra ACT Australia
- Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre; Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital; Doha Qatar
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- Research Group Human Physiology; Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy; Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Brussels Belgium
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- ANT Neuro bv; Enschede the Netherlands
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- Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre; Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital; Doha Qatar
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Steinberg F, Pixa NH, Doppelmayr M. Electroencephalographic alpha activity modulations induced by breath-holding in apnoea divers and non-divers. Physiol Behav 2017; 179:90-98. [PMID: 28554527 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Little is known regarding cortical responses to sustained breath-holding (BH) in expert apnoea divers. The present study therefore investigated electroencephalographic (EEG) alpha activity and asymmetries in apnoea divers (experts) compared to non-divers (novices). EEG of 10 apnoea and 10 non-divers were recorded in the laboratory for either four minutes or for two minutes of BH. Alpha activity and alpha asymmetry (i.e. hemispherical EEG differences) were calculated and compared between expertise level and BH duration. Alpha amplitude in experts significantly decreased at four minutes of BH compared to resting activity, while alpha amplitude significantly decreased in novices only at centro-parietal regions. Alpha-asymmetry analysis revealed that the experts' decrease in alpha at the end of BH was different in the frontal electrodes with the left prefrontal cortex activity higher than that in the right prefrontal cortex. This lateralized pattern reflected differential prefrontal processing of the unique psycho-physiological state of BH.
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- Fabian Steinberg
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport Psychology, Germany.
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- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport Psychology, Germany
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- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport Psychology, Germany; University of Salzburg, Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, Austria
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Characteristics of EEG activity during high altitude hypoxia and lowland reoxygenation. Brain Res 2016; 1648:243-249. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 06/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Feddersen B, Neupane P, Thanbichler F, Hadolt I, Sattelmeyer V, Pfefferkorn T, Waanders R, Noachtar S, Ausserer H. Regional differences in the cerebral blood flow velocity response to hypobaric hypoxia at high altitudes. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015; 35:1846-51. [PMID: 26082017 PMCID: PMC4635241 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2015.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Symptoms of acute mountain sickness (AMS) may appear above 2,500 m altitude, if the time allowed for acclimatization is insufficient. As the mechanisms underlying brain adaptation to the hypobaric hypoxic environment are not fully understood, a prospective study was performed investigating neurophysiological changes by means of near infrared spectroscopy, electroencephalograpy (EEG), and transcranial doppler sonography at 100, 3,440 and 5,050 m above sea level in the Khumbu Himal, Nepal. Fourteen of the 26 mountaineers reaching 5,050 m altitude developed symptoms of AMS between 3,440 and 5,050 m altitude (Lake-Louise Score ⩾3). Their EEG frontal beta activity and occipital alpha activity increased between 100 and 3,440 m altitude, i.e., before symptoms appeared. Cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) increased in all mountaineers between 100 and 3,440 m altitude. During further ascent to 5,050 altitude, mountaineers with AMS developed a further increase in CBFV in the MCA, whereas in all mountaineers CBFV decreased continuously with increasing altitude in the posterior cerebral arteries. These results indicate that hypobaric hypoxia causes different regional changes in CBFV despite similar electrophysiological changes.
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- Berend Feddersen
- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.,Department of Palliative Medicine, Specialized Palliative Home Care Team, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Dr Horst Schmidt Klinik, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Landeskrankenhaus Rankweil, Rankweil, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Franz-Tappeiner Krankenhaus, Meran, Italy
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Pastena L, Formaggio E, Storti SF, Faralli F, Melucci M, Gagliardi R, Ricciardi L, Ruffino G. Tracking EEG changes during the exposure to hyperbaric oxygen. Clin Neurophysiol 2015; 126:339-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Erken HA, Erken G, Colak R, Genç O. Exercise and DHA prevent the negative effects of hypoxia on EEG and nerve conduction velocity. High Alt Med Biol 2014; 14:360-6. [PMID: 24377343 DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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It is known that hypoxia has a negative effect on nervous system functions, but exercise and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) have positive effect. In this study, it was investigated whether exercise and/or DHA can prevent the effects of hypoxia on EEG and nerve conduction velocity (NCV). 35 adult Wistar albino male rats were divided into five groups (n=7): control (C), hypoxia (H), hypoxia and exercise (HE), hypoxia and DHA (HD), and hypoxia and exercise and DHA (HED) groups. During the 28-day hypoxia exposure, the HE and HED groups of rats were exercised (0% incline, 30 m/min speed, 20 min/day, 5 days a week). In addition, DHA (36 mg/kg/day) was given by oral gavage to rats in the HD and HED groups. While EEG records were taken before and after the experimental period, NCV records were taken after the experimental period from anesthetized rats. Data were analyzed by paired t-test, one-way ANOVA, and post hoc Tukey test. In this study, it was shown that exposure to hypoxia decreased theta activity and NCV, but exercise and DHA reduced the delta activity, while theta, alpha, beta activities, and NCV were increased. These results have shown that the effects of hypoxia exposure on EEG and NCV can be prevented by exercise and/or DHA.
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- Haydar Ali Erken
- 1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Balikesir University , Balikesir, Turkey
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Goodall S, Twomey R, Amann M. Acute and chronic hypoxia: implications for cerebral function and exercise tolerance. FATIGUE-BIOMEDICINE HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR 2014; 2:73-92. [PMID: 25593787 DOI: 10.1080/21641846.2014.909963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PURPOSE To outline how hypoxia profoundly affects neuronal functionality and thus compromise exercise-performance. METHODS Investigations using electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) detecting neuronal changes at rest and those studying fatiguing effects on whole-body exercise performance in acute (AH) and chronic hypoxia (CH) were evaluated. RESULTS At rest during very early hypoxia (<1-h), slowing of cerebral neuronal activity is evident despite no change in corticospinal excitability. As time in hypoxia progresses (3-h), increased corticospinal excitability becomes evident; however, changes in neuronal activity are unknown. Prolonged exposure (3-5 d) causes a respiratory alkalosis which modulates Na+ channels, potentially explaining reduced neuronal excitability. Locomotor exercise in AH exacerbates the development of peripheral-fatigue; as the severity of hypoxia increases, mechanisms of peripheral-fatigue become less dominant and CNS hypoxia becomes the predominant factor. The greatest central-fatigue in AH occurs when SaO2 is ≤75%, a level that coincides with increasing impairments in neuronal activity. CH does not improve the level of peripheral-fatigue observed in AH; however, it attenuates the development of central-fatigue paralleling increases in cerebral O2 availability and corticospinal excitability. CONCLUSIONS The attenuated development of central-fatigue in CH might explain, the improvements in locomotor exercise-performance commonly observed after acclimatisation to high altitude.
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- Stuart Goodall
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
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- School of Sport and Service Management, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Zhang G, Zhou SM, Yuan C, Tian HJ, Li P, Gao YQ. The Effects of Short-Term and Long-Term Exposure to a High Altitude Hypoxic Environment on Neurobehavioral Function. High Alt Med Biol 2013; 14:338-41. [DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Gang Zhang
- Department of High Altitude Military Hygiene, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, 2Third Military Medical University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- PLA, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Department of High Altitude Military Hygiene, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, 2Third Military Medical University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- PLA, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, 2Third Military Medical University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- PLA, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Department of Military Medical Geography, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of High Altitude Military Hygiene, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, 2Third Military Medical University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- PLA, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Department of High Altitude Military Hygiene, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, 2Third Military Medical University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- PLA, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, 2Third Military Medical University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- PLA, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, China
- Department of Pathophysiology and High Altitude Physiology, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Babiloni C, Vecchio F, Altavilla R, Tibuzzi F, Lizio R, Altamura C, Palazzo P, Maggio P, Ursini F, Ercolani M, Soricelli A, Noce G, Rossini PM, Vernieri F. Hypercapnia affects the functional coupling of resting state electroencephalographic rhythms and cerebral haemodynamics in healthy elderly subjects and in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Clin Neurophysiol 2013; 125:685-693. [PMID: 24238990 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cerebral vasomotor reactivity (VMR) and coherence of resting state electroencephalographic (EEG) rhythms are impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Here we tested the hypothesis that these two variables could be related. METHODS We investigated VMR and coherence of resting state EEG rhythms in nine normal elderly (Nold) and in 10 amnesic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subjects. Resting state eyes-closed EEG data were recorded at baseline pre-CO₂ (ambient air, 2 min), during 7% CO₂/air mixture inhalation (hypercapnia, 90 s) and post-CO₂ (ambient air, 2 min) conditions. Simultaneous frontal bilateral near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was performed to assess VMR by cortical oxy- and deoxy-haemoglobin concentration changes. EEG coherence across all electrodes was computed at delta (2-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha 1 (8-10.5 Hz), alpha 2 (10.5-13 Hz), beta 1 (13-20 Hz), beta 2 (20-30 Hz) and gamma (30-40 Hz) bands. RESULTS In Nold subjects, 'total coherence' of EEG across all frequency bands and electrode pairs decreased during hypercapnia, with full recovery during post-CO₂. Total coherence resulted lower in pre-CO₂ and post-CO₂ and presented poor reactivity during CO₂ inhalation in MCI patients compared with Nold subjects. Hypercapnia increased oxy-haemoglobin and decreased deoxy-haemoglobin concentrations in both groups. Furthermore, the extent of changes in these variables during CO₂ challenge was correlated with the EEG coherence, as a reflection of neurovascular coupling. CONCLUSIONS Hypercapnia induced normal frontal VMR that was detected by NIRS in both Nold and amnesic MCI groups, while it produced a reactivity of global functional coupling of resting state EEG rhythms only in the Nold group. SIGNIFICANCE In amnesic MCI patients, global EEG functional coupling is basically low in amplitude and does not react to hypercapnia.
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- Claudio Babiloni
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy; IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy.
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy; A.Fa.R. Dip. Neurosci, Ospedale 'San Giovanni Calibita' Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
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- A.Fa.R. Dip. Neurosci, Ospedale 'San Giovanni Calibita' Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Neurologia, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Neurologia, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Neurologia, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Neurologia, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- A.Fa.R. Dip. Neurosci, Ospedale 'San Giovanni Calibita' Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
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- IRCCS SDN, Napoli, Italy; Department of Studies of Institutions and Territorial Systems, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy; Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience & Orthopedics, Institute of Neurology Catholic University "Sacro Cuore", Rome, Italy
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- Unità di Neurologia, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Rupp T, Jubeau M, Wuyam B, Perrey S, Levy P, Millet GY, Verges S. Time-dependent effect of acute hypoxia on corticospinal excitability in healthy humans. J Neurophysiol 2012; 108:1270-7. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.01162.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Contradictory results regarding the effect of hypoxia on cortex excitability have been reported in healthy subjects, possibly depending on hypoxia exposure duration. We evaluated the effects of 1- and 3-h hypoxia on motor corticospinal excitability, intracortical inhibition, and cortical voluntary activation (VA) using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). TMS to the quadriceps cortex area and femoral nerve electrical stimulations were performed in 14 healthy subjects. Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs at 50–100% maximal voluntary contraction; MVC), recruitment curves (MEPs at 30–100% maximal stimulator power output at 50% MVC), cortical silent periods (CSP), and VA were measured in normoxia and after 1 ( n = 12) or 3 ( n = 10) h of hypoxia (FiO2 = 0.12). One-hour hypoxia did not modify any parameters of corticospinal excitability but reduced slightly VA, probably due to the repetition of contractions 1 h apart (96 ± 4% vs. 94 ± 4%; P = 0.03). Conversely, 3-h hypoxia significantly increased 1) MEPs of the quadriceps muscles at all force levels (+26 ± 14%, +24 ± 12%, and +27 ± 17% at 50, 75, and 100% MVC, respectively; P = 0.01) and stimulator power outputs (e.g., +21 ± 14% at 70% maximal power), and 2) CSP at all force levels (+20 ± 18%, +18 ± 19%, and +14 ± 22% at 50, 75, and 100% MVC, respectively; P = 0.02) and stimulator power outputs (e.g., +9 ± 8% at 70% maximal power), but did not modify VA (98 ± 1% vs. 97 ± 3%; P = 0.42). These data demonstrate a time-dependent hypoxia-induced increase in motor corticospinal excitability and intracortical inhibition, without changes in VA. The impact of these cortical changes on physical or psychomotor performances needs to be elucidated to better understand the cerebral effects of hypoxemia.
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- T. Rupp
- HP2 Laboratory, Joseph Fourier University & CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France
- U1042, INSERM, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
- Laboratoire “Motricité, Interactions, Performance,” University of Nantes, Nantes, France; and
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- HP2 Laboratory, Joseph Fourier University & CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France
- U1042, INSERM, Grenoble, France
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- Movement To Health (M2H) Laboratory, Euromov, Montpellier-1 University, Montpellier, France
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- HP2 Laboratory, Joseph Fourier University & CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France
- U1042, INSERM, Grenoble, France
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- HP2 Laboratory, Joseph Fourier University & CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France
- U1042, INSERM, Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice, Université de Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
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- HP2 Laboratory, Joseph Fourier University & CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France
- U1042, INSERM, Grenoble, France
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Lee SD, Ju G, Kim JW, Yoon IY. Improvement of EEG slowing in OSAS after CPAP treatment. J Psychosom Res 2012; 73:126-31. [PMID: 22789416 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2012] [Revised: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study was done to investigate change of electroencephalography (EEG) slowing and its relationship to daytime sleepiness and cognitive functions by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). METHODS We enrolled thirteen male subjects with severe OSAS, and all the subjects were treated with CPAP for 3 months. Quantitative EEG (QEEG) and neuropsychological tests were performed before and after CPAP treatment. RESULTS After CPAP treatment, delta absolute power decreased in the frontal, central, parietal and temporal regions and the slowing ratio was reduced in the frontal region. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) score was reduced after CPAP treatment. Reduction in the ESS score was correlated with a decrease in delta absolute power in the frontal region (r=0.559) and a decrease in slowing ratio in frontal, central, parietal, and temporal regions (frontal, r=0.650; other regions, r=0.603). Results of neuropsychological tests assessing memory and attention were improved after CPAP treatment. CONCLUSIONS EEG slowing was decreased across all cerebral regions in patients with severe OSAS after CPAP treatment accompanied by improvement of cognitive functions involving several brain areas. These findings suggest that CPAP can induce improvement of cerebral function in OSAS without regional specificity.
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- Sang Don Lee
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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Cortical sources of EEG rhythms in congestive heart failure and Alzheimer's disease. Int J Psychophysiol 2012; 86:98-107. [PMID: 22771500 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.06.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The brain needs continuous oxygen supply even in resting-state. Hypoxia enhances resting-state electroencephalographic (EEG) rhythms in the delta range, and reduces those in the alpha range, with a pattern similar to that observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we tested whether resting-state cortical EEG rhythms in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), as a model of acute hypoxia, present frequency similarities with AD patients, comparable by cognitive status revealed by the mini mental state examination (MMSE). METHODS Eyes-closed EEG data were recorded in 10 CHF patients, 20 AD patients, and 20 healthy elderly subjects (Nold) as controls. LORETA software estimated cortical EEG generators. RESULTS Compared to Nold, both AD and CHF groups presented higher delta (2-4Hz) and lower alpha (8-13Hz) temporal sources. The highest delta and lowest alpha sources were observed in CHF subjects. In these subjects, the global amplitude of delta sources correlated with brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level in the blood, as a marker of disease severity. CONCLUSIONS Resting-state delta and alpha rhythms suggest analogies between the effects of acute hypoxia and AD neurodegeneration on the cortical neurons' synchronization. SIGNIFICANCE Acute ischemic hypoxia could affect the mechanisms of cortical neural synchronization generating resting state EEG rhythms, inducing the "slowing" of EEG rhythms typically observed in AD patients.
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Gomes PSC, Matsuura C, Bhambhani YN. Effects of hypoxia on cerebral and muscle haemodynamics during knee extensions in healthy subjects. Eur J Appl Physiol 2012; 113:13-23. [PMID: 22544440 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2408-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A hypoxic model was used to investigate changes in localized cerebral and muscle haemodynamics during knee extension (KE) in healthy individuals. Thirty-one young healthy volunteers performed one set of KE until failure under hypoxia (14 % O(2)) or normoxia (21 % O(2)) at 50, 75 or 100 % of 1 repetition maximum, in random order, on three occasions. Prefrontal cerebral and vastus lateralis muscle oxygenation and blood volume (Cox, Mox, Cbv and Mbv, respectively) were recorded simultaneously by near-infrared spectroscopy. Hypoxia induced significant declines in Cox [-0.017 ± 0.016 optical density (OD) units] and Mox (-0.014 ± 0.026 OD units) and increases in Cbv (0.017 ± 0.027 OD units) and Mbv (0.016 ± 0.023 OD units) at rest. Hypoxia significantly reduced total work (TW) performed during KE at each exercise intensity. Cox, Cbv, Mox, and Mbv changes during KE did not differ between normoxia and hypoxia. Correlations between TW done and Cox changes under normoxia (r = 0.04, p = 0.182) and hypoxia (r = 0.05, p = 0.122) were not significant. However, TW was significantly correlated with Mox under both normoxia (R (2) = 0.24, p = 0.000) and hypoxia (R (2) = 0.15, p = 0.004). Since changes in Cox and Mox reflect alterations in the balance between oxygen delivery and extraction in these tissues, which, in the brain, is an index of neuronal activation, we conclude that: (1) limitation of KE performance was mediated peripherally under both normoxia and hypoxia, with no additional effect of hypoxia, and (2) because of the low common variance with Mox additional intramuscular factors likely play a role in limiting KE performance.
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- Paulo Sergio Chagas Gomes
- Laboratório Crossbridges, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências do Exercício e do Esporte, Universidade Gama Filho, Rua Manoel Vitorino 553, Piedade, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20748-900, Brazil.
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Verges S, Rupp T, Jubeau M, Wuyam B, Esteve F, Levy P, Perrey S, Millet GY. Cerebral perturbations during exercise in hypoxia. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 302:R903-16. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00555.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Reduction of aerobic exercise performance observed under hypoxic conditions is mainly attributed to altered muscle metabolism due to impaired O2 delivery. It has been recently proposed that hypoxia-induced cerebral perturbations may also contribute to exercise performance limitation. A significant reduction in cerebral oxygenation during whole body exercise has been reported in hypoxia compared with normoxia, while changes in cerebral perfusion may depend on the brain region, the level of arterial oxygenation and hyperventilation induced alterations in arterial CO2. With the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation, inconsistent changes in cortical excitability have been reported in hypoxia, whereas a greater impairment in maximal voluntary activation following a fatiguing exercise has been suggested when arterial O2 content is reduced. Electromyographic recordings during exercise showed an accelerated rise in central motor drive in hypoxia, probably to compensate for greater muscle contractile fatigue. This accelerated development of muscle fatigue in moderate hypoxia may be responsible for increased inhibitory afferent signals to the central nervous system leading to impaired central drive. In severe hypoxia (arterial O2 saturation <70–75%), cerebral hypoxia per se may become an important contributor to impaired performance and reduced motor drive during prolonged exercise. This review examines the effects of acute and chronic reduction in arterial O2 (and CO2) on cerebral blood flow and cerebral oxygenation, neuronal function, and central drive to the muscles. Direct and indirect influences of arterial deoxygenation on central command are separated. Methodological concerns as well as future research avenues are also considered.
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- Samuel Verges
- INSERM U1042, Grenoble
- HP2 laboratory, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble
- Exercise Research Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble
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- INSERM U1042, Grenoble
- HP2 laboratory, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble
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- INSERM U1042, Grenoble
- HP2 laboratory, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble
- Exercise Research Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble
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- Exercise Research Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble
- INSERM U836/team 6, Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Grenoble
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- INSERM U1042, Grenoble
- HP2 laboratory, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble
- Exercise Research Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble
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- Movement To Health (M2H), Montpellier-1 University, Euromov, Montpellier; and
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EEG delta oscillations as a correlate of basic homeostatic and motivational processes. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2011; 36:677-95. [PMID: 22020231 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2011] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Functional significance of delta oscillations is not fully understood. One way to approach this question would be from an evolutionary perspective. Delta oscillations dominate the EEG of waking reptiles. In humans, they are prominent only in early developmental stages and during slow-wave sleep. Increase of delta power has been documented in a wide array of developmental disorders and pathological conditions. Considerable evidence on the association between delta waves and autonomic and metabolic processes hints that they may be involved in integration of cerebral activity with homeostatic processes. Much evidence suggests the involvement of delta oscillations in motivation. They increase during hunger, sexual arousal, and in substance users. They also increase during panic attacks and sustained pain. In cognitive domain, they are implicated in attention, salience detection, and subliminal perception. This evidence shows that delta oscillations are associated with evolutionary old basic processes, which in waking adults are overshadowed by more advanced processes associated with higher frequency oscillations. The former processes rise in activity, however, when the latter are dysfunctional.
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Neurophysiological evidence for cognitive and brain functional adaptation in adolescents living at high altitude. Clin Neurophysiol 2011; 122:1726-34. [PMID: 21377415 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Revised: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Neurophysiological methods were used to study the effects of high altitude living on brain functions in a subgroup of participants of the Bolivian Children Living at Altitude (BoCLA) project. METHODS Electroencephalogram (EEG), event-related potentials (ERP) and cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) were recorded in two groups of adolescents (aged 13-16 years), living either at sea-level or high altitude (~3700m). RESULTS Neuropsychological testing revealed no deficits in the high altitude group, despite significantly reduced blood oxygen saturation. In agreement, ERPs elicited by oddball target detection and choice reaction time tasks were not different between groups. In contrast, resting state EEG showed reductions in delta and beta frequency amplitudes in adolescents living at high altitude. The EEG attenuations were correlated with lower CBFV, and the EEG group differences diminished during task performance. CONCLUSIONS No indication was found for negative sequelae of chronic hypoxia in adolescents born and living at an altitude of ~3700m, rather evidence for successful neurophysiological adaptation was found under such conditions. SIGNIFICANCE Dynamic regulation of metabolic demand is one adaptive mechanism that preserves cognitive development at high altitude.
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Aerobic exercise capacity decreases with exposure to hypoxia. This article focuses on the effects of hypoxia on nervous system function and the potential consequences for the exercising human. Emphasis is put on somatosensory muscle afferents due to their crucial role in the reflex inhibition of muscle activation and in cardiorespiratory reflex control during exercise. We review the evidence of hypoxia influences on muscle afferents and discuss important consequences for exercise performance. Efferent (motor) nerves are less affected at altitude and are thought to stay fairly functional even in severe levels of arterial hypoxemia. Altitude also alters autonomic nervous system functions, which are thought to play an important role in the regulation of cardiac output and ventilation. Finally, the consequences of hypoxia-induced cortical adaptations and dysfunctions are evaluated in terms of neurotransmitter turnover, brain electrical activity, and cortical excitability. Even though the cessation of exercise or the reduction of exercise intensity, when reaching maximum performance, implies reduced motor recruitment by the nervous system, the mechanisms that lead to the de-recruitment of active muscle are still not well understood. In moderate hypoxia, muscle afferents appear to play an important role, whereas in severe hypoxia brain oxygenation may play a more important role.
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- Markus Amann
- University of Zürich , Institute of Physiology, and ETH Zürich, Exercise Physiology, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Ikeda T, Yamada S, Imada T, Matsuda H, Kazama T. Influence of hypobaric hypoxia on bispectral index and spectral entropy in volunteers. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2009; 53:891-4. [PMID: 19397504 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01945.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypoxia has been shown to change electroencephalogram parameters including frequency and amplitude, and may thus change bispectral index (BIS) and spectral entropy values. If hypoxia per se changes BIS and spectral entropy values, BIS and spectral entropy values may not correctly reflect the depth of anaesthesia during hypoxia. The aim of this study was to examine the changes in BIS and spectral entropy values during hypobaric hypoxia in volunteers. METHODS The study was conducted in a high-altitude chamber with 11 volunteers. After the subjects breathed 100% oxygen for 15 min at the ground level, the simulated altitude increased gradually to the 7620 m (25,000 ft) level while the subjects continued to breathe oxygen. Then, the subjects discontinued to breath oxygen and breathed room air at the 7620 m level for up to 5 min until they requested to stop hypoxic exposure. Oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, 95% spectral edge frequency (SEF), BIS, response entropy (RE), and state entropy (SE) of spectral entropy were recorded throughout the study period. RESULTS Of the 11 subjects, seven subjects who underwent hypoxic exposure for 4 min were analysed. SpO2 decreased to 69% at the 7620 m level without oxygen. However, SEF, BIS, RE, and SE before and during hypoxic exposure were almost identical. CONCLUSION These data suggest that hypoxia of oxygen saturation around 70% does not have a strong effect on BIS and spectral entropy.
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- T Ikeda
- Department of Anesthesiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
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Schneider S, Strüder HK. Monitoring effects of acute hypoxia on brain cortical activity by using electromagnetic tomography. Behav Brain Res 2009; 197:476-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Revised: 10/02/2008] [Accepted: 10/05/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Edlinger G, Guger C. Correlation Changes of EEG and ECG After Fast Cable CAR Ascents. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2005:5540-3. [PMID: 17281509 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1615739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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In the Eastern Alps in Europe, the Dachstein. massif with a height of almost 3000 m is an ideal location for investigating the effects of changes in altitude on the human body. Within a few minutes, a cable car facilitates an ascent from 1702 m to 2700 m above sea level, where the partial pressure of oxygen is about 550 mmHg (as compared to 760 mmHg at sea level). In this study ten healthy subjects performed a reaction time task at 990 m and 2700 m in altitude. The subjects were instructed to perform a right hand index finger movement as fast as possible after a green light flashed (repeated 50 times). The corresponding electrocardiogram (ECG) and the electroencephalogram (EEG) were recorded. From the ECG heart rate and heart rate variability measures in the time and frequency domain were calculated. An event-related desynchronization/synchronization (ERD/ERS) analysis was performed with the EEG data. Finally, the EEG activity and the ECG parameters were correlated.
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- G Edlinger
- g.tec - medical engineering GmbH, Herbersteinstrasse 60, 8020 Graz, Austria
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Papadelis C, Kourtidou-Papadeli C, Bamidis PD, Maglaveras N, Pappas K. The effect of hypobaric hypoxia on multichannel EEG signal complexity. Clin Neurophysiol 2007; 118:31-52. [PMID: 17088101 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Revised: 08/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was the development and evaluation of nonlinear electroencephalography parameters which assess hypoxia-induced EEG alterations, and describe the temporal characteristics of different hypoxic levels' residual effect upon the brain electrical activity. METHODS Multichannel EEG, pO2, pCO2, ECG, and respiration measurements were recorded from 10 subjects exposed to three experimental conditions (100% oxygen, hypoxia, recovery) at three-levels of reduced barometric pressure. The mean spectral power of EEG under each session and altitude were estimated for the standard bands. Approximate Entropy (ApEn) of EEG segments was calculated, and the ApEn's time-courses were smoothed by a moving average filter. On the smoothed diagrams, parameters were defined. RESULTS A significant increase in total power and power of theta and alpha bands was observed during hypoxia. Visual interpretation of ApEn time-courses revealed a characteristic pattern (decreasing during hypoxia and recovering after oxygen re-administration). The introduced qEEG parameters S1 and K1 distinguished successfully the three hypoxic conditions. CONCLUSIONS The introduced parameters based on ApEn time-courses are assessing reliably and effectively the different hypoxic levels. ApEn decrease may be explained by neurons' functional isolation due to hypoxia since decreased complexity corresponds to greater autonomy of components, although this interpretation should be further supported by electrocorticographic animal studies. SIGNIFICANCE The introduced qEEG parameters seem to be appropriate for assessing the hypoxia-related neurophysiological state of patients in the hyperbaric chambers in the treatment of decompression sickness, carbon dioxide poisoning, and mountaineering.
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- Christos Papadelis
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, Laboratory of Medical Informatics, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Knyazev GG. Motivation, emotion, and their inhibitory control mirrored in brain oscillations. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2006; 31:377-95. [PMID: 17145079 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 550] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2006] [Revised: 10/20/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Recent studies suggest brain oscillations as a mechanism for cerebral integration. Such integration can exist across a number of functional domains, with different frequency rhythms associated with each domain. Here, evidence is summarized which shows that delta oscillations depend on activity of motivational systems and participate in salience detection. Theta oscillations are involved in memory and emotional regulation. Alpha oscillations participate in inhibitory processes which contribute to a variety of cognitive operations such as attention and memory. The importance of inhibitory functions associated with alpha oscillations increases during the course of evolution. In ontogenesis, these functions develop later and may be more sensitive to a variety of detrimental environmental influences. In a number of developmental stages and pathological conditions, a deficient alpha and/or increased slow-wave activity are associated with cognitive deficits and a lack of inhibitory control. It is shown that slow-wave and alpha oscillations are reciprocally related to each other. This reciprocal relationship may reflect an inhibitory control over motivational and emotional drives which is implemented by the prefrontal cortex.
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- Gennady G Knyazev
- State Research Institute of Physiology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Timakova str., 4, Novosibirsk, 630117, Russia.
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Guger C, Domej W, Lindner G, Pfurtscheller K, Pfurtscheller G, Edlinger G. Effects of a fast cable car ascent to an altitude of 2700 meters on EEG and ECG. Neurosci Lett 2005; 377:53-8. [PMID: 15722187 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.11.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2004] [Revised: 10/21/2004] [Accepted: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In the Eastern Alps, the Dachstein massif with a height of almost 3000 m is an ideal location for investigating the effects of changes in altitude on the human body. Within a few minutes, a cable car facilitates an ascent from 1702 to 2700 m above sea level, where the partial pressure of oxygen is about 550 mmHg (as compared to 760 mmHg at sea level). In this study, 10 healthy subjects performed a reaction time task at 990 m and 2700 m in altitude. The subjects were instructed to perform a right hand index finger movement as fast as possible after a green light flashed (repeated 50 times). The corresponding electrocardiogram (ECG) and the electroencephalogram (EEG) were recorded. From the ECG heart rate and heart rate variability measures in the time and frequency domain were calculated. An event-related desynchronization/synchronization (ERD/ERS) analysis was performed with the EEG data. Finally, the EEG activity and the ECG parameters were correlated. The study showed that with the fast ascent to 2700 m the heart rate increased and the heart rate variability measures decreased. The correlation analysis indicated a close relationship between the EEG activity and the heart rate and heart rate variability. Furthermore it was shown for the first time that the beta ERS in the 14-18 Hz frequency range (post-movement beta ERS) was significantly reduced at high altitude. Very interesting also is the loss of correlation between EEG activity and cardiovascular measures during finger movement at high altitude. The suppressed post-movement beta ERS at the altitude of 2700 m may be interpreted as results of an increased cortical excitability level when compared with the reference altitude at 990 m above sea level.
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Appréciation des effets physiologiques de l’étranglement au judo par analyses hormonales et électroencéphalographiques. Sci Sports 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0765-1597(99)80038-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate if the EEG response at moderate altitude may predict a person's tolerance to acute mountain sickness (AMS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Frequency analysis (QEEG) of tape-recorded ambulatory EEG was performed in 6 climbers during a mountaineering expedition to 7546 m above sea level. The QEEG response in climbers, measured at sea level, at 4500 m, and at 1800 m 1-4 days after maximal altitude exposure, was compared to the change observed during consecutive sea level recordings in 10 control subjects. RESULTS Three climbers experienced slight (grade 1) AMS symptoms both at 4500 m and at maximal altitude exposure (Group 1). Three other climbers (Group 2) had no symptoms at 4500 m, but they developed AMS (grades 1, 2, or 3) at maximal altitude. Alpha amplitudes were higher at 4500 m in group 1 climbers, while it was lower in group 2 climbers compared to the sea level recording. Significant time x group interactions in ANOVA were found for delta (P = 0.005), theta (P = 0.001) and alpha (P = 0.001) amplitude, indicating that QEEG amplitudes decreased significantly at high altitude in group 2 climbers. CONCLUSION The QEEG response to moderate hypobaric hypoxia is not uniform, but the direction of QEEG amplitude change, particularly in the alpha band, may possibly predict the risk of developing AMS.
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- T Sand
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Trondheim, Norway
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Rau R, Raschka C, Brunner K, Banzer W. Spectral analysis of electroencephalography changes after choking in judo (juji-jime). Med Sci Sports Exerc 1998; 30:1356-62. [PMID: 9741603 DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199809000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The present study was carried out to investigate possible electroencephalographic changes induced by choking in judo (shime-waza) by means of spectral analysis and brain mapping. METHODS Power spectral changes in Electroencephalography (EEG) were recorded in six experienced judoka who underwent a choking trial with a "shime-waza choking" technique called juji-jime. RESULTS A significant increase of global field power in the delta- and theta-range occurred, while physiological alpha-power decreased. These changes in the low-frequency range reached a statistically significant level within a time span up to 20 s after choking, which was performed at an average choking time of 8 s. In no case did choking provoke neuropsychological symptoms. Yet, spectral EEG-analysis revealed subclinical changes of brain function. CONCLUSIONS Choking in judo may induce subclinical electroencephalographic perturbations. The extent and duration can be objectified by means of spectral analysis of EEG data, global field power computation, and brain-mapping representation.
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- R Rau
- Department of Sports Medicine, Institute of Sports Sciences of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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RAU RUDIGER, RASCHKA CHRISTOPH, BRUNNER KAY, BANZER WINFRIED. Spectral analysis of electroencephalography changes after choking in judo (juji-jime). Med Sci Sports Exerc 1998. [DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199809000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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