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Wu MW, Kourdougli N, Portera-Cailliau C. Network state transitions during cortical development. Nat Rev Neurosci 2024; 25:535-552. [PMID: 38783147 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-024-00824-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
Mammalian cortical networks are active before synaptogenesis begins in earnest, before neuronal migration is complete, and well before an animal opens its eyes and begins to actively explore its surroundings. This early activity undergoes several transformations during development. The most important of these is a transition from episodic synchronous network events, which are necessary for patterning the neocortex into functionally related modules, to desynchronized activity that is computationally more powerful and efficient. Network desynchronization is perhaps the most dramatic and abrupt developmental event in an otherwise slow and gradual process of brain maturation. In this Review, we summarize what is known about the phenomenology of developmental synchronous activity in the rodent neocortex and speculate on the mechanisms that drive its eventual desynchronization. We argue that desynchronization of network activity is a fundamental step through which the cortex transitions from passive, bottom-up detection of sensory stimuli to active sensory processing with top-down modulation.
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- Michelle W Wu
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Neuroscience Interdepartmental Graduate Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Ansari A, Pillay K, Arasteh E, Dereymaeker A, Mellado GS, Jansen K, Winkler AM, Naulaers G, Bhatt A, Huffel SV, Hartley C, Vos MD, Slater R, Baxter L. Resting state electroencephalographic brain activity in neonates can predict age and is indicative of neurodevelopmental outcome. Clin Neurophysiol 2024; 163:226-235. [PMID: 38797002 PMCID: PMC11250083 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.05.002] [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: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Electroencephalography (EEG) can be used to estimate neonates' biological brain age. Discrepancies between postmenstrual age and brain age, termed the brain age gap, can potentially quantify maturational deviation. Existing brain age EEG models are not well suited to clinical cot-side use for estimating neonates' brain age gap due to their dependency on relatively large data and pre-processing requirements. METHODS We trained a deep learning model on resting state EEG data from preterm neonates with normal neurodevelopmental Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID) outcomes, using substantially reduced data requirements. We subsequently tested this model in two independent datasets from two clinical sites. RESULTS In both test datasets, using only 20 min of resting-state EEG activity from a single channel, the model generated accurate age predictions: mean absolute error = 1.03 weeks (p-value = 0.0001) and 0.98 weeks (p-value = 0.0001). In one test dataset, where 9-month follow-up BSID outcomes were available, the average neonatal brain age gap in the severe abnormal outcome group was significantly larger than that of the normal outcome group: difference in mean brain age gap = 0.50 weeks (p-value = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that the deep learning model generalises to independent datasets from two clinical sites, and that the model's brain age gap magnitudes differ between neonates with normal and severe abnormal follow-up neurodevelopmental outcomes. SIGNIFICANCE The magnitude of neonates' brain age gap, estimated using only 20 min of resting state EEG data from a single channel, can encode information of clinical neurodevelopmental value.
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- Amir Ansari
- Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Child Neurology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, USA
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Child Neurology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Chini M, Hnida M, Kostka JK, Chen YN, Hanganu-Opatz IL. Preconfigured architecture of the developing mouse brain. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114267. [PMID: 38795344 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/27/2024] Open
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In the adult brain, structural and functional parameters, such as synaptic sizes and neuronal firing rates, follow right-skewed and heavy-tailed distributions. While this organization is thought to have significant implications, its development is still largely unknown. Here, we address this knowledge gap by investigating a large-scale dataset recorded from the prefrontal cortex and the olfactory bulb of mice aged 4-60 postnatal days. We show that firing rates and spike train interactions have a largely stable distribution shape throughout the first 60 postnatal days and that the prefrontal cortex displays a functional small-world architecture. Moreover, early brain activity exhibits an oligarchical organization, where high-firing neurons have hub-like properties. In a neural network model, we show that analogously right-skewed and heavy-tailed synaptic parameters are instrumental to consistently recapitulate the experimental data. Thus, functional and structural parameters in the developing brain are already extremely distributed, suggesting that this organization is preconfigured and not experience dependent.
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- Mattia Chini
- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Plomgaard AM, Stevenson N, Roberts JA, Hvass Petersen T, Vanhatalo S, Greisen G. Early EEG-burst sharpness and 2-year disability in extremely preterm infants. Pediatr Res 2024; 95:193-199. [PMID: 37500756 PMCID: PMC10798884 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02753-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Automated computational measures of EEG have the potential for large-scale application. We hypothesised that a predefined measure of early EEG-burst shape (increased burst sharpness) could predict neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) and mental developmental index (MDI) at 2 years of age over-and-above that of brain ultrasound. METHODS We carried out a secondary analysis of data from extremely preterm infants collected for an RCT (SafeBoosC-II). Two hours of single-channel cross-brain EEG was used to analyse burst sharpness with an automated algorithm. The co-primary outcomes were moderate-or-severe NDI and MDI. Complete data were available from 58 infants. A predefined statistical analysis was adjusted for GA, sex and no, mild-moderate, and severe brain injury as detected by cranial ultrasound. RESULTS Nine infants had moderate-or-severe NDI and the mean MDI was 87 ± 17.3 SD. The typical burst sharpness was low (negative values) and varied relatively little (mean -0.81 ± 0.11 SD), but the odds ratio for NDI was increased by 3.8 (p = 0.008) and the MDI was reduced by -3.2 points (p = 0.14) per 0.1 burst sharpness units increase (+1 SD) in the adjusted analysis. CONCLUSION This study confirms the association between EEG-burst measures in preterm infants and neurodevelopment in childhood. Importantly, this was by a priori defined analysis. IMPACT A fully automated, computational measure of EEG in the first week of life was predictive of neurodevelopmental impairment at 2 years of age. This confirms many previous studies using expert reading of EEG. Only single-channel EEG data were used, adding to the applicability. EEG was recorded by several different devices thus this measure appears to be robust to differences in electrodes, amplifiers and filters. The likelihood ratio of a positive EEG test, however, was only about 2, suggesting little immediate clinical value.
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- Anne Mette Plomgaard
- Department of Neonatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Brain Modelling Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
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- Brain Modelling Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
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- BABA Center, Departments of Clinical Neurophysiology and Physiology, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neonatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Wang X, Trabatti C, Weeke L, Dudink J, Swanenburg de Veye H, Eijsermans RMJC, Koopman-Esseboom C, Benders MJNL, Tataranno ML. Early qualitative and quantitative amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram and raw electroencephalogram for predicting long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely preterm infants in the Netherlands: a 10-year cohort study. Lancet Digit Health 2023; 5:e895-e904. [PMID: 37940489 DOI: 10.1016/s2589-7500(23)00198-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks of gestation) are at great risk of long-term neurodevelopmental impairments. Early amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) accompanied by raw EEG traces (aEEG-EEG) has potential for predicting subsequent outcomes in preterm infants. We aimed to determine whether and which qualitative and quantitative aEEG-EEG features obtained within the first postnatal days predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely preterm infants. METHODS This study retrospectively analysed a cohort of extremely preterm infants (born before 28 weeks and 0 days of gestation) who underwent continuous two-channel aEEG-EEG monitoring during their first 3 postnatal days at Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands, between June 1, 2008, and Sept 30, 2018. Only infants who did not have genetic or metabolic diseases or major congenital malformations were eligible for inclusion. Features were extracted from preprocessed aEEG-EEG signals, comprising qualitative parameters grouped in three types (background pattern, sleep-wake cycling, and seizure activity) and quantitative metrics grouped in four categories (spectral content, amplitude, connectivity, and discontinuity). Machine learning-based regression and classification models were used to evaluate the predictive value of the extracted aEEG-EEG features for 13 outcomes, including cognitive, motor, and behavioural problem outcomes, at 2-3 years and 5-7 years. Potential confounders (gestational age at birth, maternal education, illness severity, morphine cumulative dose, the presence of severe brain injury, and the administration of antiseizure, sedative, or anaesthetic medications) were controlled for in all prediction analyses. FINDINGS 369 infants were included and an extensive set of 339 aEEG-EEG features was extracted, comprising nine qualitative parameters and 330 quantitative metrics. The machine learning-based regression models showed significant but relatively weak predictive performance (ranging from r=0·13 to r=0·23) for nine of 13 outcomes. However, the machine learning-based classifiers exhibited acceptable performance in identifying infants with intellectual impairments from those with optimal outcomes at age 5-7 years, achieving balanced accuracies of 0·77 (95% CI 0·62-0·90; p=0·0020) for full-scale intelligence quotient score and 0·81 (0·65-0·96; p=0·0010) for verbal intelligence quotient score. Both classifiers maintained identical performance when solely using quantitative features, achieving balanced accuracies of 0·77 (95% CI 0·63-0·91; p=0·0030) for full-scale intelligence quotient score and 0·81 (0·65-0·96; p=0·0010) for verbal intelligence quotient score. INTERPRETATION These findings highlight the potential benefits of using early postnatal aEEG-EEG features to automatically recognise extremely preterm infants with poor outcomes, facilitating the development of an interpretable prognostic tool that aids in decision making and therapy planning. FUNDING European Commission Horizon 2020.
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- Xiaowan Wang
- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Pediatric and Neonatology Unit, Maggiore Hospital, ASST Crema, Crema, Italy
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, and Brain Centre Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Child Development and Exercise Centre, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, and Brain Centre Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, and Brain Centre Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Abbasi SF, Abbas A, Ahmad I, Alshehri MS, Almakdi S, Ghadi YY, Ahmad J. Automatic neonatal sleep stage classification: A comparative study. Heliyon 2023; 9:e22195. [PMID: 38058619 PMCID: PMC10695968 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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Sleep is an essential feature of living beings. For neonates, it is vital for their mental and physical development. Sleep stage cycling is an important parameter to assess neonatal brain and physical development. Therefore, it is crucial to administer newborn's sleep in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Currently, Polysomnography (PSG) is used as a gold standard method for classifying neonatal sleep patterns, but it is expensive and requires a lot of human involvement. Over the last two decades, multiple researchers are working on automatic sleep stage classification algorithms using electroencephalography (EEG), electrocardiography (ECG), and video. In this study, we present a comprehensive review of existing algorithms for neonatal sleep, their limitations and future recommendations. Additionally, a brief comparison of the extracted features, classification algorithms and evaluation parameters is reported in the proposed study.
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- Saadullah Farooq Abbasi
- Department of Electronic, Electrical and System Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electronic, Electrical and System Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Information Systems, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Information Systems, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Computer Science, Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 112612, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
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Koskela T, Meek J, Huertas-Ceballos A, Kendall GS, Whitehead K. Clinical value of cortical bursting in preterm infants with intraventricular haemorrhage. Early Hum Dev 2023; 184:105840. [PMID: 37556995 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND In healthy preterm infants, cortical burst rate and temporal dynamics predict important measures such as brain growth. We hypothesised that in preterm infants with germinal matrix-intraventricular haemorrhage (GM-IVH), cortical bursting could provide prognostic information. AIMS We determined how cortical bursting was influenced by the injury, and whether this was related to developmental outcome. STUDY DESIGN Single-centre retrospective cohort study at University College London Hospitals, UK. SUBJECTS 33 infants with GM-IVH ≥ grade II (median gestational age: 25 weeks). OUTCOME MEASURES We identified 47 EEGs acquired between 24 and 40 weeks corrected gestational age as part of routine clinical care. In a subset of 33 EEGs from 25 infants with asymmetric injury, we used the least-affected hemisphere as an internal comparison. We tested whether cortical burst rate predicted survival without severe impairment (median 2 years follow-up). RESULTS In asymmetric injury, cortical burst rate was lower over the worst- than least-affected hemisphere, and bursts over the worst-affected hemisphere were less likely to immediately follow bursts over the least-affected hemisphere than vice versa. Overall, burst rate was lower in cases of GM-IVH with parenchymal involvement, relative to milder structural injury grades. Higher burst rate modestly predicted survival without severe language (AUC 0.673) or motor impairment (AUC 0.667), which was partly mediated by structural injury grade. CONCLUSIONS Cortical bursting can index the functional injury after GM-IVH: perturbed burst initiation (rate) and propagation (inter-hemispheric dynamics) likely reflect associated grey matter and white matter damage. Higher cortical burst rate is reassuring for a positive outcome.
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- Tuomas Koskela
- Research IT Services, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK; Academic Neonatology, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London WC1E 6HU, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK; Academic Neonatology, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London WC1E 6HU, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Dutta S, Iyer KK, Vanhatalo S, Breakspear M, Roberts JA. Mechanisms underlying pathological cortical bursts during metabolic depletion. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4792. [PMID: 37553358 PMCID: PMC10409751 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40437-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Cortical activity depends upon a continuous supply of oxygen and other metabolic resources. Perinatal disruption of oxygen availability is a common clinical scenario in neonatal intensive care units, and a leading cause of lifelong disability. Pathological patterns of brain activity including burst suppression and seizures are a hallmark of the recovery period, yet the mechanisms by which these patterns arise remain poorly understood. Here, we use computational modeling of coupled metabolic-neuronal activity to explore the mechanisms by which oxygen depletion generates pathological brain activity. We find that restricting oxygen supply drives transitions from normal activity to several pathological activity patterns (isoelectric, burst suppression, and seizures), depending on the potassium supply. Trajectories through parameter space track key features of clinical electrophysiology recordings and reveal how infants with good recovery outcomes track toward normal parameter values, whereas the parameter values for infants with poor outcomes dwell around the pathological values. These findings open avenues for studying and monitoring the metabolically challenged infant brain, and deepen our understanding of the link between neuronal and metabolic activity.
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- Shrey Dutta
- Brain Modelling Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
- School of Psychological Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
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- Brain Modelling Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Pediatric Research Center, Department of Physiology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Psychological Sciences, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- School of Medicine and Public Health, College of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Brain Modelling Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Boskabadi H, Beiraghi Toosi M, Darabi A, Abadi JMT. Investigation of EEG changes before and after phototherapy in infants with severe hyperbilirubinemia. J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2022; 15:821-825. [PMID: 36189503 DOI: 10.3233/npm-221080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the known effect of hyperbilirubinemia in neonates, the effect of phototherapy on electroencephalography (EEG) remains unknown. Therefore, we aimed to determine the alteration of electroencephalography in infants with hyperbilirubinemia before and after phototherapy. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed on infants of≥35 weeks of gestation with hyperbilirubinemia. Information including age, sex, birth weight, hemoglobin levels, and treatment measures was recorded. In all studied infants, an EEG was performed before (in the first eight hours of hospitalization) and after treatment (after phototherapy or blood transfusion). The required duration of phototherapy, hospitalization and adverse effects were assessed then EEG of the neonates was compared before and after treatment. RESULTS A total of 52 infants (44% female and 56% male) were included in this study. Mean gestational age, weight, and bilirubin were 38.6±1.53 weeks, 3150±625 g, and 23.87±4.36 mg/dl, respectively. The most common findings before phototherapy were Frontal Theta (21 patients, 40.4 percent) and Delta Brush (14 patients, 26.9%), while the most common findings after phototherapy were Frontal Theta (20 patients, 38.5%) and Delta Brush (19 patients, 36.5%). Mean±SD of bilirubin in infants with and without Delta Brush was 21.30±1.67 mg/dl and 19.95±0.94 mg/dl, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Hyperbilirubinemia in newborns may be linked to altered EEG findings. After phototherapy, the Frontal theta was reduced, but the Delta brush was intensified. Bilirubin levels were higher in infants with Delta Brush in their EEG compared to infants without this finding.
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- H Boskabadi
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Neuroscience Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Neuromonitoring in neonatal critical care part II: extremely premature infants and critically ill neonates. Pediatr Res 2022:10.1038/s41390-022-02392-2. [PMID: 36434203 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-02392-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Neonatal intensive care has expanded from cardiorespiratory care to a holistic approach emphasizing brain health. To best understand and monitor brain function and physiology in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the most commonly used tools are amplitude-integrated EEG, full multichannel continuous EEG, and near-infrared spectroscopy. Each of these modalities has unique characteristics and functions. While some of these tools have been the subject of expert consensus statements or guidelines, there is no overarching agreement on the optimal approach to neuromonitoring in the NICU. This work reviews current evidence to assist decision making for the best utilization of these neuromonitoring tools to promote neuroprotective care in extremely premature infants and in critically ill neonates. Neuromonitoring approaches in neonatal encephalopathy and neonates with possible seizures are discussed separately in the companion paper. IMPACT: For extremely premature infants, NIRS monitoring has a potential role in individualized brain-oriented care, and selective use of aEEG and cEEG can assist in seizure detection and prognostication. For critically ill neonates, NIRS can monitor cerebral perfusion, oxygen delivery, and extraction associated with disease processes as well as respiratory and hypodynamic management. Selective use of aEEG and cEEG is important in those with a high risk of seizures and brain injury. Continuous multimodal monitoring as well as monitoring of sleep, sleep-wake cycling, and autonomic nervous system have a promising role in neonatal neurocritical care.
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Zayachkivsky A, Lehmkuhle MJ, Ekstrand JJ, Dudek FE. Background suppression of electrical activity is a potential biomarker of subsequent brain injury in a rat model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia. J Neurophysiol 2022; 128:118-130. [PMID: 35675445 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00024.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Electrographic seizures and abnormal background activity in the neonatal electroencephalogram (EEG) may differentiate between harmful versus benign brain insults. Using two animal models of neonatal seizures, electrical activity was recorded in freely behaving rats and examined quantitatively during successive time periods with field-potential recordings obtained shortly after the brain insult (i.e., 0-4 days). Single-channel, differential recordings with miniature wireless telemetry were used to analyze spontaneous electrographic seizures and background suppression of electrical activity after 1) hypoxia-ischemia (HI), which is a model of neonatal encephalopathy that causes acute seizures and a large brain lesion with possible development of epilepsy, 2) hypoxia alone (Ha), which causes severe acute seizures without an obvious lesion or subsequent epilepsy, and 3) sham control rats. Background EEG exhibited increases in power as a function of age in control animals. Although background electrical activity was depressed in all frequency bands immediately after HI, suppression in the β and γ bands was greatest and lasted longest. Spontaneous electrographic seizures were recorded, but only in a few HI-treated animals. Ha-treated rat pups were similar to sham controls, they had no subsequent spontaneous electrographic seizures after the treatment and background suppression was only briefly observed in one frequency band. Thus, the normal age-dependent maturation of electrical activity patterns in control animals was significantly disrupted after HI. Suppression of the background EEG observed here after HI-induced acute seizures and subsequent brain injury may be a noninvasive biomarker for detecting severe brain injuries and may help predict subsequent epilepsy.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Biomarkers of neonatal brain injury are needed. Hypoxia-ischemia (HI) in immature rat pups caused severe brain injury, which was associated with strongly suppressed background EEG. The suppression was most robust in the β and γ bands; it started immediately after the HI injury and persisted for days. Thus, background suppression may be a noninvasive biomarker for detecting severe brain injuries and may help predict subsequent epilepsy.
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- A Zayachkivsky
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Nagarajan L, Pisani F, Ghosh S. CARFS 7: A guide and proforma for reading a preterm neonate's EEG. Neurophysiol Clin 2022; 52:265-279. [PMID: 35718626 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2022.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The important role of the EEG in preterm and term babies in investigating brain function and seizures, predicting outcomes, evaluating therapeutic interventions and decision-making is being increasingly acknowledged. Development of the brain in the last trimester of pregnancy results in rapid changes in the EEG patterns in this period. Acquiring and interpreting the EEG of a preterm baby can be challenging. The aim of this study was to develop a proforma titled CARFS7 (Continuity, Amplitude, Reactivity, Frequency, Synchrony, Symmetry, Sleep, Sharps, Shapes, Size and Seizures) to enable neurologists to read EEGs of premature babies with greater confidence, ease and accuracy and produce a report more easily repeatable and homogenous among operators. METHODS The CARFS7proforma was developed based on a literature review and the personal experience of the authors. The parameters of the EEG evaluated and scored in the proforma are Continuity, Amplitude, Reactivity/Variability, Frequency, Synchrony, Symmetry, Sleep, Sharps, Shapes/Patterns, Size and Seizures. We also assessed the interrater reliability of the proposed scoring system incorporated in the proforma. RESULTS CARFS7 proforma incorporates a number of parameters that help evaluate the preterm EEG. The interrater reliability of the proposed scoring system in the CARFS7proforma was high. CONCLUSIONS CARFS7 is a user friendly proforma for reading EEGs in the preterm infant. Interrater reliability using Cohen's k shows high agreement between two child neurologists who independently rated the EEGs of 25 premature babies using this proforma. CARFS7 has the potential to provide, accurate, reproducible and valuable information on brain function in the preterm infant in clinical practice.
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- Lakshmi Nagarajan
- Children's Neuroscience Service, Department of Neurology, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Medicine & Surgery Department, Neuroscience Division, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Children's Neuroscience Service, Department of Neurology, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Australia; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Luhmann HJ, Kanold PO, Molnár Z, Vanhatalo S. Early brain activity: Translations between bedside and laboratory. Prog Neurobiol 2022; 213:102268. [PMID: 35364141 PMCID: PMC9923767 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Neural activity is both a driver of brain development and a readout of developmental processes. Changes in neuronal activity are therefore both the cause and consequence of neurodevelopmental compromises. Here, we review the assessment of neuronal activities in both preclinical models and clinical situations. We focus on issues that require urgent translational research, the challenges and bottlenecks preventing translation of biomedical research into new clinical diagnostics or treatments, and possibilities to overcome these barriers. The key questions are (i) what can be measured in clinical settings versus animal experiments, (ii) how do measurements relate to particular stages of development, and (iii) how can we balance practical and ethical realities with methodological compromises in measurements and treatments.
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- Heiko J. Luhmann
- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, Mainz, Germany.,Correspondence:, , ,
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue / Miller 379, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.,Correspondence:, , ,
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
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- BABA Center, Departments of Physiology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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van 't Westende C, Geraedts VJ, van Ramesdonk T, Dudink J, Schoonmade LJ, van der Knaap MS, Stam CJ, van de Pol LA. Neonatal quantitative electroencephalography and long-term outcomes: a systematic review. Dev Med Child Neurol 2022; 64:413-420. [PMID: 34932822 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM To evaluate quantitative electroencephalogram (EEG) measures as predictors of long-term neurodevelopmental outcome in infants with a postconceptional age below 46 weeks, including typically developing infants born at term, infants with heterogeneous underlying pathologies, and infants born preterm. METHOD A comprehensive search was performed using PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science from study inception up to 8th January 2021. Studies that examined associations between neonatal quantitative EEG measures, based on conventional and amplitude-integrated EEG, and standardized neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of age or older were reviewed. Significant associations between neonatal quantitative EEG and long-term outcome measures were grouped into one or more of the following categories: cognitive outcome; motor outcome; composite scores; and other standardized outcome assessments. RESULTS Twenty-four out of 1740 studies were included. Multiple studies showed that conventional EEG-based absolute power in the delta, theta, alpha, and beta frequency bands and conventional and amplitude-integrated EEG-related amplitudes were positively associated with favourable long-term outcome across several domains, including cognition and motor performance. Furthermore, a lower presence of discontinuous background pattern was also associated with favourable outcomes. However, interpretation of the results is limited by heterogeneity in study design and populations. INTERPRETATION Neonatal quantitative EEG measures may be used as prognostic biomarkers to identify those infants who will develop long-term difficulties and who might benefit from early interventions.
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- Charlotte van 't Westende
- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Kirmse K, Zhang C. Principles of GABAergic signaling in developing cortical network dynamics. Cell Rep 2022; 38:110568. [PMID: 35354036 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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GABAergic signaling provides inhibitory stabilization and spatiotemporally coordinates the firing of recurrently connected excitatory neurons in mature cortical circuits. Inhibition thus enables self-generated neuronal activity patterns that underlie various aspects of sensation and cognition. In this review, we aim to provide a conceptual framework describing how and when GABA-releasing interneurons acquire their network functions during development. Focusing on the developing visual neocortex and hippocampus in mice and rats in vivo, we hypothesize that at the onset of patterned activity, glutamatergic neurons are stable by themselves and inhibitory stabilization is not yet functional. We review important milestones in the development of GABAergic signaling and illustrate how the cell-type-specific strengthening of synaptic inhibition toward eye opening shapes cortical network dynamics and allows the developing cortex to progressively disengage from extra-cortical synaptic drive. We translate this framework to human cortical development and discuss clinical implications for the treatment of neonatal seizures.
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- Knut Kirmse
- Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology, University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology, University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
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Wang X, Liu H, Kota S, Das Y, Liu Y, Zhang R, Chalak L. EEG phase-amplitude coupling to stratify encephalopathy severity in the developing brain. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2022; 214:106593. [PMID: 34959157 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is difficult to classify within the narrow therapeutic window of hypothermia. Neurophysiological biomarkers are needed for timely differentiation of encephalopathy severity within the short therapeutic window for initiation of hypothermia therapy. METHODS A novel analysis of mean Phase Amplitude Coupling index, PACm, of amplitudes high frequencies (12-30 Hz) coupled with phases of low (1,2 Hz) frequencies was calculated from the 6 h EEG recorded during the first day of life. PACm values were compared to identify differences between mild versus higher-grade HIE, respectively, for each of the EEG electrodes. A receiver operating characteristic curve was generated to examine the performance of PACm. RESULTS 38 newborns with different HIE grades were enrolled in the first 6 h of life. Threshold PACm 0.001 at Fz, O1, O2, P3, and P4 had AUC >0.9 to differentiate HIE severity and predict the persistence of moderate to severe encephalopathy that requires treatment with hypothermia. CONCLUSION PAC is a promising biomarker to identify mild from higher severity of HIE after birth.
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- Xinlong Wang
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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- Department of Population and Data Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
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Del Rio-Bermudez C, Blumberg MS. Sleep as a window on the sensorimotor foundations of the developing hippocampus. Hippocampus 2022; 32:89-97. [PMID: 33945190 PMCID: PMC9118132 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The hippocampal formation plays established roles in learning, memory, and related cognitive functions. Recent findings also suggest that the hippocampus integrates sensory feedback from self-generated movements to modulate ongoing motor responses in a changing environment. Such findings support the view of Bland and Oddie (Behavioural Brain Research, 2001, 127, 119-136) that the hippocampus is a site of sensorimotor integration. In further support of this view, we review neurophysiological evidence in developing rats that hippocampal function is built on a sensorimotor foundation and that this foundation is especially evident early in development. Moreover, at those ages when the hippocampus is first establishing functional connectivity with distant sensory and motor structures, that connectivity is preferentially expressed during periods of active (or REM) sleep. These findings reinforce the notion that sleep, as the predominant state of early infancy, provides a critical context for sensorimotor development, including development of the hippocampus and its associated network.
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.,Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Luhmann HJ. Neurophysiology of the Developing Cerebral Cortex: What We Have Learned and What We Need to Know. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 15:814012. [PMID: 35046777 PMCID: PMC8761895 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.814012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This review article aims to give a brief summary on the novel technologies, the challenges, our current understanding, and the open questions in the field of the neurophysiology of the developing cerebral cortex in rodents. In the past, in vitro electrophysiological and calcium imaging studies on single neurons provided important insights into the function of cellular and subcellular mechanism during early postnatal development. In the past decade, neuronal activity in large cortical networks was recorded in pre- and neonatal rodents in vivo by the use of novel high-density multi-electrode arrays and genetically encoded calcium indicators. These studies demonstrated a surprisingly rich repertoire of spontaneous cortical and subcortical activity patterns, which are currently not completely understood in their functional roles in early development and their impact on cortical maturation. Technological progress in targeted genetic manipulations, optogenetics, and chemogenetics now allow the experimental manipulation of specific neuronal cell types to elucidate the function of early (transient) cortical circuits and their role in the generation of spontaneous and sensory evoked cortical activity patterns. Large-scale interactions between different cortical areas and subcortical regions, characterization of developmental shifts from synchronized to desynchronized activity patterns, identification of transient circuits and hub neurons, role of electrical activity in the control of glial cell differentiation and function are future key tasks to gain further insights into the neurophysiology of the developing cerebral cortex.
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- Heiko J. Luhmann
- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Stevenson NJ, Lai MM, Starkman HE, Colditz PB, Wixey JA. Electroencephalographic studies in growth-restricted and small-for-gestational-age neonates. Pediatr Res 2022; 92:1527-1534. [PMID: 35197567 PMCID: PMC9771813 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-01992-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Foetal growth restriction (FGR) and being born small for gestational age (SGA) are associated with neurodevelopmental delay. Early diagnosis of neurological damage is difficult in FGR and SGA neonates. Electroencephalography (EEG) has the potential as a tool for the assessment of brain development in FGR/SGA neonates. In this review, we analyse the evidence base on the use of EEG for the assessment of neonates with FGR or SGA. We found consistent findings that FGR/SGA is associated with measurable changes in the EEG that present immediately after birth and persist into childhood. Early manifestations of FGR/SGA in the EEG include changes in spectral power, symmetry/synchrony, sleep-wake cycling, and the continuity of EEG amplitude. Later manifestations of FGR/SGA into infancy and early childhood include changes in spectral power, sleep architecture, and EEG amplitude. FGR/SGA infants had poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes than appropriate for gestational age controls. The EEG has the potential to identify FGR/SGA infants and assess the functional correlates of neurological damage. IMPACT: FGR/SGA neonates have significantly different EEG activity compared to AGA neonates. EEG differences persist into childhood and are associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. EEG has the potential for early identification of brain impairment in FGR/SGA neonates.
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- Nathan J. Stevenson
- grid.1049.c0000 0001 2294 1395Brain Modelling Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD Australia
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- grid.1003.20000 0000 9320 7537UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4029 Australia ,grid.416100.20000 0001 0688 4634Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, QLD 4029 Australia
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- grid.1003.20000 0000 9320 7537UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4029 Australia ,grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S Canada
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- grid.1003.20000 0000 9320 7537UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4029 Australia ,grid.416100.20000 0001 0688 4634Perinatal Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, QLD 4029 Australia
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- grid.1003.20000 0000 9320 7537UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4029 Australia
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Lloyd RO, O'Toole JM, Livingstone V, Filan PM, Boylan GB. Can EEG accurately predict 2-year neurodevelopmental outcome for preterm infants? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2021; 106:535-541. [PMID: 33875522 PMCID: PMC8394766 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Establish if serial, multichannel video electroencephalography (EEG) in preterm infants can accurately predict 2-year neurodevelopmental outcome. DESIGN AND PATIENTS EEGs were recorded at three time points over the neonatal course for infants <32 weeks' gestational age (GA). Monitoring commenced soon after birth and continued over the first 3 days. EEGs were repeated at approximately 32 and 35 weeks' postmenstrual age (PMA). EEG scores were based on an age-specific grading scheme. Clinical score of neonatal morbidity risk and cranial ultrasound imaging were completed. SETTING Neonatal intensive care unit at Cork University Maternity Hospital, Ireland. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Bayley Scales of Infant Development III at 2 years' corrected age. RESULTS Sixty-seven infants were prospectively enrolled in the study and 57 had follow-up available (median GA 28.9 weeks (IQR 26.5-30.4)). Forty had normal outcome, 17 had abnormal outcome/died. All EEG time points were individually predictive of abnormal outcome; however, the 35-week EEG performed best. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for this time point was 0.91 (95% CI 0.83 to 1), p<0.001. Comparatively, the clinical course AUC was 0.68 (95% CI 0.54 to 0.80, p=0.015), while abnormal cranial ultrasound was 0.58 (95% CI 0.41 to 0.75, p=0.342). CONCLUSION Multichannel EEG is a strong predictor of 2-year outcome in preterm infants particularly when recorded around 35 weeks' PMA. Infants at high risk of brain injury may benefit from early postnatal EEG recording which, if normal, is reassuring. Postnatal clinical complications can contribute to poor outcome; therefore, we state that a later EEG around 35 weeks has a role to play in prognostication.
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- Rhodri O Lloyd
- INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland,Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland,Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland,Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland,Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland,Department of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Ireland .,Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Bansal K, Garcia JO, Lauharatanahirun N, Muldoon SF, Sajda P, Vettel JM. Scale-specific dynamics of high-amplitude bursts in EEG capture behaviorally meaningful variability. Neuroimage 2021; 241:118425. [PMID: 34303795 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Cascading high-amplitude bursts in neural activity, termed avalanches, are thought to provide insight into the complex spatially distributed interactions in neural systems. In human neuroimaging, for example, avalanches occurring during resting-state show scale-invariant dynamics, supporting the hypothesis that the brain operates near a critical point that enables long range spatial communication. In fact, it has been suggested that such scale-invariant dynamics, characterized by a power-law distribution in these avalanches, are universal in neural systems and emerge through a common mechanism. While the analysis of avalanches and subsequent criticality is increasingly seen as a framework for using complex systems theory to understand brain function, it is unclear how the framework would account for the omnipresent cognitive variability, whether across individuals or tasks. To address this, we analyzed avalanches in the EEG activity of healthy humans during rest as well as two distinct task conditions that varied in cognitive demands and produced behavioral measures unique to each individual. In both rest and task conditions we observed that avalanche dynamics demonstrate scale-invariant characteristics, but differ in their specific features, demonstrating individual variability. Using a new metric we call normalized engagement, which estimates the likelihood for a brain region to produce high-amplitude bursts, we also investigated regional features of avalanche dynamics. Normalized engagement showed not only the expected individual and task dependent variability, but also scale-specificity that correlated with individual behavior. Our results suggest that the study of avalanches in human brain activity provides a tool to assess cognitive variability. Our findings expand our understanding of avalanche features and are supportive of the emerging theoretical idea that the dynamics of an active human brain operate close to a critical-like region and not a singular critical-state.
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- Kanika Bansal
- Human Research and Engineering Directorate, US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- Human Research and Engineering Directorate, US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA
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- Mathematics Department, CDSE Program, and Neuroscience Program, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Data Science Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Human Research and Engineering Directorate, US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Martini FJ, Guillamón-Vivancos T, Moreno-Juan V, Valdeolmillos M, López-Bendito G. Spontaneous activity in developing thalamic and cortical sensory networks. Neuron 2021; 109:2519-2534. [PMID: 34293296 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Developing sensory circuits exhibit different patterns of spontaneous activity, patterns that are related to the construction and refinement of functional networks. During the development of different sensory modalities, spontaneous activity originates in the immature peripheral sensory structures and in the higher-order central structures, such as the thalamus and cortex. Certainly, the perinatal thalamus exhibits spontaneous calcium waves, a pattern of activity that is fundamental for the formation of sensory maps and for circuit plasticity. Here, we review our current understanding of the maturation of early (including embryonic) patterns of spontaneous activity and their influence on the assembly of thalamic and cortical sensory networks. Overall, the data currently available suggest similarities between the developmental trajectory of brain activity in experimental models and humans, which in the future may help to improve the early diagnosis of developmental disorders.
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- Francisco J Martini
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain.
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain.
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Characterization of the Functional Dynamics in the Neonatal Brain during REM and NREM Sleep States by means of Microstate Analysis. Brain Topogr 2021; 34:555-567. [PMID: 34258668 PMCID: PMC8384814 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-021-00861-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Neonates spend most of their life sleeping. During sleep, their brain experiences fast changes in its functional organization. Microstate analysis permits to capture the rapid dynamical changes occurring in the functional organization of the brain by representing the changing spatio-temporal features of the electroencephalogram (EEG) as a sequence of short-lasting scalp topographies—the microstates. In this study, we modeled the ongoing neonatal EEG into sequences of a limited number of microstates and investigated whether the extracted microstate features are altered in REM and NREM sleep (usually known as active and quiet sleep states—AS and QS—in the newborn) and depend on the EEG frequency band. 19-channel EEG recordings from 60 full-term healthy infants were analyzed using a modified version of the k-means clustering algorithm. The results show that ~ 70% of the variance in the datasets can be described using 7 dominant microstate templates. The mean duration and mean occurrence of the dominant microstates were significantly different in the two sleep states. Microstate syntax analysis demonstrated that the microstate sequences characterizing AS and QS had specific non-casual structures that differed in the two sleep states. Microstate analysis of the neonatal EEG in specific frequency bands showed a clear dependence of the explained variance on frequency. Overall, our findings demonstrate that (1) the spatio-temporal dynamics of the neonatal EEG can be described by non-casual sequences of a limited number of microstate templates; (2) the brain dynamics described by these microstate templates depends on frequency; (3) the features of the microstate sequences can well differentiate the physiological conditions characterizing AS and QS.
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Koskela T, Kendall GS, Memon S, Sokolska M, Mabuza T, Huertas-Ceballos A, Mitra S, Robertson NJ, Meek J, Whitehead K. Prognostic value of neonatal EEG following therapeutic hypothermia in survivors of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 132:2091-2100. [PMID: 34284244 PMCID: PMC8407358 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Early prediction of neurological deficits following neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) may help to target support. Neonatal animal models suggest that recovery following hypoxia-ischemia depends upon cortical bursting. To test whether this holds in human neonates, we correlated the magnitude of cortical bursting during recovery (≥postnatal day 3) with neurodevelopmental outcomes. METHODS We identified 41 surviving infants who received therapeutic hypothermia for HIE (classification at hospital discharge: 19 mild, 18 moderate, 4 severe) and had 9-channel electroencephalography (EEG) recordings as part of their routine care. We correlated burst power with Bayley-III cognitive, motor and language scores at median 24 months. To examine whether EEG offered additional prognostic information, we controlled for structural MRI findings. RESULTS Higher power of central and occipital cortical bursts predicted worse cognitive and language outcomes, and higher power of central cortical bursts predicted worse motor outcome, all independently of structural MRI findings. CONCLUSIONS Clinical EEG after postnatal day 3 may provide additional prognostic information by indexing persistent active mechanisms that either support recovery or exacerbate brain damage, especially in infants with less severe encephalopathy. SIGNIFICANCE These findings could allow for the effect of clinical interventions in the neonatal period to be studied instantaneously in the future.
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- Tuomas Koskela
- Research IT Services, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK; Academic Neonatology, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London WC1E 6HU, UK.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK; Academic Neonatology, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London WC1E 6HU, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK; Academic Neonatology, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London WC1E 6HU, UK; Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Chancellors Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK.
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Wong Fong Sang IE, Schroer J, Halbhuber L, Warm D, Yang JW, Luhmann HJ, Kilb W, Sinning A. Optogenetically Controlled Activity Pattern Determines Survival Rate of Developing Neocortical Neurons. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6575. [PMID: 34205237 PMCID: PMC8235092 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A substantial proportion of neurons undergoes programmed cell death (apoptosis) during early development. This process is attenuated by increased levels of neuronal activity and enhanced by suppression of activity. To uncover whether the mere level of activity or also the temporal structure of electrical activity affects neuronal death rates, we optogenetically controlled spontaneous activity of synaptically-isolated neurons in developing cortical cultures. Our results demonstrate that action potential firing of primary cortical neurons promotes neuronal survival throughout development. Chronic patterned optogenetic stimulation allowed to effectively modulate the firing pattern of single neurons in the absence of synaptic inputs while maintaining stable overall activity levels. Replacing the burst firing pattern with a non-physiological, single pulse pattern significantly increased cell death rates as compared to physiological burst stimulation. Furthermore, physiological burst stimulation led to an elevated peak in intracellular calcium and an increase in the expression level of classical activity-dependent targets but also decreased Bax/BCL-2 expression ratio and reduced caspase 3/7 activity. In summary, these results demonstrate at the single-cell level that the temporal pattern of action potentials is critical for neuronal survival versus cell death fate during cortical development, besides the pro-survival effect of action potential firing per se.
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, 55128 Mainz, Germany; (I.E.W.F.S.); (J.S.); (L.H.); (D.W.); (J.-W.Y.); (H.J.L.); (W.K.)
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Bitzenhofer SH, Pöpplau JA, Chini M, Marquardt A, Hanganu-Opatz IL. A transient developmental increase in prefrontal activity alters network maturation and causes cognitive dysfunction in adult mice. Neuron 2021; 109:1350-1364.e6. [PMID: 33675685 PMCID: PMC8063718 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Disturbed neuronal activity in neuropsychiatric pathologies emerges during development and might cause multifold neuronal dysfunction by interfering with apoptosis, dendritic growth, and synapse formation. However, how altered electrical activity early in life affects neuronal function and behavior in adults is unknown. Here, we address this question by transiently increasing the coordinated activity of layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of neonatal mice and monitoring long-term functional and behavioral consequences. We show that increased activity during early development causes premature maturation of pyramidal neurons and affects interneuronal density. Consequently, altered inhibitory feedback by fast-spiking interneurons and excitation/inhibition imbalance in prefrontal circuits of young adults result in weaker evoked synchronization of gamma frequency. These structural and functional changes ultimately lead to poorer mnemonic and social abilities. Thus, prefrontal activity during early development actively controls the cognitive performance of adults and might be critical for cognitive symptoms in neuropsychiatric diseases.
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- Sebastian H Bitzenhofer
- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
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Kidokoro H. Delta brushes are not just a hallmark of EEG in human preterm infants. Pediatr Int 2021; 63:130-136. [PMID: 32749014 DOI: 10.1111/ped.14420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The delta brush, a well-known characteristic waveform of the human preterm electroencephalogram, represents spontaneous electrical activity. Recent experimental animal model evidence suggests that delta brushes are not only spontaneous intrinsic activity but are also evoked by external sensory stimulation or spontaneous movement. They are also likely to reflect the activity of subplate neurons, which play an important role in early brain development and network organization. Here, evidence about delta brushes in human preterm electroencephalogram is provided along with future perspectives.
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- Hiroyuki Kidokoro
- Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Mathematical Analysis of EEG Concordance in Preterm Twin Infants. J Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 38:62-68. [PMID: 31714333 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Preterm twins are at higher risk of neurodisability than preterm singletons, with monochorionic-diamniotic (MCDA) twins at higher risk than dichorionic-diamniotic (DCDA) twins. The impact of genetic influences on EEG concordance in preterm twins <32 weeks of gestational age is not established. This study aims to investigate EEG concordance in preterm MCDA and dichorionic-diamniotic twins during maturation. METHODS Infants <32 weeks of gestational age had multichannel EEG recordings for up to 72 postnatal hours, with repeat recordings at 32 and 35 weeks of postmenstrual age. Twin pairs had synchronous recordings. Mathematical EEG features were generated to represent EEG power, discontinuity, and symmetry. Intraclass correlations, while controlling for gestational age, estimated similarities within twins. RESULTS EEGs from 10 twin pairs, 4 MCDA and 6 dichorionic-diamniotic pairs, and 10 age-matched singleton pairs were analyzed from a total of 36 preterm infants. For MCDA twins, 17 of 22 mathematical EEG features had significant (>0.6; P < 0.05) intraclass correlations at one or more time points, compared with 2 of 22 features for DCDA twins and 0 of 22 for singleton pairs. For MCDA twins, all 10 features of discontinuity and all four features of symmetry were significant at one or more time-points. Three features of the MCDA twins (spectral power at 3-8 Hz, EEG skewness at 3-15 Hz, and kurtosis at 3-15 Hz) had significant intraclass correlations over all three time points. CONCLUSIONS Preterm twin EEG similarities are subtle but clearly evident through mathematical analysis. MCDA twins showed stronger EEG concordance across different postmenstrual ages, thus confirming a strong genetic influence on preterm EEG activity at this early development stage.
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Wallois F, Routier L, Heberlé C, Mahmoudzadeh M, Bourel-Ponchel E, Moghimi S. Back to basics: the neuronal substrates and mechanisms that underlie the electroencephalogram in premature neonates. Neurophysiol Clin 2020; 51:5-33. [PMID: 33162287 DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2020.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Electroencephalography is the only clinically available technique that can address the premature neonate normal and pathological functional development week after week. The changes in the electroencephalogram (EEG) result from gradual structural and functional modifications that arise during the last trimester of pregnancy. Here, we review the structural changes over time that underlie the establishment of functional immature neural networks, the impact of certain anatomical specificities (fontanelles, connectivity, etc.) on the EEG, limitations in EEG interpretation, and the utility of high-resolution EEG (HR-EEG) in premature newborns (a promising technique with a high degree of spatiotemporal resolution). In particular, we classify EEG features according to whether they are manifestations of endogenous generators (i.e. theta activities that coalesce with a slow wave or delta brushes) or come from a broader network. Furthermore, we review publications on EEG in premature animals because the data provide a better understanding of what is happening in premature newborns. We then discuss the results and limitations of functional connectivity analyses in premature newborns. Lastly, we report on the magnetoelectroencephalographic studies of brain activity in the fetus. A better understanding of complex interactions at various structural and functional levels during normal neurodevelopment (as assessed using electroencephalography as a benchmark method) might lead to better clinical care and monitoring for premature neonates.
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- Fabrice Wallois
- INSERM U1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux Pédiatrique, Amiens-Picardie Medical Center, Amiens, France.
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- INSERM U1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux Pédiatrique, Amiens-Picardie Medical Center, Amiens, France
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- INSERM U1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux Pédiatrique, Amiens-Picardie Medical Center, Amiens, France
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- INSERM U1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux Pédiatrique, Amiens-Picardie Medical Center, Amiens, France
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- INSERM U1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux Pédiatrique, Amiens-Picardie Medical Center, Amiens, France
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- INSERM U1105, Research Group on Multimodal Analysis of Brain Function, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux Pédiatrique, Amiens-Picardie Medical Center, Amiens, France
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Luhmann HJ, Fukuda A. Can we understand human brain development from experimental studies in rodents? Pediatr Int 2020; 62:1139-1144. [PMID: 32531857 DOI: 10.1111/ped.14339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Animal models are needed to gain an understanding of the genetic, molecular, cellular, and network mechanisms of human brain development. In rodents, a large spectrum of in vitro and in vivo approaches allows detailed analyses and specific experimental manipulations for studying the sequence of developmental steps in corticogenesis. Neurogenesis, neuronal migration, cellular differentiation, programmed cell death, synaptogenesis, and myelination are surprisingly similar in the rodent cortex and the human cortex. Spontaneous EEG activity in the pre- and early postnatal human cortex resembles the activity patterns recorded with intracortical multi-electrode arrays in newborn rodents. This early activity is generated by thalamic activation of a subplate-driven local network coupled via gap junctions, which controls the development of cortical columns and the spatio-temporal pattern of apoptosis. Disturbances of this activity may induce disturbances in cortical structure and function leading to neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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- Heiko J Luhmann
- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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Developmental Phase Transitions in Spatial Organization of Spontaneous Activity in Postnatal Barrel Cortex Layer 4. J Neurosci 2020; 40:7637-7650. [PMID: 32887743 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1116-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Spatially-organized spontaneous activity is a characteristic feature of developing mammalian sensory systems. However, the transitions of spontaneous-activity spatial organization during development and related mechanisms remain largely unknown. We reported previously that layer 4 (L4) glutamatergic neurons in the mouse barrel cortex exhibit spontaneous activity with a patchwork-type pattern at postnatal day (P)5, which is during barrel formation. In the current work, we revealed that spontaneous activity in mouse barrel-cortex L4 glutamatergic neurons exhibits at least three phases during the first two weeks of postnatal development. Phase I activity has a patchwork-type pattern and is observed not only at P5, but also P1, before barrel formation. Phase II is found at P9, by which time barrel formation is completed, and exhibits broadly synchronized activity across barrel borders. Phase III emerges around P11 when L4-neuron activity is desynchronized. The Phase I activity, but not Phase II or III activity, is blocked by thalamic inhibition, demonstrating that the Phase I to II transition is associated with loss of thalamic dependency. Dominant-negative (DN)-Rac1 expression in L4 neurons hampers the Phase II to III transition. It also suppresses developmental increases in spine density and excitatory synapses of L4 neurons in the second postnatal week, suggesting that Rac1-mediated synapse maturation could underlie the Phase II to III transition. Our findings revealed the presence of distinct mechanisms for Phase I to II and Phase II to III transition. They also highlighted the role of a small GTPase in the developmental desynchronization of cortical spontaneous activity.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Developing neocortex exhibits spatially-organized spontaneous activity, which plays a critical role in cortical circuit development. The features of spontaneous-activity spatial organization and the mechanisms underlying its changes during development remain largely unknown. In the present study, using two-photon in vivo imaging, we revealed three phases (Phases I, II, and III) of spontaneous activity in barrel-cortex layer 4 (L4) glutamatergic neurons during the first two postnatal weeks. We also demonstrated the presence of distinct mechanisms underlying phase transitions. Phase I to II shift arose from the switch in the L4-neuron driving source, and Phase II to III transition relied on L4-neuron Rac1 activity. These results provide new insights into the principles of developmental transitions of neocortical spontaneous-activity spatial patterns.
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Zimmern V. Why Brain Criticality Is Clinically Relevant: A Scoping Review. Front Neural Circuits 2020; 14:54. [PMID: 32982698 PMCID: PMC7479292 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2020.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The past 25 years have seen a strong increase in the number of publications related to criticality in different areas of neuroscience. The potential of criticality to explain various brain properties, including optimal information processing, has made it an increasingly exciting area of investigation for neuroscientists. Recent reviews on this topic, sometimes termed brain criticality, make brief mention of clinical applications of these findings to several neurological disorders such as epilepsy, neurodegenerative disease, and neonatal hypoxia. Other clinicallyrelevant domains - including anesthesia, sleep medicine, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and psychiatry - are seldom discussed in review papers of brain criticality. Thorough assessments of these application areas and their relevance for clinicians have also yet to be published. In this scoping review, studies of brain criticality involving human data of all ages are evaluated for their current and future clinical relevance. To make the results of these studies understandable to a more clinical audience, a review of the key concepts behind criticality (e.g., phase transitions, long-range temporal correlation, self-organized criticality, power laws, branching processes) precedes the discussion of human clinical studies. Open questions and forthcoming areas of investigation are also considered.
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- Vincent Zimmern
- Division of Child Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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Stevenson NJ, Oberdorfer L, Tataranno ML, Breakspear M, Colditz PB, de Vries LS, Benders MJNL, Klebermass-Schrehof K, Vanhatalo S, Roberts JA. Automated cot-side tracking of functional brain age in preterm infants. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2020; 7:891-902. [PMID: 32368863 PMCID: PMC7318094 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Objective A major challenge in the care of preterm infants is the early identification of compromised neurological development. While several measures are routinely used to track anatomical growth, there is a striking lack of reliable and objective tools for tracking maturation of early brain function; a cornerstone of lifelong neurological health. We present a cot‐side method for measuring the functional maturity of the newborn brain based on routinely available neurological monitoring with electroencephalography (EEG). Methods We used a dataset of 177 EEG recordings from 65 preterm infants to train a multivariable prediction of functional brain age (FBA) from EEG. The FBA was validated on an independent set of 99 EEG recordings from 42 preterm infants. The difference between FBA and postmenstrual age (PMA) was evaluated as a predictor for neurodevelopmental outcome. Results The FBA correlated strongly with the PMA of an infant, with a median prediction error of less than 1 week. Moreover, individual babies follow well‐defined individual trajectories. The accuracy of the FBA applied to the validation set was statistically equivalent to the training set accuracy. In a subgroup of infants with repeated EEG recordings, a persistently negative predicted age difference was associated with poor neurodevelopmental outcome. Interpretation The FBA enables the tracking of functional neurodevelopment in preterm infants. This establishes proof of principle for growth charts for brain function, a new tool to assist clinical management and identify infants who will benefit most from early intervention.
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- Nathan J Stevenson
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.,Priority Research Center for Mind and Brain, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2305, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Children's Clinical Neurophysiology, BABA Center, Pediatric Research Center, Children's Hospital, HUS Medical Imaging Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
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Flossmann T, Kaas T, Rahmati V, Kiebel SJ, Witte OW, Holthoff K, Kirmse K. Somatostatin Interneurons Promote Neuronal Synchrony in the Neonatal Hippocampus. Cell Rep 2020; 26:3173-3182.e5. [PMID: 30893591 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.02.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Synchronized activity is a universal characteristic of immature neural circuits that is essential for their developmental refinement and strongly depends on GABAergic neurotransmission. A major subpopulation of GABA-releasing interneurons (INs) expresses somatostatin (SOM) and proved critical for rhythm generation in adulthood. Here, we report a mechanism whereby SOM INs promote neuronal synchrony in the neonatal CA1 region. Combining imaging and electrophysiological approaches, we demonstrate that SOM INs and pyramidal cells (PCs) coactivate during spontaneous activity. Bidirectional optogenetic manipulations reveal excitatory GABAergic outputs to PCs that evoke correlated network events in an NKCC1-dependent manner and contribute to spontaneous synchrony. Using a dynamic systems modeling approach, we show that SOM INs affect network dynamics through a modulation of network instability and amplification threshold. Our study identifies a network function of SOM INs with implications for the activity-dependent construction of developing brain circuits.
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- Tom Flossmann
- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Hans-Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
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Pillay K, Dereymaeker A, Jansen K, Naulaers G, De Vos M. Applying a data-driven approach to quantify EEG maturational deviations in preterms with normal and abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7288. [PMID: 32350387 PMCID: PMC7190650 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Premature babies are subjected to environmental stresses that can affect brain maturation and cause abnormal neurodevelopmental outcome later in life. Better understanding this link is crucial to developing a clinical tool for early outcome estimation. We defined maturational trajectories between the Electroencephalography (EEG)-derived ‘brain-age’ and postmenstrual age (the age since the last menstrual cycle of the mother) from longitudinal recordings during the baby’s stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Data consisted of 224 recordings (65 patients) separated for normal and abnormal outcome at 9–24 months follow-up. Trajectory deviations were compared between outcome groups using the root mean squared error (RMSE) and maximum trajectory deviation (δmax). 113 features were extracted (per sleep state) to train a data-driven model that estimates brain-age, with the most prominent features identified as potential maturational and outcome-sensitive biomarkers. RMSE and δmax showed significant differences between outcome groups (cluster-based permutation test, p < 0.05). RMSE had a median (IQR) of 0.75 (0.60–1.35) weeks for normal outcome and 1.35 (1.15–1.55) for abnormal outcome, while δmax had a median of 0.90 (0.70–1.70) and 1.90 (1.20–2.90) weeks, respectively. Abnormal outcome trajectories were associated with clinically defined dysmature and disorganised EEG patterns, cementing the link between early maturational trajectories and neurodevelopmental outcome.
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- Kirubin Pillay
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME), Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. .,Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Child Neurology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals Leuven, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME), Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Del Rio-Bermudez C, Kim J, Sokoloff G, Blumberg MS. Active Sleep Promotes Coherent Oscillatory Activity in the Cortico-Hippocampal System of Infant Rats. Cereb Cortex 2020; 30:2070-2082. [PMID: 31922194 PMCID: PMC7175014 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Active sleep (AS) provides a unique developmental context for synchronizing neural activity within and between cortical and subcortical structures. In week-old rats, sensory feedback from myoclonic twitches, the phasic motor activity that characterizes AS, promotes coherent theta oscillations (4-8 Hz) in the hippocampus and red nucleus, a midbrain motor structure. Sensory feedback from twitches also triggers rhythmic activity in sensorimotor cortex in the form of spindle bursts, which are brief oscillatory events composed of rhythmic components in the theta, alpha/beta (8-20 Hz), and beta2 (20-30 Hz) bands. Here we ask whether one or more of these spindle-burst components are communicated from sensorimotor cortex to hippocampus. By recording simultaneously from whisker barrel cortex and dorsal hippocampus in 8-day-old rats, we show that AS, but not other behavioral states, promotes cortico-hippocampal coherence specifically in the beta2 band. By cutting the infraorbital nerve to prevent the conveyance of sensory feedback from whisker twitches, cortical-hippocampal beta2 coherence during AS was substantially reduced. These results demonstrate the necessity of sensory input, particularly during AS, for coordinating rhythmic activity between these two developing forebrain structures.
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- Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA
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Jannesari M, Saeedi A, Zare M, Ortiz-Mantilla S, Plenz D, Benasich AA. Stability of neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations during the first year of life in human infants. Brain Struct Funct 2020; 225:1169-1183. [PMID: 32095901 PMCID: PMC7166209 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-02014-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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During infancy, the human brain rapidly expands in size and complexity as neural networks mature and new information is incorporated at an accelerating pace. Recently, it was shown that single-electrode EEG in preterms at birth exhibits scale-invariant intermittent bursts. Yet, it is currently not known whether the normal infant brain, in particular, the cortex, maintains a distinct dynamical state during development that is characterized by scale-invariant spatial as well as temporal aspects. Here we employ dense-array EEG recordings acquired from the same infants at 6 and 12 months of age to characterize brain activity during an auditory odd-ball task. We show that suprathreshold events organize as spatiotemporal clusters whose size and duration are power-law distributed, the hallmark of neuronal avalanches. Time series of local suprathreshold EEG events display significant long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs). No differences were found between 6 and 12 months, demonstrating stability of avalanche dynamics and LRTCs during the first year after birth. These findings demonstrate that the infant brain is characterized by distinct spatiotemporal dynamical aspects that are in line with expectations of a critical cortical state. We suggest that critical state dynamics, which theory and experiments have shown to be beneficial for numerous aspects of information processing, are maintained by the infant brain to process an increasingly complex environment during development.
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- Mostafa Jannesari
- School of Computer Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), 70 Lavasani Avenue, Tehran, 19395, Iran
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- Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- School of Computer Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), 70 Lavasani Avenue, Tehran, 19395, Iran.
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark, 197 University Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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- Section on Critical Brain Dynamics, Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, MSC 3735, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark, 197 University Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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Ansari AH, De Wel O, Pillay K, Dereymaeker A, Jansen K, Van Huffel S, Naulaers G, De Vos M. A convolutional neural network outperforming state-of-the-art sleep staging algorithms for both preterm and term infants. J Neural Eng 2020; 17:016028. [PMID: 31689694 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab5469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To classify sleep states using electroencephalogram (EEG) that reliably works over a wide range of preterm ages, as well as term age. APPROACH A convolutional neural network is developed to perform 2- and 4-class sleep classification in neonates. The network takes as input an 8-channel 30 s EEG segment and outputs the sleep state probabilities. Apart from simple downsampling of the input and smoothing of the output, the suggested network is an end-to-end algorithm that avoids the need for hand-crafted feature selection or complex pre/post processing steps. To train and test this method, 113 EEG recordings from 42 infants are used. MAIN RESULTS For quiet sleep detection (the 2-class problem), mean kappa between the network estimate and the ground truth annotated by EEG human experts is 0.76. The sensitivity and specificity are 90% and 88%, respectively. For 4-class classification, mean kappa is 0.64. The averaged sensitivity and specificity (1 versus all) respectively equal 72% and 91%. The results outperform current state-of-the-art methods for which kappa ranges from 0.66 to 0.70 in preterm and from 0.51 to 0.61 in term infants, based on training and testing using the same database. SIGNIFICANCE The proposed method has the highest reported accuracy for EEG sleep state classification for both preterm and term age neonates.
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- Amir H Ansari
- Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS, KU Leuven, Belgium. imec, Leuven, Belgium
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Hartley C, Farmer S, Berthouze L. Temporal ordering of input modulates connectivity formation in a developmental neuronal network model of the cortex. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226772. [PMID: 31923200 PMCID: PMC6953763 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Preterm infant brain activity is discontinuous; bursts of activity recorded using EEG (electroencephalography), thought to be driven by subcortical regions, display scale free properties and exhibit a complex temporal ordering known as long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs). During brain development, activity-dependent mechanisms are essential for synaptic connectivity formation, and abolishing burst activity in animal models leads to weak disorganised synaptic connectivity. Moreover, synaptic pruning shares similar mechanisms to spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP), suggesting that the timing of activity may play a critical role in connectivity formation. We investigated, in a computational model of leaky integrate-and-fire neurones, whether the temporal ordering of burst activity within an external driving input could modulate connectivity formation in the network. Connectivity evolved across the course of simulations using an approach analogous to STDP, from networks with initial random connectivity. Small-world connectivity and hub neurones emerged in the network structure—characteristic properties of mature brain networks. Notably, driving the network with an external input which exhibited LRTCs in the temporal ordering of burst activity facilitated the emergence of these network properties, increasing the speed with which they emerged compared with when the network was driven by the same input with the bursts randomly ordered in time. Moreover, the emergence of small-world properties was dependent on the strength of the LRTCs. These results suggest that the temporal ordering of burst activity could play an important role in synaptic connectivity formation and the emergence of small-world topology in the developing brain.
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- Caroline Hartley
- Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Bruns N, Felderhoff-Müser U, Dohna-Schwake C, Woelfle J, Müller H. aEEG Use in Pediatric Critical Care-An Online Survey. Front Pediatr 2020; 8:3. [PMID: 32039124 PMCID: PMC6992599 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background: Evidence supporting continuous EEG monitoring in pediatric intensive care is increasing, but continuous full-channel EEG is a scarce resource. Amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) monitors are broadly available in children's hospitals due to their use in neonatology and can easily be applied to older patients. Objective: The aim of this survey was to evaluate the use of amplitude-integrated EEG in German and Swiss pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). Design: An online survey was sent to German and Swiss PICUs that were identified via databases provided by the German Pediatric Association (DGKJ) and the Swiss Society of Intensive Care (SGI). The questionnaire contained 18 multiple choice questions including the PICU size and specialization, indications for aEEG use, perceived benefits from aEEG, and data storage. Main results: Forty-three (26%) PICUs filled out the questionnaire. Two thirds of all interviewed PICUs use aEEG in non-neonates. Main indications were neurological complications or disease and altered mental state. Features assessed were mostly seizures and side differences, less frequently height of amplitude and background pattern. Interpretation of raw EEG also played an important role. All interviewees would appreciate the establishment of reference values for toddlers and children. Conclusions: aEEG is used in a large proportion of the interviewed PICUs. The wide-spread use without validation of data generates the need for further evaluation of this technique and the establishment of reference values for non-neonates.
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- Nora Bruns
- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Given the prevalence of sleep in early development, any satisfactory account of infant brain activity must consider what happens during sleep. Only recently, however, has it become possible to record sleep-related brain activity in newborn rodents. Using such methods in rat pups, it is now clear that sleep, more so than wake, provides a critical context for the processing of sensory input and the expression of functional connectivity throughout the sensorimotor system. In addition, sleep uniquely reveals functional activity in the developing primary motor cortex, which establishes a somatosensory map long before its role in motor control emerges. These findings will inform our understanding of the developmental processes that contribute to the nascent sense of embodiment in human infants.
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Baldassarri A, Annunziata MA, Gnoli A, Pontuale G, Petri A. Breakdown of Scaling and Friction Weakening in Intermittent Granular Flow. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16962. [PMID: 31740801 PMCID: PMC6861274 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53178-2] [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: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Many materials are produced, processed and stored as grains, while granularity of matter can be crucial in triggering potentially catastrophic geological events like landslides, avalanches and earthquakes. The response of grain assemblies to shear stress is therefore of utmost relevance to both human and natural environment. At low shear rate a granular system flows intermittently by distinct avalanches. In such state the avalanche velocity in time is expected to follow a symmetrical and universal average behavior, whose dependence on the slip size reduces to a scale factor. Analyzing data from long lasting experiments, we observe a breakdown of this scaling: While in short slips velocity shows indeed a self-similar and symmetric profile, it does not in long slips. The investigation of frictional response in these different regimes evidences that this breakdown can be traced back to the onset of a friction weakening, which is of dynamical origin and can amplify instabilities exactly in this critical state, the most frequent state for natural hazards.
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- A Baldassarri
- CNR - Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- CNR - Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- CNR - Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy
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- CNR - Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy
- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria (CREA) - Research Centre for Forestry and Woods, Via Santa Margherita 80, I-52100, Arezzo, Italy
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- CNR - Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185, Roma, Italy.
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The scale-invariant, temporal profile of neuronal avalanches in relation to cortical γ-oscillations. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16403. [PMID: 31712632 PMCID: PMC6848117 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52326-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Activity cascades are found in many complex systems. In the cortex, they arise in the form of neuronal avalanches that capture ongoing and evoked neuronal activities at many spatial and temporal scales. The scale-invariant nature of avalanches suggests that the brain is in a critical state, yet predictions from critical theory on the temporal unfolding of avalanches have yet to be confirmed in vivo. Here we show in awake nonhuman primates that the temporal profile of avalanches follows a symmetrical, inverted parabola spanning up to hundreds of milliseconds. This parabola constrains how avalanches initiate locally, extend spatially and shrink as they evolve in time. Importantly, parabolas of different durations can be collapsed with a scaling exponent close to 2 supporting critical generational models of neuronal avalanches. Spontaneously emerging, transient γ-oscillations coexist with and modulate these avalanche parabolas thereby providing a temporal segmentation to inherently scale-invariant, critical dynamics. Our results identify avalanches and oscillations as dual principles in the temporal organization of brain activity.
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Wilting J, Priesemann V. 25 years of criticality in neuroscience - established results, open controversies, novel concepts. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2019; 58:105-111. [PMID: 31546053 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Twenty-five years ago, Dunkelmann and Radons (1994) showed that neural networks can self-organize to a critical state. In models, the critical state offers a number of computational advantages. Thus this hypothesis, and in particular the experimental work by Beggs and Plenz (2003), has triggered an avalanche of research, with thousands of studies referring to it. Nonetheless, experimental results are still contradictory. How is it possible, that a hypothesis has attracted active research for decades, but nonetheless remains controversial? We discuss the experimental and conceptual controversy, and then present a parsimonious solution that (i) unifies the contradictory experimental results, (ii) avoids disadvantages of a critical state, and (iii) enables rapid, adaptive tuning of network properties to task requirements.
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- J Wilting
- Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany; Bernstein-Center for Computational Neuroscience, Göttingen, Germany
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Jannesari M, Saeedi A, Zare M, Ortiz-Mantilla S, Plenz D, Benasich AA. Stability of neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations during the first year of life in human infant. Brain Struct Funct 2019; 224:2453-2465. [PMID: 31267171 PMCID: PMC6698269 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01918-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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During infancy, the human brain rapidly expands in size and complexity as neural networks mature and new information is incorporated at an accelerating pace. Recently, it was shown that single electrode EEG in preterms at birth exhibits scale-invariant intermittent bursts. Yet, it is currently not known whether the normal infant brain, in particular, the cortex maintains a distinct dynamical state during development that is characterized by scale-invariant spatial as well as temporal aspects. Here we employ dense-array EEG recordings acquired from the same infants at 6 and 12 months of age to characterize brain activity during an auditory oddball task. We show that suprathreshold events organize as spatiotemporal clusters whose size and duration are power-law distributed, the hallmark of neuronal avalanches. Time series of local suprathreshold EEG events display significant long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs). No differences were found between 6 and 12 months, demonstrating stability of avalanche dynamics and LRTCs during the first year after birth. These findings demonstrate that the infant brain is characterized by distinct spatiotemporal dynamical aspects that are in line with expectations of a critical cortical state. We suggest that critical state dynamics, which theory and experiments have shown to be beneficial for numerous aspects of information processing, are maintained by the infant brain to process an increasingly complex environment during development.
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- Mostafa Jannesari
- School of Computer Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), 70 Lavasani Avenue, Tehran, 19395, Iran
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- Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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- School of Computer Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), 70 Lavasani Avenue, Tehran, 19395, Iran.
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark, 197 University Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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- Section on Critical Brain Dynamics, Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, MSC 3735, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark, 197 University Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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Tokariev A, Roberts JA, Zalesky A, Zhao X, Vanhatalo S, Breakspear M, Cocchi L. Large-scale brain modes reorganize between infant sleep states and carry prognostic information for preterms. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2619. [PMID: 31197175 PMCID: PMC6565810 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10467-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Sleep architecture carries vital information about brain health across the lifespan. In particular, the ability to express distinct vigilance states is a key physiological marker of neurological wellbeing in the newborn infant although systems-level mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that the transition from quiet to active sleep in newborn infants is marked by a substantial reorganization of large-scale cortical activity and functional brain networks. This reorganization is attenuated in preterm infants and predicts visual performance at two years. We find a striking match between these empirical effects and a computational model of large-scale brain states which uncovers fundamental biophysical mechanisms not evident from inspection of the data. Active sleep is defined by reduced energy in a uniform mode of neural activity and increased energy in two more complex anteroposterior modes. Preterm-born infants show a deficit in this sleep-related reorganization of modal energy that carries novel prognostic information.
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- Anton Tokariev
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia. .,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland. .,BABA center, Pediatric Research Center, Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00029, Helsinki, Finland.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
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- Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3053, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.,BABA center, Pediatric Research Center, Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 00029, Helsinki, Finland
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.,Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, 2305, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia. .,School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.
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Adebimpe A, Routier L, Wallois F. Preterm Modulation of Connectivity by Endogenous Generators: The Theta Temporal Activities in Coalescence with Slow Waves. Brain Topogr 2019; 32:762-772. [DOI: 10.1007/s10548-019-00713-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Carrasco M, Stafstrom CE. How Early Can a Seizure Happen? Pathophysiological Considerations of Extremely Premature Infant Brain Development. Dev Neurosci 2019; 40:417-436. [PMID: 30947192 DOI: 10.1159/000497471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Seizures in neonates represent a neurologic emergency requiring prompt recognition, determination of etiology, and treatment. Yet, the definition and identification of neonatal seizures remain challenging and controversial, in part due to the unique physiology of brain development at this life stage. These issues are compounded when considering seizures in premature infants, in whom the complexities of brain development may engender different clinical and electrographic seizure features at different points in neuronal maturation. In extremely premature infants (< 28 weeks gestational age), seizure pathophysiology has not been explored in detail. This review discusses the physiological and structural development of the brain in this developmental window, focusing on factors that may lead to seizures and their consequences at this early time point. We hypothesize that the clinical and electrographic phenomenology of seizures in extremely preterm infants reflects the specific pathophysiology of brain development in that age window.
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- Melisa Carrasco
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA,
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O'Toole JM, Boylan GB. Quantitative Preterm EEG Analysis: The Need for Caution in Using Modern Data Science Techniques. Front Pediatr 2019; 7:174. [PMID: 31131267 PMCID: PMC6509809 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2019.00174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hemodynamic changes during neonatal transition increase the vulnerability of the preterm brain to injury. Real-time monitoring of brain function during this period would help identify the immediate impact of these changes on the brain. Neonatal EEG provides detailed real-time information about newborn brain function but can be difficult to interpret for non-experts; preterm neonatal EEG poses even greater challenges. An objective quantitative measure of preterm brain health would be invaluable during neonatal transition to help guide supportive care and ultimately protect the brain. Appropriate quantitative measures of preterm EEG must be calculated and care needs to be taken when applying the many techniques available for this task in the era of modern data science. This review provides valuable information about the factors that influence quantitative EEG analysis and describes the common pitfalls. Careful feature selection is required and attention must be paid to behavioral state given the variations encountered in newborn EEG during different states. Finally, the detrimental influence of artifacts on quantitative EEG analysis is illustrated.
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- John M O'Toole
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Bruns N, Sanchez-Albisua I, Weiß C, Tschiedel E, Dohna-Schwake C, Felderhoff-Müser U, Müller H. Amplitude-Integrated EEG for Neurological Assessment and Seizure Detection in a German Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Front Pediatr 2019; 7:358. [PMID: 31555625 PMCID: PMC6722192 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2019.00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Objective: The aim of our study was to assess the use of aEEG in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), indications for neuromonitoring and its findings, utility for seizure detection, and associations with outcome. Design: We retrospectively analyzed non-neonates who were treated in our PICU and received amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG). Patients: 27 patients aged between 29 days and 10 0/12 years (median 7.3 months) were included, who received a total of 35 aEEGS. Measurements: aEEG tracings were assessed for background (BG) pattern and its evolution, seizures, and side differences using a visual classification (Hellström-Westas). Clinical data were collected from patients' histories and analyzed for correlation with aEEG findings. Main results: While rare in early years, there was an increase in use over time. Most aEEGs were conducted because of (suspected) seizures or for management of antiepileptic treatment. aEEG had low sensitivity but high specificity for recognition of pathological BG pattern with reference to conventional EEG. Worsening of BG pattern or failure to improve was associated with death. Seizure detection rates by aEEG were higher than by clinical observation, especially for identification of non-convulsive epileptic state (ES). Side differences in aEEG were rare, but if present, they were associated with unilateral brain injury. Conclusions: aEEG is useful for the detection of seizures and ES in pediatric intensive care patients. Abnormal BG pattern and poor evolution of BG are negatively associated with survival. aEEG is a potential supplement to conventional EEG, facilitating long-term surveillance of cerebral function when continuous full-channel EEG is not available. Further investigation is needed.
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- Nora Bruns
- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Biomathematics, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.,Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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