The oscillatory features of non-REM sleep states have been a subject of intense research over many decades. However, a systematic spatial characterization of the spectral features of cortical activity in each sleep state is not available yet. Here, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG) recordings during night sleep. We performed source reconstruction based on the individual subject’s anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and spectral analysis on each non-REM sleep epoch in eight standard frequency bands, spanning the complete spectrum, and computed cortical source reconstructions of the spectral contrasts between each sleep state in comparison to the resting wakefulness. Despite not distinguishing periods of high and low activity within each sleep stage, our results provide new information about relative overall spectral changes in the non-REM sleep stages.

Cortical source localization of sleep-stage specific oscillatory activity / Brancaccio, A.; Tabarelli, D.; Bigica, M.; Baldauf, D.. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - 10:1(2020), p. 6976. [10.1038/s41598-020-63933-5]

Cortical source localization of sleep-stage specific oscillatory activity

Brancaccio A.;Tabarelli D.;Baldauf D.
2020-01-01

Abstract

The oscillatory features of non-REM sleep states have been a subject of intense research over many decades. However, a systematic spatial characterization of the spectral features of cortical activity in each sleep state is not available yet. Here, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG) recordings during night sleep. We performed source reconstruction based on the individual subject’s anatomical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and spectral analysis on each non-REM sleep epoch in eight standard frequency bands, spanning the complete spectrum, and computed cortical source reconstructions of the spectral contrasts between each sleep state in comparison to the resting wakefulness. Despite not distinguishing periods of high and low activity within each sleep stage, our results provide new information about relative overall spectral changes in the non-REM sleep stages.
2020
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Brancaccio, A.; Tabarelli, D.; Bigica, M.; Baldauf, D.
Cortical source localization of sleep-stage specific oscillatory activity / Brancaccio, A.; Tabarelli, D.; Bigica, M.; Baldauf, D.. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - 10:1(2020), p. 6976. [10.1038/s41598-020-63933-5]
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