Guzmán Alba1, Ernesto Pereda2, Soledad Mañas3, Leopoldo D Méndez3, Ma Rosario Duque4, Almudena González1, Julián J González5. 1. Physiology Unit, Health Sciences Faculty, La Laguna University, Spain. 2. Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. 3. Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital La Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain. 4. Pediatric Unit, University Hospital N.S. La Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain. 5. Physiology Unit, Health Sciences Faculty, La Laguna University, Spain. Electronic address: jugonzal@ull.edu.es.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess ADHD from global measures of EEG functional connectivity and their temporal variability in different resting states. METHODS: EEGs from sixteen cortical regions were recorded at rest during eyes-closed (EC) and eyes-open (EO) in 10 male combined-type ADHD subjects and 12 healthy male controls. The mean global connectivity (CM) of each region and its temporal variability (CV) were estimated from a number of EEG segments recorded in both states. Connectivity indices between regions were calculated using the magnitude squared coherence (Coh) in the delta(δ)/theta(θ)/alpha(α)/beta(β) frequency bands and the nonlinear index (L) of generalized synchronization. RESULTS: The CM did not present between-group differences in any region or state. However, the CV exhibited state-independent differences between both groups (ADHD>controls) mainly in frontal and parieto-occipital regions for all indices except Coh(α). Within group, only the CV-Coh(θ) of the centro-temporal region increased significantly for the ADHD subjects from EC to EO (p<0.001) and was greater than controls in EO (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The CV of index-L and of Coh(θ) seem to be the best state-independent and -dependent measurements, respectively, to discriminate ADHDs from control subjects using resting state EEG data. SIGNIFICANCE: The underlying neural dysfunctions producing the ADHD seem better reflected by the CV measurements.
OBJECTIVE: To assess ADHD from global measures of EEG functional connectivity and their temporal variability in different resting states. METHODS: EEGs from sixteen cortical regions were recorded at rest during eyes-closed (EC) and eyes-open (EO) in 10 male combined-type ADHD subjects and 12 healthy male controls. The mean global connectivity (CM) of each region and its temporal variability (CV) were estimated from a number of EEG segments recorded in both states. Connectivity indices between regions were calculated using the magnitude squared coherence (Coh) in the delta(δ)/theta(θ)/alpha(α)/beta(β) frequency bands and the nonlinear index (L) of generalized synchronization. RESULTS: The CM did not present between-group differences in any region or state. However, the CV exhibited state-independent differences between both groups (ADHD>controls) mainly in frontal and parieto-occipital regions for all indices except Coh(α). Within group, only the CV-Coh(θ) of the centro-temporal region increased significantly for the ADHD subjects from EC to EO (p<0.001) and was greater than controls in EO (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The CV of index-L and of Coh(θ) seem to be the best state-independent and -dependent measurements, respectively, to discriminate ADHDs from control subjects using resting state EEG data. SIGNIFICANCE: The underlying neural dysfunctions producing the ADHD seem better reflected by the CV measurements.
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