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Codificación neuronal del ritmo auditivo más allá de las áreas auditivas corticales antes de la edad de término
Ali Rajabi Mashhadi1, Fabrice Wallois1,2, Mohammadreza Edalati1
1Inserm UMR1105, GRAMFC, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
iScience
|September 2, 2025
Resumen
Los recién nacidos
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia
- Neurociencia del desarrollo
- Neurociencia auditiva
Sus antecedentes:
- El procesamiento del ritmo es crucial para el desarrollo, comenzando en la vida fetal.
- La percepción del ritmo en adultos implica redes corticales generalizadas, incluidas las áreas motoras.
- Los mecanismos de procesamiento del ritmo fetal no se comprenden bien.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar cómo los recién nacidos prematuros procesan latidos auditivos rítmicos.
- Identificar las redes neuronales involucradas en la percepción temprana del ritmo.
- Explorar el papel fundamental de las interacciones auditivo-motoras en el desarrollo fetal.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizó la espectroscopia funcional de alta densidad en el infrarrojo cercano (fNIRS).
- Se midieron patrones de activación cortical en respuesta a los latidos auditivos en recién nacidos prematuros.
- Analizó la actividad cerebral en las regiones auditiva, premotora y sensorimotora.
Principales resultados:
- Los recién nacidos prematuros muestran una activación cortical distinta a los latidos auditivos.
- La activación se extiende más allá de la corteza auditiva en las regiones premotoras y sensoriomotoras.
- Una red auditivo-motora está involucrada, incluso sin actividad motora coordinada.
Conclusiones:
- El cerebro prematuro codifica los latidos rítmicos a través de una red auditiva-motora.
- Las regiones sensoriomotrices juegan un papel fundamental en la percepción temprana del ritmo.
- Este marco neuronal apoya el tiempo predictivo y las interacciones auditivo-motoras desde las etapas fetales.
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