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Ortelli OA, Pitcairn SR, Dyson CH, Weiner JL. Sexually dimorphic effects of a modified adolescent social isolation paradigm on behavioral risk factors of alcohol use disorder in Long Evans Rats. ADDICTION NEUROSCIENCE 2023; 9:100134. [PMID: 38188062 PMCID: PMC10768969 DOI: 10.1016/j.addicn.2023.100134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Early life stress (ELS) is a major risk factor for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and comorbid neuropsychiatric conditions. We previously demonstrated that an adolescent social isolation (aSI) model of ELS significantly increased behavioral risk factors for these disorders (e.g. anxiety-like behaviors, alcohol drinking) in male, but not female rats. Since many neurodevelopmental milestones are accelerated in females, we investigated whether an earlier/shorter isolation window (PND 21-38) would yield comparable phenotypes in both sexes. In two experiments, Long Evans rats were socially isolated (SI) or group-housed (GH) on postnatal day (PND) 21 and locomotion was assessed in the open field test (OFT; PND 30). Experiment 1 also assessed behavior on the elevated plus-maze (EPM) (PND 32). In Experiment 2, all rats were single housed on PND 38 to assess home cage alcohol drinking. Experiment 1 revealed that SI females had increased locomotor activity in the OFT but did not differ from GH subjects on the EPM. The OFT results were replicated in both sexes in Experiment 2 and both male and female SI rats had significantly greater ethanol consumption during an eight day continuous access paradigm. In contrast, during subsequent intermittent two-bottle choice drinking, only SI females displayed greater ethanol intake and preference and increased consumption of a quinine-adulterated alcohol solution. These findings demonstrate that early life social isolation can promote AUD vulnerability-related phenotypes in female rats but that there are profound sex differences in the vulnerability window to this early life stressor. Uncovering the neural mechanisms responsible for these sexually dimorphic differences in sensitivity to ELS may shed light on the biological substrates associated with vulnerability to AUD and comorbid disorders of negative emotion in men and women.
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- Olivia A. Ortelli
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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Sibilska S, Mofleh R, Kocsis B. Development of network oscillations through adolescence in male and female rats. Front Cell Neurosci 2023; 17:1135154. [PMID: 37213214 PMCID: PMC10196069 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1135154] [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: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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The primary aim of this research was to study the developmental trajectory of oscillatory synchronization in neural networks of normal healthy rats during adolescence, corresponding to the vulnerable age of schizophrenia prodrome in human. To monitor the development of oscillatory networks through adolescence we used a "pseudo-longitudinal" design. Recordings were performed in terminal experiments under urethane anesthesia, every day from PN32 to PN52 using rats-siblings from the same mother, to reduce individual innate differences between subjects. We found that hippocampal theta power decreased and delta power in prefrontal cortex increased through adolescence, indicating that the oscillations in the two different frequency bands follow distinct developmental trajectories to reach the characteristic oscillatory activity found in adults. Perhaps even more importantly, theta rhythm showed age-dependent stabilization toward late adolescence. Furthermore, sex differences was found in both networks, more prominent in the prefrontal cortex compared with hippocampus. Delta increase was stronger in females and theta stabilization was completed earlier in females, in postnatal days PN41-47, while in males it was only completed in late adolescence. Our finding of a protracted maturation of theta-generating networks in late adolescence is overall consistent with the findings of longitudinal studies in human adolescents, in which oscillatory networks demonstrated a similar pattern of maturation.
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Cellier D, Riddle J, Petersen I, Hwang K. The development of theta and alpha neural oscillations from ages 3 to 24 years. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2021; 50:100969. [PMID: 34174512 PMCID: PMC8249779 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Intrinsic, unconstrained neural activity exhibits rich spatial, temporal, and spectral organization that undergoes continuous refinement from childhood through adolescence. The goal of this study was to investigate the development of theta (4-8 Hertz) and alpha (8-12 Hertz) oscillations from early childhood to adulthood (years 3-24), as these oscillations play a fundamental role in cognitive function. We analyzed eyes-open, resting-state EEG data from 96 participants to estimate genuine oscillations separately from the aperiodic (1/f) signal. We examined age-related differences in the aperiodic signal (slope and offset), as well as the peak frequency and power of the dominant posterior oscillation. For the aperiodic signal, we found that both the aperiodic slope and offset decreased with age. For the dominant oscillation, we found that peak frequency, but not power, increased with age. Critically, early childhood (ages 3-7) was characterized by a dominance of theta oscillations in posterior electrodes, whereas peak frequency of the dominant oscillation in the alpha range increased between ages 7 and 24. Furthermore, theta oscillations displayed a topographical transition from dominance in posterior electrodes in early childhood to anterior electrodes in adulthood. Our results provide a quantitative description of the development of theta and alpha oscillations.
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- Dillan Cellier
- University of Iowa, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, United States; University of Iowa, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, United States.
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry, United States
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- University of Iowa, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, United States; University of Iowa, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, United States
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- University of Iowa, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, United States; University of Iowa, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, United States
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Zhang W, Tang F, Liu X, Liao C, Sun B, Li H. Adolescents Exhibit Late Maturation of Long-Range Beta Coherences in Affective Processing. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2020; 30:334-344. [PMID: 31469488 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We investigated whether intra-/interhemispheric long-range beta coherences mirror developmental changes in affective functional integration during adolescence. Electroencephalogram data were gathered from 15 young adolescents, 16 old adolescents, and 16 young adults during viewing affective pictures. The results indicated that both positive and negative pictures induced greater intra- and interhemispheric long-distance beta coherences than neutral pictures. However, opposite results were observed between young and old adolescents in terms of negative phase differences. Old adolescents exhibited greater beta coherences for positive and negative pictures than both young adolescents and young adults, but there was no difference between the groups for neutral pictures. These observations suggest that long-range beta coherence might reflect the late maturation of affective functional integration in adolescents.
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Galicia-Alvarado M, Alducin-Castillo J, Ramírez-Flores MJ, Sánchez Quezada AL, Yáñez-Suárez O, Flores-Ávalos B. Cognitive and spectral coherence of EEG alterations in resting state in children with chronic TBI. SALUD MENTAL 2019. [DOI: 10.17711/sm.0185-3325.2019.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Introduction. TBI is associated with alterations in cortico-subcortical connectivity. However, little attention has been paid to its clinical characteristics and functional connectivity in pediatric patients with chronic TBI. Objective. To evaluate the cognitive performance and spectral coherence of a group of children with TBI in non-acute phase. Method. Cross-sectional study of 15 children with chronic TBI and 17 healthy children. The Neuropsychological Assessment of Children (Evaluación Neuropsicológica Infantil, ENI) was used and the resting activity of the EEG with eyes-closed was recorded. Offline, two-second epochs of the EEG of each participant were chosen and the spectral coherence was estimated in a range of 1.6 to 30 Hz. The cognitive performance between groups was compared with T-test/Mann-Whitney U Test and MANOVA for the coherence values. Results. The TBI group showed a lower performance (p ≤ 0.05) in metalinguistic, visuospatial skills, attention, memory, non-verbal flexibility, planning, and organization. Differences (p ≤ 0.000) were found both inter and intrahemispherically in the spectral coherence between the groups, particularly on F1-F3 (95% CI: 0.543 - 0.557) over the whole frequency range and F3-C3 (95% CI: 0.503 - 0.515) in delta, theta, alpha2, and beta frequencies. Discussion and conclusión. Our findings suggest alterations of hypo and hyper functional connectivity, particularly on the frontal and parietal lobes of both hemispheres, even after several years of a TBI. It is possible that a subtle difference in the degree of connectivity is crucial in the genesis or successful development of attentional, mnesic, executive, and visuospatial processes.
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- Marlene Galicia-Alvarado
- Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico
- Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico
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Miskovic V, Ma X, Chou CA, Fan M, Owens M, Sayama H, Gibb BE. Developmental changes in spontaneous electrocortical activity and network organization from early to late childhood. Neuroimage 2015; 118:237-47. [PMID: 26057595 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We investigated the development of spontaneous (resting state) cerebral electric fields and their network organization from early to late childhood in a large community sample of children. Critically, we examined electrocortical maturation across one-year windows rather than creating aggregate averages that can miss subtle maturational trends. We implemented several novel methodological approaches including a more fine grained examination of spectral features across multiple electrodes, the use of phase-lagged functional connectivity to control for the confounding effects of volume conduction and applying topological network analyses to weighted cortical adjacency matrices. Overall, there were major decreases in absolute EEG spectral density (particularly in the slow wave range) across cortical lobes as a function of age. Moreover, the peak of the alpha frequency increased with chronological age and there was a redistribution of relative spectral density toward the higher frequency ranges, consistent with much of the previous literature. There were age differences in long range functional brain connectivity, particularly in the alpha frequency band, culminating in the most dense and spatially variable networks in the oldest children. We discovered age-related reductions in characteristic path lengths, modularity and homogeneity of alpha-band cortical networks from early to late childhood. In summary, there is evidence of large scale reorganization in endogenous brain electric fields from early to late childhood, suggesting reduced signal amplitudes in the presence of more functionally integrated and band limited coordination of neuronal activity across the cerebral cortex.
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- Vladimir Miskovic
- Center for Affective Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA; Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA.
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- Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
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- Center for Affective Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA; Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
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- Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
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- Center for Affective Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA; Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
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- Center for Affective Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA; Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
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- Center for Affective Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA; Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
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Kozhushko NY, Evdokimov SA, Matveev YK, Tereshchenko EP, Kropotov YD. Study of local EEG specificities in children with mental development disorders using independent component analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0362119714050077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Soroko SI, Shemyakina NV, Nagornova ZV, Bekshaev SS. Longitudinal study of EEG frequency maturation and power changes in children on the Russian North. Int J Dev Neurosci 2014; 38:127-37. [PMID: 25219895 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The aim of the study was to reveal longitudinal changes in electroencephalogram spectral power and frequency (percentage frequency composition of EEG and alpha peak frequency) patterns in normal children from northern Russia. Fifteen children (9 girls and 6 boys) participated in the study. The resting state (eyes closed) EEGs were recorded yearly (2005-2013) from age 8 to age 16-17 for each child. EEG frequency patterns were estimated as the percentages of waves with a 1 Hz step revealed by measuring the interval durations between points crossing zero (isoline) by a curve. EEG spectral power changes were analyzed for delta (1.5-4 Hz), theta (4-7.5 Hz), alpha-1 (7.5-9.5 Hz), alpha-2 (9.5-12.5 Hz), beta-1 (12.5-18 Hz) and beta-2 (18-30 Hz) bands. According to the frequency composition of the EEG signals fast synchronous, polymorphous synchronous, polymorphous desynchronous and slow synchronous types of children EEG were revealed. These EEG types were relatively stable during adolescence. In these EEG types, the frequency patterns and spectral power dynamics with age had several common and specific features. Slow wave percentage and spectral power in the delta band remarkably decreased with age in all groups. Starting from the theta band the EEG types were characterized by different EEG spectral power changes with age. In fast synchronous EEG type, the theta and alpha-1 EEG power decreased, and the alpha-2 power increased in the occipital and parietal areas. The polymorphous synchronous type was characterized by increased both the alpha-1 and alpha-2 power with regional peculiarities. In the polymorphous desynchronous type spectral power in all bands decreased with age, and in the slow synchronous type, the alpha-1 power massively increased with age. Obtained results suggest predictive strength of the spatial-frequency patterns in EEG for its following maturation through the years.
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- S I Soroko
- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPhB RAS), Laboratory of Comparative Ecological and Physiological Studies, Toreza, 44, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPhB RAS), Laboratory of Comparative Ecological and Physiological Studies, Toreza, 44, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPhB RAS), Laboratory of Comparative Ecological and Physiological Studies, Toreza, 44, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPhB RAS), Laboratory of Comparative Ecological and Physiological Studies, Toreza, 44, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Machinskaya RI, Kurgansky AV. Frontal bilateral synchronous theta waves and the resting EEG coherence in children aged 7–8 and 9–10 with learning difficulties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0362119713010106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Stam C, van Straaten E. The organization of physiological brain networks. Clin Neurophysiol 2012; 123:1067-87. [PMID: 22356937 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 346] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Revised: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 01/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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