Sleep Spindle Features and Neurobehavioral Performance in Healthy School-Aged Children

Purpose: In adults, central fast-frequency sleep spindles are involved in learning and memory functions. The density of local spindles is higher than global spindles, emphasizing the importance of local plastic neural processes. In children, findings on the association of spindles with cognition are more variable. Hence, we aim to study whether the local spindles are also important for neurobehavioral performance in children. Methods: We studied the correlations between local (occurring in only one channel: Fp1, Fp2, C3, or C4), bilateral, and diffuse (occurring in all four channels) spindles and neurobehavioral performance in 17 healthy children (median age 9.6 years). Results: Local spindles were not as frequent as bilateral spindles (P-values
Source: Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology - Category: Neurology Tags: Original Research Source Type: research