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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Sex Differences in the Complexity of Healthy Older Adults' Magnetoencephalograms.

Elizabeth Shumbayawonda, Daniel Abásolo, David López-Sanz, Ricardo Bruña, Fernando Maestu, Alberto Fernández

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Elizabeth ShumbayawondaCentre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0351-2063
Daniel AbásoloCentre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4268-2885
David López-SanzLaboratorio de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Computacional, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UPM-UCM), 28223 Madrid, Spain.
Ricardo BruñaLaboratorio de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Computacional, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UPM-UCM), 28223 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1007-900X
Fernando MaestuLaboratorio de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Computacional, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UPM-UCM), 28223 Madrid, Spain.
Alberto FernándezLaboratorio de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Computacional, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UPM-UCM), 28223 Madrid, Spain.

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Abstract

The analysis of resting-state brain activity recording in magnetoencephalograms (MEGs) with new algorithms of symbolic dynamics analysis could help obtain a deeper insight into the functioning of the brain and identify potential differences between males and females. Permutation Lempel-Ziv complexity (PLZC), a recently introduced non-linear signal processing algorithm based on symbolic dynamics, was used to evaluate the complexity of MEG signals in source space. PLZC was estimated in a broad band of frequencies (2-45 Hz), as well as in narrow bands (i.e., theta (4-8 Hz), alpha (8-12 Hz), low beta (12-20 Hz), high beta (20-30 Hz), and gamma (30-45 Hz)) in a sample of 98 healthy elderly subjects (49 males, 49 female) aged 65-80 (average age of 72.71 ± 4.22 for males and 72.67 ± 4.21 for females). PLZC was significantly higher for females than males in the high beta band at posterior brain regions including the precuneus, and the parietal and occipital cortices. Further statistical analyses showed that higher complexity values over highly overlapping regions than the ones mentioned above were associated with larger hippocampal volumes only in females. These results suggest that sex differences in healthy aging can be identified from the analysis of magnetoencephalograms with novel signal processing methods.

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