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Nagy B, Protzner AB, Czigler B, Gaál ZA. Resting-state neural dynamics changes in older adults with post-COVID syndrome and the modulatory effect of cognitive training and sex. GeroScience 2024:10.1007/s11357-024-01324-8. [PMID: 39210163 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-024-01324-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Post-COVID syndrome manifests with numerous neurological and cognitive symptoms, the precise origins of which are still not fully understood. As females and older adults are more susceptible to developing this condition, our study aimed to investigate how post-COVID syndrome alters intrinsic brain dynamics in older adults and whether biological sex and cognitive training might modulate these effects, with a specific focus on older females. The participants, aged between 60 and 75 years, were divided into three experimental groups: healthy old female, post-COVID old female and post-COVID old male. They underwent an adaptive task-switching training protocol. We analysed multiscale entropy and spectral power density of resting-state EEG data collected before and after the training to assess neural signal complexity and oscillatory power, respectively. We found no difference between post-COVID females and males before training, indicating that post-COVID similarly affected both sexes. However, cognitive training was effective only in post-COVID females and not in males, by modulating local neural processing capacity. This improvement was further evidenced by comparing healthy and post-COVID females, wherein the latter group showed increased finer timescale entropy (1-30 ms) and higher frequency band power (11-40 Hz) before training, but these differences disappeared following cognitive training. Our results suggest that in older adults with post-COVID syndrome, there is a pronounced shift from more global to local neural processing, potentially contributing to accelerated neural aging in this condition. However, cognitive training seems to offer a promising intervention method for modulating these changes in brain dynamics, especially among females.
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- Boglárka Nagy
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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van der Wijk G, Enkhbold Y, Cnudde K, Szostakiwskyj MW, Blier P, Knott V, Jaworska N, Protzner AB. One size does not fit all: notable individual variation in brain activity correlates of antidepressant treatment response. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1358018. [PMID: 38628260 PMCID: PMC11018891 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1358018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction To date, no robust electroencephalography (EEG) markers of antidepressant treatment response have been identified. Variable findings may arise from the use of group analyses, which neglect individual variation. Using a combination of group and single-participant analyses, we explored individual variability in EEG characteristics of treatment response. Methods Resting-state EEG data and Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) symptom scores were collected from 43 patients with depression before, at 1 and 12 weeks of pharmacotherapy. Partial least squares (PLS) was used to: 1) identify group differences in EEG connectivity (weighted phase lag index) and complexity (multiscale entropy) between eventual medication responders and non-responders, and 2) determine whether group patterns could be identified in individual patients. Results Responders showed decreased alpha and increased beta connectivity, and early, widespread decreases in complexity over treatment. Non-responders showed an opposite connectivity pattern, and later, spatially confined decreases in complexity. Thus, as in previous studies, our group analyses identified significant differences between groups of patients with different treatment outcomes. These group-level EEG characteristics were only identified in ~40-60% of individual patients, as assessed quantitatively by correlating the spatiotemporal brain patterns between groups and individual results, and by independent raters through visualization. Discussion Our single-participant analyses suggest that substantial individual variation exists, and needs to be considered when investigating characteristics of antidepressant treatment response for potential clinical applicability. Clinical trial registration https://clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT00519428.
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- Gwen van der Wijk
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Institute of Mental Health Research, Affiliated with the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Mental Health Research, Affiliated with the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Mental Health Research, Affiliated with the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Mathison Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Rhodes LJ, Borghetti L, Morris MB. Multiscale entropy in a 10-minute vigilance task. Int J Psychophysiol 2024; 198:112323. [PMID: 38428744 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112323] [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: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Research has shown multiscale entropy, brain signal behavior across time scales, to reliably increase at lower time scales with time-on-task fatigue. However, multiscale entropy has not been examined in short vigilance tasks (i.e., ≤ 10 min). Addressing this gap, we examine multiscale entropy during a 10-minute Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT). Thirty-four participants provided neural data while completing the PVT. We compared the first 2 min of the task to the 7th and 8th minutes to avoid end-spurt effects. Results suggested increased multiscale entropy at lower time scales later compared to earlier in the task, suggesting multiscale entropy is a strong marker of time-on-task fatigue onset during short vigils. Separate analyses for Fast and Slow performers reveal differential entropy patterns, particularly over visual cortices. Here, observed brain-behavior linkage between entropy and reaction time for slow performers suggests that entropy assays over sensory cortices might have predictive value for fatigue onset or shifts from on- to off-task states.
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- L Jack Rhodes
- Ball Aerospace at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, United States of America.
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, United States of America
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, United States of America
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Angulo-Ruiz BY, Ruiz-Martínez FJ, Rodríguez-Martínez EI, Ionescu A, Saldaña D, Gómez CM. Linear and Non-linear Analyses of EEG in a Group of ASD Children During Resting State Condition. Brain Topogr 2023; 36:736-749. [PMID: 37330940 PMCID: PMC10415465 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-023-00976-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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This study analyses the spontaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) brain activity of 14 children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) compared to 18 children with normal development, aged 5-11 years. (i) Power Spectral Density (PSD), (ii) variability across trials (coefficient of variation: CV), and (iii) complexity (multiscale entropy: MSE) of the brain signal analysis were computed on the resting state EEG. PSD (0.5-45 Hz) and CV were averaged over different frequency bands (low-delta, delta, theta, alpha, low-beta, high-beta and gamma). MSE were calculated with a coarse-grained procedure on 67 time scales and divided into fine, medium and coarse scales. In addition, significant neurophysiological variables were correlated with behavioral performance data (Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT) and Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ)). Results show increased PSD fast frequency bands (high-beta and gamma), higher variability (CV) and lower complexity (MSE) in children with ASD when compared to typically developed children. These results suggest a more variable, less complex and, probably, less adaptive neural networks with less capacity to generate optimal responses in ASD children.
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- Brenda Y. Angulo-Ruiz
- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela S/N 41018, Seville, Spain
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- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela S/N 41018, Seville, Spain
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- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela S/N 41018, Seville, Spain
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- Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Diversidad, Cognición y Lenguaje, Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela S/N 41018, Seville, Spain
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- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/ Camilo José Cela S/N 41018, Seville, Spain
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Angulo-Ruiz BY, Muñoz V, Rodríguez-Martínez EI, Cabello-Navarro C, Gómez CM. Multiscale entropy of ADHD children during resting state condition. Cogn Neurodyn 2023; 17:869-891. [PMID: 37522046 PMCID: PMC10374506 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-022-09869-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This present study aims to investigate neural mechanisms underlying ADHD compared to healthy children through the analysis of the complexity and the variability of the EEG brain signal using multiscale entropy (MSE), EEG signal standard deviation (SDs), as well as the mean, standard deviation (SDp) and coefficient of variation (CV) of absolute spectral power (PSD). For this purpose, a sample of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) between 6 and 17 years old were selected based on the number of trials and diagnostic agreement, 32 for the open-eyes (OE) experimental condition and 25 children for the close-eyes (CE) experimental condition. Healthy control subjects were age- and gender-matched with the ADHD group. The MSE and SDs of resting-state EEG activity were calculated on 34 time scales using a coarse-grained procedure. In addition, the PSD was averaged in delta, theta, alpha, and beta frequency bands, and its mean, SDp, and CV were calculated. The results show that the MSE changes with age during development, increases as the number of scales increases and has a higher amplitude in controls than in ADHD. The absolute PSD results show CV differences between subjects in low and beta frequency bands, with higher variability values in the ADHD group. All these results suggest an increased EEG variability and reduced complexity in ADHD compared to controls. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11571-022-09869-0.
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- Brenda Y. Angulo-Ruiz
- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/Camilo José Cela S/N, 41018 Seville, Spain
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- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/Camilo José Cela S/N, 41018 Seville, Spain
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- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/Camilo José Cela S/N, 41018 Seville, Spain
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- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/Camilo José Cela S/N, 41018 Seville, Spain
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- Human Psychobiology Laboratory, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Seville, C/Camilo José Cela S/N, 41018 Seville, Spain
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Amalric M, Cantlon JF. Entropy, complexity, and maturity in children’s neural responses to naturalistic video lessons. Cortex 2023; 163:14-25. [PMID: 37037065 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Temporal characteristics of neural signals are often overlooked in traditional fMRI developmental studies but are critical to studying brain functions in ecologically valid settings. In the present study, we explore the temporal properties of children's neural responses during naturalistic mathematics and grammar tasks. To do so, we introduce a novel measure in developmental fMRI: neural entropy, which indicates temporal complexity of BOLD signals. We show that temporal patterns of neural activity have lower complexity and greater variability in children than in adults in the association cortex but not in the sensory-motor cortex. We also show that neural entropy is associated with both child-adult similarity in functional connectivity and neural synchrony, and that neural entropy increases with the size of functionally connected networks in the association cortex. In addition, neural entropy increases with functional maturity (i.e., child-adult neural synchrony) in content-specific regions. These exploratory findings suggest the hypothesis that neural entropy indexes the increasing breadth and diversity of neural processes available to children for analyzing mathematical information over development.
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- Marie Amalric
- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, CAOs Laboratory, USA.
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, CAOs Laboratory, USA
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Cnudde K, Kim G, Murch WS, Handy TC, Protzner AB, Kam JWY. EEG complexity during mind wandering: A multiscale entropy investigation. Neuropsychologia 2023; 180:108480. [PMID: 36621593 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108480] [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: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Our attention often drifts away from the ongoing task to task-unrelated thoughts, a phenomenon commonly referred to as mind wandering. Ample studies dedicated to delineating its electrophysiological correlates have revealed distinct event-related potentials (ERP) and spectral patterns associated with mind wandering. It remains less clear whether the complexity of the electroencephalography (EEG) changes when our minds wander, a metric that captures the predictability of the time series at varying timescales. Accordingly, this study investigated whether mind wandering impacts EEG signal complexity. We further explored whether such effects differ across timescales, and change in a context-dependent manner as indexed by global and local levels of processing. To address this, we recorded participants' EEG while they completed Navon's global and local processing task and occasionally reported whether they were on-task or mind wandering throughout the task. We found that brain signal complexity as indexed by multiscale entropy decreased at medium timescales in centro-parietal regions and increased at coarse timescales in anterior and posterior regions during mind wandering, as compared to the on-task state, for global processing. Moreover, global processing showed increased complexity at fine to medium timescales compared to local processing. Finally, behavioral performance revealed a context-dependent effect in accuracy measures, with mind wandering showing lower accuracy compared to the on-task state only during the local condition. Taken together, these results indicate that changes in brain signal complexity across timescales may be an important feature of mind wandering.
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- Kelsey Cnudde
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4; Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd W, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1M8
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4; Mathison Centre for Mental Health, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4Z6
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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Puglia MH, Slobin JS, Williams CL. The automated preprocessing pipe-line for the estimation of scale-wise entropy from EEG data (APPLESEED): Development and validation for use in pediatric populations. Dev Cogn Neurosci 2022; 58:101163. [PMID: 36270100 PMCID: PMC9586850 DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
It is increasingly understood that moment-to-moment brain signal variability - traditionally modeled out of analyses as mere "noise" - serves a valuable functional role related to development, cognitive processing, and psychopathology. Multiscale entropy (MSE) - a measure of signal irregularity across temporal scales - is an increasingly popular analytic technique in human neuroscience calculated from time series such as electroencephalography (EEG) signals. MSE provides insight into the time-structure and (non)linearity of fluctuations in neural activity and network dynamics, capturing the brain's moment-to-moment complexity as it operates on multiple time scales. MSE is emerging as a powerful predictor of developmental processes and outcomes. However, differences in data preprocessing and MSE computation make it challenging to compare results across studies. Here, we (1) provide an introduction to MSE for developmental researchers, (2) demonstrate the effect of preprocessing procedures on scale-wise entropy estimates, and (3) establish a standardized EEG preprocessing and entropy estimation pipeline that adapts a critical modification to the original MSE algorithm, and generates reliable scale-wise entropy estimates capable of differentiating developmental stages and cognitive states. This novel pipeline - the Automated Preprocessing Pipe-Line for the Estimation of Scale-wise Entropy from EEG Data (APPLESEED) is fully automated, customizable, and freely available for download from https://github.com/mhpuglia/APPLESEED.
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- Meghan H. Puglia
- Correspondence to: University of Virginia Department of Neurology, PO Box 800834, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Gu C, Liu ZX, Woltering S. Electroencephalography complexity in resting and task states in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Brain Commun 2022; 4:fcac054. [PMID: 35368615 PMCID: PMC8971899 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Analysing EEG complexity could provide insight into neural connectivity underlying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms. EEG complexity was calculated through multiscale entropy and compared between adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their peers during resting and go/nogo task states. Multiscale entropy change from the resting state to the task state was also examined as an index of the brain’s ability to change from a resting to an active state. Thirty unmedicated adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder were compared with 30 match-paired healthy peers on the multiscale entropy in the resting and task states as well as their multiscale entropy change. Results showed differences in multiscale entropy between individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their peers during the resting state as well as the task state. The multiscale entropy measured from the comparison group was larger than that from the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder group in the resting state, whereas the reverse pattern was found during the task state. Our most robust finding showed that the multiscale entropy change from individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was smaller than that from their peers, specifically at frontal sites. Interestingly, individuals without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder performed better with decreasing multiscale entropy changes, demonstrating higher accuracy, faster reaction time and less variability in their reaction times. These data suggest that multiscale entropy could not only provide insight into neural connectivity differences between adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their peers but also into their behavioural performance.
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- Chao Gu
- Department of Neuroscience, Texas A&M University, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, USA
- Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Canada
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Gibson E, Lobaugh NJ, Joordens S, McIntosh AR. EEG variability: Task-driven or subject-driven signal of interest? Neuroimage 2022; 252:119034. [PMID: 35240300 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Neurons in the brain are seldom perfectly quiet. They continually receive input and generate output, resulting in highly variable patterns of ongoing activity. Yet the functional significance of this variability is not well understood. If brain signal variability is functionally relevant and serves as an important indicator of cognitive function, then it should be highly sensitive to the precise manner in which a cognitive system is engaged and/or relate strongly to differences in behavioral performance. To test this, we examined EEG activity in younger adults as they performed a cognitive skill learning task and during rest. Several measures of EEG variability and signal strength were calculated in overlapping time windows that spanned the trial interval. We performed a systematic examination of the factors that most strongly influenced the variability and strength of EEG activity. First, we examined the relative sensitivity of each measure to across-subject variation (within blocks) and across-block variation (within subjects). We found that the across-subject variation in EEG variability and signal strength was much stronger than the across-block variation. Second, we examined the sensitivity of each measure to different sources of across-block variation during skill acquisition. We found that key task-driven changes in EEG activity were best reflected in changes in the strength, rather than the variability, of EEG activity. Lastly, we examined across-subject variation in each measure and its relationship with behavior. We found that individual differences in response time measures were best reflected in individual differences in the variability, rather than the strength, of EEG activity. Importantly, we found that individual differences in EEG variability related strongly to stable indicators of subject identity rather than dynamic indicators of subject performance. We therefore suggest that EEG variability may provide a more sensitive subject-driven measure of individual differences than task-driven signal of interest.
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- Erin Gibson
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M6A 2E1, Canada.
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- Brain Health Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M6A 2E1, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada
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Functional connectivity using high density EEG shows competitive reliability and agreement across test/retest sessions. J Neurosci Methods 2022; 367:109424. [PMID: 34826504 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Electrophysiological resting state functional connectivity using high density electroencephalography (hdEEG) is gaining momentum. The increased resolution offered by hdEEG, usually either 128 or 256 channels, permits source localization of EEG signals on the cortical surface. However, the number of methodological options for the acquisition and analysis of resting state hdEEG is extremely large. These include acquisition duration, eyes open/closed, channel density, source localization methods, and functional connectivity metric. NEW METHODS We undertake an extensive examination of the test-retest reliability and methodological agreement of all these options for regional measures of functional connectivity. RESULTS Power envelope connectivity shows larger test-retest reliability than imaginary coherence across all bands. While channel density doesn't strongly impact reliability or agreement, source localization methods produce systematically different functional connectivity, highlighting an important obstacle for replicating results in the literature. Most importantly, reliability and agreement often plateaus at or after 6 minutes of acquisition, well beyond the typical duration of 3 minutes. Finally, our study demonstrates that resting EEG can be as or more reliable than resting fMRI acquired in the same individuals. CONCLUSIONS The competitive reliability and agreement of power envelope connectivity greatly increases our confidence in measuring resting state connectivity using EEG and its capacity to find individual differences.
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Shen K, McFadden A, McIntosh AR. Signal complexity indicators of health status in clinical EEG. Sci Rep 2021; 11:20192. [PMID: 34642403 PMCID: PMC8511087 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99717-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Brain signal variability changes across the lifespan in both health and disease, likely reflecting changes in information processing capacity related to development, aging and neurological disorders. While signal complexity, and multiscale entropy (MSE) in particular, has been proposed as a biomarker for neurological disorders, most observations of altered signal complexity have come from studies comparing patients with few to no comorbidities against healthy controls. In this study, we examined whether MSE of brain signals was distinguishable across patient groups in a large and heterogeneous set of clinical-EEG data. Using a multivariate analysis, we found unique timescale-dependent differences in MSE across various neurological disorders. We also found MSE to differentiate individuals with non-brain comorbidities, suggesting that MSE is sensitive to brain signal changes brought about by metabolic and other non-brain disorders. Such changes were not detectable in the spectral power density of brain signals. Our findings suggest that brain signal complexity may offer complementary information to spectral power about an individual's health status and is a promising avenue for clinical biomarker development.
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- Kelly Shen
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada.
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- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada
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- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M6A 2E1, Canada
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Sarma P, Barma S. Emotion recognition by distinguishing appropriate EEG segments based on random matrix theory. Biomed Signal Process Control 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The longitudinal relationship between BOLD signal variability changes and white matter maturation during early childhood. Neuroimage 2021; 242:118448. [PMID: 34358659 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Intra-individual transient temporal fluctuations in brain signal, as measured by fMRI blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) variability, is increasingly considered an important signal rather than measurement noise. Evidence from computational and cognitive neuroscience suggests that signal variability is a good proxy-measure of brain functional integrity and information processing capacity. Here, we sought to explore across-participant and longitudinal relationships between BOLD variability, age, and white matter structure in early childhood. We measured standard deviation of BOLD signal, total white matter volume, global fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) during passive movie viewing in a sample of healthy children (aged 2-8 years; N = 83). We investigated how age and white matter development related to changes in BOLD variability both across- and within-participants. Our across-participant analyses using behavioural partial least squares (bPLS) revealed that the influence of age and white matter maturation on BOLD variability was highly interrelated. BOLD variability increased in widespread frontal, temporal and parietal regions, and decreased in the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus with age and white matter development. Our longitudinal analyses using linear mixed effects modelling revealed significant associations between BOLD variability, age and white matter microstructure. Analyses using artificial neural networks demonstrated that BOLD variability and white matter micro and macro-structure at earlier ages were strong predictors of BOLD variability at later ages. By characterizing the across-participant and longitudinal features of the association between BOLD variability and white matter micro- and macrostructure in early childhood, our results provide a novel perspective to understand structure-function relationships in the developing brain.
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Angulo-Ruiz BY, Muñoz V, Rodríguez-Martínez EI, Gómez CM. Absolute and relative variability changes of the resting state brain rhythms from childhood and adolescence to young adulthood. Neurosci Lett 2021; 749:135747. [PMID: 33610662 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The present report aimed to analyze the possible relationship of spontaneous EEG power variability across epochs in individual subjects (absolute and relative) with age. For this purpose, the resting state EEG of a sample of 258 healthy subjects (6-29 years old) in open and closed eyes experimental conditions were recorded. The power spectral density (PSD) was calculated from 0.5-45 Hz. Three electrodes with the highest PSD in each band were selected, and linear and inverse regression of the mean, standard deviation (SD), and coefficient of variation CV of the PSD vs age were computed. The results showed that the EEG absolute variability (SD) decreases with age, and in contrast, the relative variability (CV) increased, except for high frequencies in which it remains stable during maturation. We conclude that the variability in the EEG PSD when is not influenced by the mean PSD tends to increase from childhood and adolescence to young adulthood. Present results complement the extensive literature on changes of EEG power in different brain rhythms with the changes in EEG power variability during maturation.
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- Brenda Y Angulo-Ruiz
- University of Sevilla, Experimental Psychology Department, Human Psychobiology Lab., Sevilla, Spain.
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- University of Sevilla, Experimental Psychology Department, Human Psychobiology Lab., Sevilla, Spain.
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- University of Sevilla, Experimental Psychology Department, Human Psychobiology Lab., Sevilla, Spain.
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覃 国, 李 双, 徐 桂. [Research progress on multiscale entropy algorithm and its application in neural signal analysis]. SHENG WU YI XUE GONG CHENG XUE ZA ZHI = JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING = SHENGWU YIXUE GONGCHENGXUE ZAZHI 2020; 37:541-548. [PMID: 32597098 PMCID: PMC10319566 DOI: 10.7507/1001-5515.201908044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Changes in the intrinsic characteristics of brain neural activities can reflect the normality of brain functions. Therefore, reliable and effective signal feature analysis methods play an important role in brain dysfunction and relative diseases early stage diagnosis. Recently, studies have shown that neural signals have nonlinear and multi-scale characteristics. Based on this, researchers have developed the multi-scale entropy (MSE) algorithm, which is considered more effective when analyzing multi-scale nonlinear signals, and is generally used in neuroinformatics. The principles and characteristics of MSE and several improved algorithms base on disadvantages of MSE were introduced in the article. Then, the applications of the MSE algorithm in disease diagnosis, brain function analysis and brain-computer interface were introduced. Finally, the challenges of these algorithms in neural signal analysis will face to and the possible further investigation interests were discussed.
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- 国萍 覃
- 河北工业大学 电气工程学院 省部共建电工装备可靠性与智能化国家重点实验室(天津 300130)State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, P.R.China
- 河北工业大学 天津市生物电工与智能健康重点实验室(天津 300130)Tianjin Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Technology and Intelligent Health, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, P.R.China
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- 河北工业大学 电气工程学院 省部共建电工装备可靠性与智能化国家重点实验室(天津 300130)State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, P.R.China
- 河北工业大学 天津市生物电工与智能健康重点实验室(天津 300130)Tianjin Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Technology and Intelligent Health, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, P.R.China
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- 河北工业大学 电气工程学院 省部共建电工装备可靠性与智能化国家重点实验室(天津 300130)State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, School of Electrical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, P.R.China
- 河北工业大学 天津市生物电工与智能健康重点实验室(天津 300130)Tianjin Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Technology and Intelligent Health, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, P.R.China
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Kosciessa JQ, Kloosterman NA, Garrett DD. Standard multiscale entropy reflects neural dynamics at mismatched temporal scales: What's signal irregularity got to do with it? PLoS Comput Biol 2020; 16:e1007885. [PMID: 32392250 PMCID: PMC7241858 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Multiscale Entropy (MSE) is used to characterize the temporal irregularity of neural time series patterns. Due to its' presumed sensitivity to non-linear signal characteristics, MSE is typically considered a complementary measure of brain dynamics to signal variance and spectral power. However, the divergence between these measures is often unclear in application. Furthermore, it is commonly assumed (yet sparingly verified) that entropy estimated at specific time scales reflects signal irregularity at those precise time scales of brain function. We argue that such assumptions are not tenable. Using simulated and empirical electroencephalogram (EEG) data from 47 younger and 52 older adults, we indicate strong and previously underappreciated associations between MSE and spectral power, and highlight how these links preclude traditional interpretations of MSE time scales. Specifically, we show that the typical definition of temporal patterns via "similarity bounds" biases coarse MSE scales-that are thought to reflect slow dynamics-by high-frequency dynamics. Moreover, we demonstrate that entropy at fine time scales-presumed to indicate fast dynamics-is highly sensitive to broadband spectral power, a measure dominated by low-frequency contributions. Jointly, these issues produce counterintuitive reflections of frequency-specific content on MSE time scales. We emphasize the resulting inferential problems in a conceptual replication of cross-sectional age differences at rest, in which scale-specific entropy age effects could be explained by spectral power differences at mismatched temporal scales. Furthermore, we demonstrate how such problems may be alleviated, resulting in the indication of scale-specific age differences in rhythmic irregularity. By controlling for narrowband contributions, we indicate that spontaneous alpha rhythms during eyes open rest transiently reduce broadband signal irregularity. Finally, we recommend best practices that may better permit a valid estimation and interpretation of neural signal irregularity at time scales of interest.
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- Julian Q. Kosciessa
- Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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Shafer RL, Solomon EM, Newell KM, Lewis MH, Bodfish JW. Visual feedback during motor performance is associated with increased complexity and adaptability of motor and neural output. Behav Brain Res 2019; 376:112214. [PMID: 31494179 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Complex motor behavior is believed to be dependent on sensorimotor integration - the neural process of using sensory input to plan, guide, and correct movements. Previous studies have shown that the complexity of motor output is low when sensory feedback is withheld during precision motor tasks. However, much of this research has focused on motor behavior rather than neural processing, and therefore, has not specifically assessed the role of sensorimotor neural functioning in the execution of complex motor behavior. The present study uses a stimulus-tracking task with simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) recording to assess the effect of visual feedback on motor performance, motor complexity, and sensorimotor neural processing in healthy adults. The complexity of the EEG signal was analyzed to capture the information content in frequency bands (alpha and beta) and scalp regions (central, parietal, and occipital) that are associated with sensorimotor processing. Consistent with previous literature, motor performance and its complexity were higher when visual feedback was provided relative to when it was withheld. The complexity of the neural signal was also higher when visual feedback was provided. This was most robust at frequency bands (alpha and beta) and scalp regions (parietal and occipital) associated with sensorimotor processing. The findings show that visual feedback increases the information available to the brain when generating complex, adaptive motor output.
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- Robin L Shafer
- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, 6133 Medical Research Building III, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
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- Neuroscience and Behavior Program, Wesleyan University Rm 257 Hall-Atwater, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 06459, USA.
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, G3 Aderhold Hall, 110 Carlton Street, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, PO Box 100256, L4-100 McKnight Brain Institute, 1149 Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, 6133 Medical Research Building III, 465 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 8310 Medical Center East, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
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Lynch LK, Lu KH, Wen H, Zhang Y, Saykin AJ, Liu Z. Task-evoked functional connectivity does not explain functional connectivity differences between rest and task conditions. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:4939-4948. [PMID: 30144210 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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During complex tasks, patterns of functional connectivity differ from those in the resting state. However, what accounts for such differences remains unclear. Brain activity during a task reflects an unknown mixture of spontaneous and task-evoked activities. The difference in functional connectivity between a task state and the resting state may reflect not only task-evoked functional connectivity, but also changes in spontaneously emerging networks. Here, we characterized the differences in apparent functional connectivity between the resting state and when human subjects were watching a naturalistic movie. Such differences were marginally explained by the task-evoked functional connectivity involved in processing the movie content. Instead, they were mostly attributable to changes in spontaneous networks driven by ongoing activity during the task. The execution of the task reduced the correlations in ongoing activity among different cortical networks, especially between the visual and non-visual sensory or motor cortices. Our results suggest that task-evoked activity is not independent from spontaneous activity, and that engaging in a task may suppress spontaneous activity and its inter-regional correlation.
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- Lauren K Lynch
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.,Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.,School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.,School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.,School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Center for Neuroimaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.,Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.,Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.,School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Wang H, Pexman PM, Turner G, Cortese F, Protzner AB. The relation between Scrabble expertise and brain aging as measured with EEG brain signal variability. Neurobiol Aging 2018; 69:249-260. [PMID: 29920434 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Recent empirical work suggests that the dynamics of brain function, as measured by brain signal variability, differs between younger and older adults. We extended this work by examining how the relationship between brain signal variability and age is altered in the context of expertise. We recorded electroencephalography from Scrabble experts and controls during a visual word recognition task. To measure variability, we used multiscale entropy, which emphasizes the way brain signals behave over a range of timescales and can differentiate the variability of a complex system (the brain) from a purely random system. We replicated previously identified shifts from long-range interactions among neural populations to more local processing in late adulthood. In addition, we demonstrated an age-related increase in midrange neural interactions for experts, suggesting greater maintenance of network integration into late adulthood. Our results indicate that expertise-related differences in the context of age and brain dynamics occur across different timescales and that these differences are linked to task performance.
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- Hongye Wang
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Seaman Family MR Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Jaworska N, Wang H, Smith DM, Blier P, Knott V, Protzner AB. Pre-treatment EEG signal variability is associated with treatment success in depression. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2017; 17:368-377. [PMID: 29159049 PMCID: PMC5683802 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Background Previous work suggests that major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with disturbances in global connectivity among brain regions, as well as local connectivity within regions. However, the relative importance of these global versus local changes for successful antidepressant treatment is unknown. We used multiscale entropy (MSE), a measure of brain signal variability, to examine how the propensity for local (fine scale MSE) versus global (coarse scale MSE) neural processing measured prior to antidepressant treatment is related to subsequent treatment response. Methods We collected resting-state EEG activity during eyes-open and closed conditions from unmedicated individuals with MDD prior to antidepressant pharmacotherapy (N = 36) as well as from non-depressed controls (N = 36). Treatment response was assessed after 12 weeks of treatment using the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), at which time participants with MDD were characterized as either responders (≥ 50% MADRS decrease) or non-responders. MSE was calculated from baseline EEG, and compared between controls, future treatment responders and non-responders. Putative interactions with the well-documented age effect on signal variability (increased reliance on local neural communication with increasing age, indexed by greater finer-scale variability) were assessed. Results Only in responders, we found that reduced MSE at fine temporal scales (especially fronto-centrally) and increased MSE diffusely at coarser temporal scales was related to the magnitude of the antidepressant response. In controls and MDD non-responders, but not MDD responders, there was an increase in MSE with age at fine temporal scales and a decrease in MSE with age at coarse temporal scales. Conclusion Our results suggest that an increased propensity toward global processing, indexed by greater MSE at coarser timescales, at baseline appears to facilitate eventual antidepressant treatment response. We measured resting-state EEG prior to antidepressant pharmacotherapy. We examined global vs. local processing in relation to antidepressant response. Greater response was linked with increased global processing. Age-related decreases in global communication were absent in future responders. Baseline brain dynamics in those who are/are not responsive to antidepressants differ.
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- Natalia Jaworska
- Institute of Mental Health Research, Affiliated With the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Mental Health Research, Affiliated With the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Mental Health Research, Affiliated With the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
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