在儿童与产前酒精暴露的休息振荡动态的性别特异性差异
Felicha T Candelaria-Cook1, Megan E Schendel1, Lucinda L Romero1
1The Mind Research Network and Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Neuroscience
|February 22, 2024
概括
产前酒精暴露 (PAE) 改变了儿童的大脑活动. 患有PAE/FASD的女性表现出马电量增加和马电量减少,这表明性别特异的神经发育障碍.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发育神经科学的发展神经科学.
- 儿科神经学 儿科神经学
背景情况:
- 产前酒精暴露 (PAE) 与神经发育缺陷有关.
- 以前的研究表明,PAE儿童的功能连接和α振荡受损.
- PAE对静态马光谱功率的影响,特别是性别特异性的影响,基本上是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 研究PAE对儿童全脑静止状态光谱功率的性别特异性影响.
- 为了检查典型发育儿童 (TDC) 和PAE/FASD儿童之间的马和三角振荡的差异.
主要方法:
- 磁脑电图 (MEG) 静止状态数据从83名儿童 (年龄在6-13岁) 中收集.
- 一个匹配的设计包括42名TDC和41名PAE/FASD儿童 (两组男性和女性).
- 进行了全脑源光谱功率分析,对闭眼和眼条件进行了分析.
主要成果:
- 与女性TDC和男性PAE/FASD组相比,患有PAE/FASD的女性参与者表现出明显增加的马功率.
- 这些马功率差异在大脑区域和年龄组中普遍存在.
- 患有PAE/FASD的女性参与者也表现出 delta 功率的下降,特别是在闭眼休息期间和年轻时.
结论:
- 在休息期间,PAE会诱导神经振荡的性别特异性变化.
- 患有PAE/FASD的女性在马和三角电力中表现出最明显的破坏.
- 这些发现表明,PAE在全球范围内影响静止状态的光谱功率,可能会破坏大脑的兴奋/抑制平衡和神经发育.
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