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    • Sleep Science
    • Signal Processing

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    • Sleep spindles are crucial for memory consolidation and cognitive function.
    • Previous research focused on spatial and frequency characteristics of sleep spindles.
    • Intraindividual variability of sleep spindles across time remains understudied.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To assess the time-resolved intraindividual variability of sleep spindles using a trial-to-trial variability (TTV) measure.
    • To investigate frequency-dependent patterns in sleep spindle variability.
    • To explore the clinical relevance of sleep spindle variability in cognitive disorders.

    Main Methods:

    • Overnight EEG recordings from 26 healthy subjects.
    • Artifact removal using an exhaustive preprocessing pipeline.
    • Automatic spindle detection via complex demodulation and Wavelet Scalogram validation.
    • Calculation of spindle TTV across conventional EEG frequency bands.
    • Computation of Root Mean Square (RMS) for total variability measurement.

    Main Results:

    • Significant differences in sleep spindle variability were observed across different frequency bands.
    • The beta-1 frequency band exhibited significantly higher RMS values compared to other bands (p<0.001).
    • TTV curves displayed a dichotomic trend: lower frequencies showed increased variability before spindle onset, while higher frequencies showed it after onset.

    Conclusions:

    • Sleep spindle variability is frequency-dependent, potentially due to the influence of multiple cortical generators.
    • Abnormal sleep spindle patterns may contribute to cognitive deficits observed in various disorders.
    • The TTV measure provides a novel approach to characterizing sleep spindle dynamics and their clinical implications.