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ArticleNeuroImage2023

Age-related trends in aperiodic EEG activity and alpha oscillations during early- to middle-childhood.

Marco McSweeney, Santiago Morales, Emilio A Valadez, George A Buzzell, Lydia Yoder, William P Fifer, Nicolò Pini, Lauren C Shuffrey, Amy J Elliott, Joseph R Isler and 1 more

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Article in NeuroImage, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 authors.

Marco McSweeneyDepartment of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, 3304 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Electronic address: mmcsw1@umd.edu.
Santiago MoralesDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, USA.
Emilio A ValadezDepartment of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, 3304 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
George A BuzzellDepartment of Psychology and the Center for Children and Families, Florida International University, USA.
Lydia YoderDepartment of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, 3304 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
William P FiferDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA; Department of Paediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA; Division of Developmental Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA.
Nicolò PiniDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA; Division of Developmental Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA.
Lauren C ShuffreyDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA; Division of Developmental Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA.
Amy J ElliottAvera Research Institute, USA; Department of Paediatrics, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, USA.
Joseph R IslerDepartment of Paediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, USA.
Nathan A FoxDepartment of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, 3304 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

Funding

Environmental Influences on Childhood Outcomes in the Northern Plains Safe Passage Study CohortsUH3OD023279 · OD · AVERA MCKENNAN · PI Amy J Elliott, Christine W Hockett · 2018 to 2026
$31.7M
Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes in the Northern Plains Safe Passage Study CohortUG3OD023279 · OD · SANFORD RESEARCH/USD · PI ELLIOTT, AMY J, HOCKETT, CHRISTINE W · 2016 to 2024
$17.5M
NIH HHS UG3 OD023279NIH HHS UH3 OD023279
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related structural and functional changes that occur during brain development are critical for cortical development and functioning. Previous electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies have highlighted the utility of power spectra analyses and have uncovered age-related trends that reflect perceptual, cognitive, and behavioural states as well as their underlying neurophysiology. The aim of the current study was to investigate age-related change in aperiodic and periodic alpha activity across a large sample of pre- and school-aged children (N = 502, age range 4 -11-years-of-age). Power spectra were extracted from baseline EEG recordings (eyes closed, eyes open) for each participant and parameterized into aperiodic activity to derive the offset and exponent parameters and periodic alpha oscillatory activity to derive the alpha peak frequency and the associated power estimates. Multilevel models were run to investigate age-related trends and condition-dependent changes for each of these measures. We found quadratic age-related effects for both the aperiodic offset and exponent. In addition, we observed increases in periodic alpha peak frequency as a function of age. Aperiodic measures and periodic alpha power were larger in magnitude during eyes closed compared to the eyes open baseline condition. Taken together, these results advance our understanding of the maturational patterns/trajectories of brain development during early- to middle-childhood.

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ElectroencephalographyMagnetoencephalographyBrainChildChild, PreschoolEyeHumansAperiodic activityEEGFOOOFFunctional brain developmentPeriodic alpha oscillationsSpecparam

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PMID36739102
PMCPMC10701700

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