Electroencephalogram aperiodic power spectral slope can be reliably measured and predicts ADHD risk in early development
By S. Karalunas, Brendan D. Ostlund, Brittany R. Alperin, M. Figuracion, H. Gustafsson, Erika Deming, Dan Foti, Dylan Antovich, Jason Dude, Joel T. Nigg and 1 more. 2022
Subfields: Developmental Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health
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- Characterization of aperiodic and theta activity in preterm infants using EEG: Insights into cerebral maturation and inter-individual variability (2026, unknown): “Artifact detection and correction involved the identification and interpolation of persistently noisy channels, transient artifacts, as well as removal of motion-related contaminations.”
- Relating ADHD to the aperiodic component of the EEG signal in both males and females across development (2026, unknown): “Most notably, although previous work suggests developmental differences in the aperiodic exponent in children with and without ADHD (Karalunas et al., 2022; Ostlund et al., 2021; 2023; Robertson et al., 2019; Peisch et al., 2024), we found no significant effects of ADHD, nor any interactions…”
- The Interaction between Sleep and Development on Wake EEG Oscillations (2026, unknown): “It ’ s also possible our analysis did not reach signi fi cance because our participants were a combination of both medicated and unmedicated patients, and it is known that medication will reduce the effects of ADHD on the EEG (Furrer et al., 2019; Karalunas et al., 2022).”
- Resting-state periodic and aperiodic brain oscillations from birth to preschool years: Aperiodic maturity predicts developmental course (2026, unknown): “…on command, and as a result almost all infant/toddler RS studies acquire data while the child is at rest with eyes open, often while viewing visual stimuli (Stroganova et al., 1999; Carter Leno, 2021; Schaworonkow and Voytek, 2021; Karalunas, 2022; Favaro, 2023; Vandewouw, 2024; Wilkinson, 2024).”
- Aperiodic parameters of the fMRI power spectrum associate with preterm birth and neonatal age (2026, unknown): “I balance (exponent) in ADHD children 57 .”
- Longitudinal trajectories of aperiodic EEG activity in early to middle childhood (2024, background): “Recent studies at different ages in childhood and adulthood have demonstrated associations between both steeper and flatter slope and various neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders (Karalunas et al., 2022; Robertson et al., 2019).”
- Theta activity and cognitive functioning: Integrating evidence from resting-state and task-related developmental electroencephalography (EEG) research (2024, background): “To better understand the relations between resting/task-related theta power and cognitive functioning, future research should examine whether these associations stem from periodic theta activity or the aperiodic component of EEG signals (Donoghue, Haller, et al., 2020; Ostlund et al., 2022).”
- Early development of electrophysiological activity: contribution of periodic and aperiodic components of the EEG signal (2022, background): “Interestingly, the aperiodic parameters have been linked to cognitive processes and neurodevelopmental disorders, which speak for their biological relevance (Demuru & Fraschini, 2020; Immink et al., 2021; Karalunas et al., 2022; Shuffrey et al., 2022).”