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Bugos JA, Bidelman GM, Moreno S, Shen D, Lu J, Alain C. Music and Visual Art Training Increase Auditory-Evoked Theta Oscillations in Older Adults. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12101300. [PMID: 36291234 PMCID: PMC9599228 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12101300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Music training was shown to induce changes in auditory processing in older adults. However, most findings stem from correlational studies and fewer examine long-term sustainable benefits. Moreover, research shows small and variable changes in auditory event-related potential (ERP) amplitudes and/or latencies in older adults. Conventional time domain analysis methods, however, are susceptible to latency jitter in evoked responses and may miss important information of brain processing. Here, we used time-frequency analyses to examine training-related changes in auditory-evoked oscillatory activity in healthy older adults (N = 50) assigned to a music training (n = 16), visual art training (n = 17), or a no-treatment control (n = 17) group. All three groups were presented with oddball auditory paradigms with synthesized piano tones or vowels during the acquisition of high-density EEG. Neurophysiological measures were collected at three-time points: pre-training, post-training, and at a three-month follow-up. Training programs were administered for 12-weeks. Increased theta power was found pre and post- training for the music (p = 0.010) and visual art group (p = 0.010) as compared to controls (p = 0.776) and maintained at the three-month follow-up. Results showed training-related plasticity on auditory processing in aging adults. Neuroplastic changes were maintained three months post-training, suggesting music and visual art programs yield lasting benefits that might facilitate encoding, retention, and memory retrieval.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer A. Bugos
- School of Music, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-352-339-4076
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA
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- School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V3T OA3, Canada
- Circle Innovation, Burnaby, BC V3T OA3, Canada
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- Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, ON M6A 2E1, Canada
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- MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic and Science Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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- Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, ON M6A 2E1, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada
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Joint-IVA for identification of discriminating features in EEG: Application to a driving study. Biomed Signal Process Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2020.101948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kontos AP, Reches A, Elbin RJ, Dickman D, Laufer I, Geva AB, Shacham G, DeWolf R, Collins MW. Preliminary evidence of reduced brain network activation in patients with post-traumatic migraine following concussion. Brain Imaging Behav 2017; 10:594-603. [PMID: 26091725 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-015-9412-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Post-traumatic migraine (PTM) (i.e., headache, nausea, light and/or noise sensitivity) is an emerging risk factor for prolonged recovery following concussion. Concussions and migraine share similar pathophysiology characterized by specific ionic imbalances in the brain. Given these similarities, patients with PTM following concussion may exhibit distinct electrophysiological patterns, although researchers have yet to examine the electrophysiological brain activation in patients with PTM following concussion. A novel approach that may help differentiate brain activation in patients with and without PTM is brain network activation (BNA) analysis. BNA involves an algorithmic analysis applied to multichannel EEG-ERP data that provides a network map of cortical activity and quantitative data during specific tasks. A prospective, repeated measures design was used to evaluate BNA (during Go/NoGo task), EEG-ERP, cognitive performance, and concussion related symptoms at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks post-injury intervals among athletes with a medically diagnosed concussion with PTM (n = 15) and without (NO-PTM) (n = 22); and age, sex, and concussion history matched controls without concussion (CONTROL) (n = 20). Participants with PTM had significantly reduced BNA compared to NO-PTM and CONTROLS for Go and NoGo components at 3 weeks and for NoGo component at 4 weeks post-injury. The PTM group also demonstrated a more prominent deviation of network activity compared to the other two groups over a longer period of time. The composite BNA algorithm may be a more sensitive measure of electrophysiological change in the brain that can augment established cognitive assessment tools for detecting impairment in individuals with PTM.
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- Anthony P Kontos
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh, 3200 South Water St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA.
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- Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation/Office for Sport Concussion Research, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh, 3200 South Water St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program, University of Pittsburgh, 3200 South Water St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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Jäncke L, Kühnis J, Rogenmoser L, Elmer S. Time course of EEG oscillations during repeated listening of a well-known aria. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:401. [PMID: 26257624 PMCID: PMC4507057 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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While previous studies have analyzed mean neurophysiological responses to musical stimuli, the current study aimed to identify specific time courses of electroencephalography (EEG) oscillations, which are associated with dynamic changes in the acoustic features of the musical stimulus. In addition, we were interested in whether these time courses change during a repeated presentation of the same musical piece. A total of 16 subjects repeatedly listened to the well-known aria “Nessun dorma,” sung by Paul Potts, while continuous 128-channel EEG and heart rate, as well as electrodermal responses, were recorded. The time courses for the EEG oscillations were calculated using a time resolution of 1 second for several frequency bands, on the basis of individual alpha-peak frequencies (theta, low alpha-1, low alpha-2, upper alpha, and beta). For all frequency bands, we identified a more or less continuous increase in power relative to a baseline period, indicating strong event-related synchronization (ERS) during music listening. The ERS time courses, however, did not correlate strongly with the time courses of the acoustic features of the aria. In addition, we did not observe changes in EEG oscillations after repeated presentation of the same musical piece. Aside from this distinctive feature, we identified a remarkable variability in EEG oscillations, both within and between the repeated presentations of the aria. We interpret the continuous increase in ERS observed in all frequency bands during music listening as an indicator of a particular neurophysiological and psychological state evoked by music listening. We suggest that this state is characterized by increased internal attention (accompanied by reduced external attention), increased inhibition of brain networks not involved in the generation of this internal state, the maintenance of a particular level of general alertness, and a type of brain state that can be described as “mind wandering.” The overall state can be categorized as a psychological process that may be seen as a “drawing in” to the musical piece. However, this state is not stable and varies considerably throughout the music listening session and across subjects. Most important, however, is the finding that the neurophysiological activations occurring during music listening are dynamic and not stationary.
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- Lutz Jäncke
- Division Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland ; International Normal Aging and Plasticity Imaging Center, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland ; Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland ; University Research Priority Program, Dynamic of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland ; Department of Special Education, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Division Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland
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- Division Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland ; Neuroimaging and Stroke Recovery Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- Division Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland
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Binder S, Rawohl J, Born J, Marshall L. Transcranial slow oscillation stimulation during NREM sleep enhances acquisition of the radial maze task and modulates cortical network activity in rats. Front Behav Neurosci 2014; 7:220. [PMID: 24409131 PMCID: PMC3884143 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Slow wave sleep, hallmarked by the occurrence of slow oscillations (SO), plays an important role for the consolidation of hippocampus-dependent memories. Transcranial stimulation by weak electric currents oscillating at the endogenous SO frequency (SO-tDCS) during post-learning sleep was previously shown by us to boost SO activity and improve the consolidation of hippocampus-dependent memory in human subjects. Here, we aimed at replicating and extending these results to a rodent model. Rats were trained for 12 days at the beginning of their inactive phase in the reference memory version of the radial arm maze. In a between subjects design, animals received SO-tDCS over prefrontal cortex (PFC) or sham stimulation within a time frame of 1 h during subsequent non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Applied over multiple daily sessions SO-tDCS impacted cortical network activity as measured by EEG and behavior: at the EEG level, SO-tDCS enhanced post-stimulation upper delta (2–4 Hz) activity whereby the first stimulations of each day were preferentially affected. Furthermore, commencing on day 8, SO-tDCS acutely decreased theta activity indicating long-term effects on cortical networks. Behaviorally, working memory for baited maze arms was enhanced up to day 4, indicating enhanced consolidation of task-inherent rules, while reference memory errors did not differ between groups. Taken together, we could show here for the first time an effect of SO-tDCS during NREM sleep on cognitive functions and on cortical activity in a rodent model.
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- Sonja Binder
- Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany ; Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany ; Graduate School for Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Lübeck Lübeck, Germany
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Güntekin B, Başar E. A new interpretation of P300 responses upon analysis of coherences. Cogn Neurodyn 2010; 4:107-18. [PMID: 21629584 PMCID: PMC2866369 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-010-9106-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2009] [Revised: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Previous studies on cognitive dynamics showed that oscillatory responses of P300 are composed of mainly delta and theta responses. In the present study, for the first time, the long-distance intra-hemispheric event related coherence (auditory oddball paradigm) and evoked coherence (simple sound) were compared in order to evaluate the effects of cognitive tasks on the long-distance coherences. Seventeen healthy subjects (8 female, 9 male) were included in the study. The coherence was analyzed for delta (1-3.5 Hz), theta (4-7.5 Hz) and alpha (8-13 Hz) frequency ranges for (F(3)-P(3), F(4)-P(4), F(3)-T(7), F(4)-T(8), F(3)-O(1,) F(4)-O(2)) electrode pairs. The coherence to target responses were higher than the non-target and simple auditory response coherence. This difference is significant for the delta coherence for both hemispheres and for theta coherences over the left hemisphere. The highest coherences were recorded at fronto-temporal locations for all frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha). Furthermore, fronto-parietal coherences were higher than the fronto-occipital coherences for all frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha).These results show that the fronto-temporal and fronto-parietal connections are most relevant for the identification of the target signal. This analysis open the way for a new interpretation of dynamic localization results during cognitive tasks.
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- Bahar Güntekin
- Brain Dynamics, Cognition and Complex Systems Research Center, Istanbul Kultur University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Brain Dynamics, Cognition and Complex Systems Research Center, Istanbul Kultur University, Istanbul, Turkey
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