RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Developmental trajectories of EEG aperiodic and periodic components: Implications for understanding thalamocortical development during infancy
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2023.07.21.550114
DO 10.1101/2023.07.21.550114
A1 Wilkinson, Carol L.
A1 Yankowitz, Lisa
A1 Chao, Jerry Y.
A1 Gutiérrez, Rodrigo
A1 Rhoades, Jeff L.
A1 Shinnar, Shlomo
A1 Purdon, Patrick L.
A1 Nelson, Charles A.
YR 2024
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2024/03/09/2023.07.21.550114.abstract
AB The development of neural circuits has long-lasting effects on brain function, yet our understanding of early circuit development in humans remains limited. Here, periodic EEG power features and aperiodic components were examined from longitudinal EEGs collected from 592 healthy 2–44 month-old infants, revealing age-dependent nonlinear changes suggestive of distinct milestones in early brain maturation. Consistent with the transient developmental progression of thalamocortical circuitry, we observe the presence and then absence of periodic alpha and high beta peaks across the three-year period, as well as the emergence of a low beta peak (12-20Hz) after six months of age. We present preliminary evidence that the emergence of the low beta peak is associated with higher thalamocortical-dependent, anesthesia-induced alpha coherence. Together, these findings suggest that early age-dependent changes in alpha and beta periodic peaks may reflect the state of thalamocortical network development.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.Consents obtained from human participants prohibit sharing of de-identified individual data without data use agreement in place. Please contact the corresponding author with reasonable data requests.