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Zoey Y. Zhang, Ian G. Campbell, Pari Dhayagude, Harrison C. Espino, Irwin Feinberg
Summary: The study revealed age-related changes in sleep spindle characteristics, with spindle wave frequency increasing linearly with age, central spindle density peaking at 15.1 years, and spindle wave amplitude and duration showing different patterns of change. Sex differences were observed in spindle amplitude dynamics, with females experiencing the most rapid decline 1.4 years earlier than males. These findings suggest maturation of thalamocortical circuits and changes in sleep depth over the course of development.
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Chiara Cantiani, Chiara Dondena, Massimo Molteni, Valentina Riva, Maria Luisa Lorusso
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FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Review
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Saritha Kodikara, Susan Ellul, Kim-Anh Le Cao
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Adam Attaheri, Dimitris Panayiotou, Alessia Phillips, Aine Ni Choisdealbha, Giovanni M. Di Liberto, Sinead Rocha, Perrine Brusini, Natasha Mead, Sheila Flanagan, Helen Olawole-Scott, Usha Goswami
Summary: This study aims to explore the similarities and differences in neural entrainment between infants and adults. By duplicating a neural tracking paradigm with adult participants, it was found that both adults and infants showed cortical tracking in the delta and theta frequency bands, but the peak frequencies and phase-amplitude coupling differed between the two populations. Additionally, adults exhibited a stimulus-induced increase in low alpha power that was absent in infants, indicating the recruitment of other cognitive processes related to comprehension or attention.
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Arthur Matsuo Yamashita Rios de Sousa, Jaroslav Hlinka
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Qian Ding, Jixiang Chen, Shunxi Zhang, Songbin Chen, Xiaotong Li, Yuan Peng, Yujie Chen, Junhui Chen, Kang Chen, Guiyuan Cai, Guangqing Xu, Yue Lan
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Anisa Sadru Visram, Amber Jemima Roughley, Caroline Louise Hudson, Suzanne Carolyn Purdy, Kevin James Munro
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Julio C. Hernandez-Pavon, Domenica Veniero, Til Ole Bergmann, Paolo Belardinelli, Marta Bortoletto, Silvia Casarotto, Elias P. Casula, Faranak Farzan, Matteo Fecchio, Petro Julkunen, Elisa Kallioniemi, Pantelis Lioumis, Johanna Metsomaa, Carlo Miniussi, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Lorenzo Rocchi, Nigel C. Rogasch, Mouhsin M. Shafi, Hartwig R. Siebner, Gregor Thut, Christoph Zrenner, Ulf Ziemann, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
Summary: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with electroencephalography (EEG) is widely used to study cortical reactivity and connectivity. The lack of standardization in equipment, data collection, and analysis methods poses challenges in the field. This review provides methodological recommendations for effective TMS-EEG recordings and analysis, aiming to promote standardization across research groups.
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Jose Lugo-Martinez, Siwei Xu, Justine Levesque, Daniel Gallagher, Leslie A. Parker, Josef Neu, Christopher J. Stewart, Janet E. Berrington, Nicholas D. Embleton, Gregory Young, Katherine E. Gregory, Misty Good, Arti Tandon, David Genetti, Tracy Warren, Ziv Bar-Joseph
Summary: Preterm birth is a global issue affecting more than 10% of all births. Growth Faltering (GF) is a common problem among preterm infants, and despite various interventions, it remains unsolved. To improve early prediction of GF risk, researchers collected a comprehensive dataset from multiple sites and used machine learning and graphical models. The integration of clinical and microbiome data improved GF prediction and identified interventions that can enhance outcomes.
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
Review
Biochemical Research Methods
Jianchang Hu, Silke Szymczak
Summary: This paper reviews the extensions of the standard random forest method for longitudinal data analysis, including methods designed for different data structures and considering the effects of time on univariate and multivariate response longitudinal data. Although most of the extensions are proposed for low-dimensional data, some can be applied to high-dimensional data. Information on available software implementations of these extensions is also provided. The limitations of our review and future research directions are discussed.
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY
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Anouk M. van Loon, Johannes J. Fahrenfort, Bauke van der Velde, Philipp B. Lirk, Nienke C. C. Vulink, Markus W. Hollmann, H. Steven Scholte, Victor A. F. Lamme
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Bauke van der Velde, Tonya White, Chantal Kemner
Summary: Infants' socio-cognitive ability develops significantly in the first year of life, with social behavior playing a crucial role in parent-child attachment and survival. A longitudinal study on 854 infants revealed the importance and developmental trajectory of theta networks in the functional brain networks during social development.
