[Electroencephalographic analysis of the functional development of cortical regions of the brain in children under 1 month of age]

Zh Vyssh Nerv Deiat Im I P Pavlova. 1983 Jul-Aug;33(4):624-31.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Reorganization of background electric activity of newborns brain under the action of rhythmic photostimulation was studied in children of the first month of life in a state of quiet alertness by the method of age transversal slides (I, II, III-IV weeks of life). At the age of III-IV weeks, the repeated rhythmic light stimulation elicits a stable reorganization of the background activity in the theta-frequency range in the central areas at 5 Hz stimulation and in delta-frequency range in the occipital areas at 2 Hz stimulation. Characteristics of spatial manifestation of background activity reorganization in various cortical areas reflect frequency-specific character of newborns' cerebral cortex reactivity, appearing to the end of the first month of postnatal development.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Cortex / growth & development*
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn*
  • Occipital Lobe / growth & development
  • Photic Stimulation