title: Spatiotemporal dependency of age-related changes in brain signal variability.
abstract: Recent theoretical and empirical work has focused on the variability of network dynamics in maturation. Such variability seems to reflect the spontaneous formation and dissolution of different functional networks. We sought to extend these observations into healthy aging. Two different data sets, one EEG (total n = 48, ages 18-72) and one magnetoencephalography (n = 31, ages 20-75) were analyzed for such spatiotemporal dependency using multiscale entropy (MSE) from regional brain sources. In both data sets, the changes in MSE were timescale dependent, with higher entropy at fine scales and lower at more coarse scales with greater age. The signals were parsed further into local entropy, related to information processed within a regional source, and distributed entropy (information shared between two sources, i.e., functional connectivity). Local entropy increased for most regions, whereas the dominant change in distributed entropy was age-related reductions across hemispheres. These data further the understanding of changes in brain signal variability across the lifespan, suggesting an inverted U-shaped curve, but with an important qualifier. Unlike earlier in maturation, where the changes are more widespread, changes in adulthood show strong spatiotemporal dependence.
authors: Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest, Canada.
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: McIntosh
authors: Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest, Canada.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Vakorin
authors: Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest, Canada.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Kovacevic
authors: Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest, Canada.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Diaconescu
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada.
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Protzner
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D058256:Brain Waves / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D019277:Entropy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: electroencephalograpy; functional connectivity; magnetoencephalography; multiscale entropy; nonlinear dynamics
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